In her capacity as an expert, Ms. Romero participated in several initiatives at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, including requesting public hearings on specific regional trends and human rights violations, and submitting collaboratively developed contributions to report on setbacks in the protection of rights in specific countries and on specific rights. She has also coordinated efforts to bring the voices and contributions of Latin American social actors (including civil society organizations, social movements, and Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities) to various UN mechanisms and mandate holders. Furthermore, Ms. Romero has advocated for increased and improved citizen participation in intergovernmental organizations such as the Organization of American States (OAS).

Over the past 15 years, Ms. Romero has overseen the preparation of nine Universal Periodic Review reports, 450 reports on violations of rights related to civic space, a Latin American report on police repression during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than 100 alerts on the shrinking of civic space and the erosion of democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean and other regions. Ms. Romero has served as an international consultant on governance issues, including the fight against corruption, access to information, and youth participation. She has also been a visiting professor at Columbia University and Externado University. Ms. Romero holds a degree in Government and International Relations from Externado University of Colombia and a master’s degree in the Analysis of Contemporary Political, Economic, and International Affairs from the Institut des Hautes Études d’Amérique Latine (IHEAL) (Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3) and Externado University. She currently teaches at the University of the Andes.

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