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Kolumbien COLOMBIA - H.E. Laura Gil Savastano Credentials: 28.09.2023 Born on January 14, 1966 Married, one child An internationalist committed to the defense of human rights and the mainstreaming of the gender approach, with national and international experience in peacekeeping, peacebuilding and democracy promotion, dedicated to the internationalization of Colombia through public service, consultancy and opinion pieces in both traditional and alternative media. EDUCATION French International School, Bethesda, MD Received French Scientific Baccalaureate (Section C) 1988: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Studied mathematics. Funded by the Exxon-Luce Scholarship for Students of Mathematics and Liberal Arts (1988) St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM Graduated May 1989 with B.A. in the Liberal Arts, Great Books Program The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA Organization of American States Fellow. Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy. Field of Concentration: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law PROFESSIONAL CAREER Viceminister of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia Responsible for formulating, coordinating, and implementing all Colombian positions before international organizations and other multilateral fora. In charge of formulating the country’s feminist foreign policy and drafting the first national action plan for UN Security Council Resolution 1325. 2021 - 2014: Director at Diálogos y Estrategias 2019 – 2015: Consultant Services at Iniciativa de Mujeres por la Paz - Women’s Initiative for Peace 2017: Consultant Services for the Unit for the Reparation of the Victims of Armed Conflict 2017 – 2014: Senior Advisor to the Minister in charge of social dialogue and human rights, Ministry of the Interior 2016: Researcher at the Department of National Planning Project manager at the Instituto Distrital de Artes- Bogotá Gender Advisor at “Narrar para Vivir” 2014 – 2011: Advisor on Human Rights Issues at the Mining and Energy Committee on Security and Human Rights Coordinator and spokeperson at the alliance “Colombia sin Heridas” 2014: Advisor to the President of the Congress of Colombia on human rights and victim’s issues 2014 – 2001: Consultant and political analyst to Eurasia Group 2012 – 2003: Member of the teaching body and director of courses in Latin America and the United States at Lester Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, Canada Fotos: Peter Lechner/HBF und Paul Kulec/HBF MEHR ANZEIGEN

Botschafter

Kolumbien

COLOMBIA - H.E. Laura Gil Savastano

Credentials: 28.09.2023

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Born on January 14, 1966
Married, one child

An internationalist committed to the defense of human rights and the mainstreaming of the gender approach, with national and international experience in peacekeeping, peacebuilding and democracy promotion, dedicated to the internationalization of Colombia through public service, consultancy and opinion pieces in both traditional and alternative media.

EDUCATION

French International School, Bethesda, MD
Received French Scientific Baccalaureate (Section C)

1988: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Studied mathematics. Funded by the Exxon-Luce Scholarship for Students of Mathematics and Liberal Arts (1988)

St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM
Graduated May 1989 with B.A. in the Liberal Arts, Great Books Program

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA
Organization of American States Fellow. Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy. Field of Concentration: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Viceminister of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia
Responsible for formulating, coordinating, and implementing all Colombian positions before international organizations and other multilateral fora. In charge of formulating the country’s feminist foreign policy and drafting the first national action plan for UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

2021 - 2014: Director at Diálogos y Estrategias

2019 – 2015: Consultant Services at Iniciativa de Mujeres por la Paz - Women’s Initiative for Peace

2017: Consultant Services for the Unit for the Reparation of the Victims of Armed Conflict

2017 – 2014: Senior Advisor to the Minister in charge of social dialogue and human rights, Ministry of the Interior

2016: Researcher at the Department of National Planning
Project manager at the Instituto Distrital de Artes- Bogotá
Gender Advisor at “Narrar para Vivir”

2014 – 2011: Advisor on Human Rights Issues at the Mining and Energy Committee on Security and Human Rights
Coordinator and spokeperson at the alliance “Colombia sin Heridas”

2014: Advisor to the President of the Congress of Colombia on human rights and victim’s issues

2014 – 2001: Consultant and political analyst to Eurasia Group

2012 – 2003: Member of the teaching body and director of courses in Latin America and the United States at Lester Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, Canada

Fotos: Peter Lechner/HBF und Paul Kulec/HBF

Kolumbien COLOMBIA - H.E. Laura Gil Savastano

Credentials: 28.09.2023

Kolumbien

COLOMBIA - H.E. Laura Gil Savastano