Meet the Speaker: Ángela María Ramírez Rincón

Ángela Ramírez Rincón is the Executive Director of the Barometer Initiative in Colombia. She is a lawyer with a Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law from American University.

She has worked as a teacher and researcher on issues related to the protection of human rights. She has also served as a consultant for various organizations, including the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ) and the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), on issues related to Indigenous peoples’ rights, judicial investigations with a gender perspective, and institutional strengthening. For seven years, she worked in the Colombian public sector in institutions such as the Presidential Program for Human Rights, the National Agency for Legal Defense of the State, and the Ministry of Justice, where she led strategies on transitional justice and the international defense of the State.