Marina Garcez is a human-rights lawyer and researcher with extensive experience documenting abuses, monitoring civic space, and advancing advocacy and strategic litigation strategies across Latin America. She has worked with leading organizations such as Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute, and the Center for Justice and International Law, contributing to reports and petitions before UN and Inter-American mechanisms.

Marina is co-founder of the group WILPF Brazil and has served as a Women, Peace and Security fellow with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, where she monitored UN Security Council reports and supported policy briefs. Her professional focus has centred on gender-based violence, freedom of expression, and the protection of human rights defenders, combining rigorous legal analysis with advocacy and training. Marina speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French and holds an LL.B. in Law and an LL.M. in International Law.

Participant in:

February 2026 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes