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Quintana (born April 11, 1978) is a Mexican human rights expert and legal scholar with extensive experience in international human rights and humanitarian law, transitional justice, and constitutional law. On 19 December 2024, she was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, as Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (IIMP).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

As the former National Commissioner for the Search of Missing Persons in Mexico (February 2019-August 2023), she led efforts to address over 100,000 cases of disappearances and more than 70,000 unidentified bodies. During her tenure, she developed public policies on search, human identification, and family participation. She also established the National Registry of Missing Persons and spearheaded key initiatives such as forensic interventions and contextual analysis. Previously, Quintana served as Head of the Victims\u2019 Federal Public Defense in Mexico, where she led initiatives to enhance access to justice, psychosocial support, and reparations for victims of federal crimes and human rights violations.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

She also served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico, where she contributed to landmark decisions that advanced standards regarding violence against women, torture, discrimination, migration, liberty, and freedom of expression.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Earlier in her career, at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Quintana litigated cases of systemic human rights violations before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Additionally, she worked as an Anti-Corruption Investigator in the Integrity Vice Presidency of the World Bank, strengthening accountability in international development projects.\u00a0 She was also an attorney for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

As a scholar, Quintana was an Associate Researcher at El Colegio de M\u00e9xico, focusing on transitional justice and disappearances. She has also been a Constitutional and International Law professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), and at the Instituto Tecon\u00f3logico Aut\u00f3nomo de M\u00e9xico (ITAM). She has written two books: <\/span>“Conventionality Control in Inter-American and Mexican Law”\u00a0 and “Disappearing in Mexico: X-ray of Violence and State Crisis” (forthcoming)<\/p>

She holds a Doctorate in Law (SJD) from UNAM, a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard University, a master’s degree in Gender Studies from the University of Barcelona, and a Law degree and a Hispanic Literature degree, both at UNAM.\u202fShe is fluent in Spanish and English and possesses working proficiency in Italian and French<\/span><\/p>

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Quintana (nacida el 11 de abril de 1978) es una experta mexicana en derechos humanos y acad\u00e9mica del derecho con amplia experiencia en derecho internacional de los derechos humanos y humanitario, justicia transicional y derecho constitucional. El 19 de diciembre de 2024 fue nombrada Subsecretaria General de las Naciones Unidas, como Jefa de la Instituci\u00f3n Independiente para Personas Desaparecidas en la Rep\u00fablica \u00c1rabe Siria (IIMP).<\/p>

Como Comisionada Nacional de B\u00fasqueda de Personas en M\u00e9xico (febrero de 2019-agosto de 2023), encabez\u00f3 los esfuerzos para atender m\u00e1s de 100,000 casos de desapariciones y m\u00e1s de 70,000 cuerpos no identificados. Durante su gesti\u00f3n, desarroll\u00f3 pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas en materia de b\u00fasqueda, identificaci\u00f3n humana y participaci\u00f3n de las familias. Asimismo, estableci\u00f3 el Registro Nacional de Personas Desaparecidas y lider\u00f3 iniciativas clave como intervenciones forenses y an\u00e1lisis contextuales. Previamente, Quintana se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como titular de la Defensa P\u00fablica Federal de V\u00edctimas en M\u00e9xico, donde impuls\u00f3 iniciativas para mejorar el acceso a la justicia, el acompa\u00f1amiento psicosocial y las reparaciones a v\u00edctimas de delitos federales y violaciones a derechos humanos.<\/p>

Tambi\u00e9n trabaj\u00f3 como secretaria de estudio y cuenta en la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Naci\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico, donde contribuy\u00f3 a sentencias emblem\u00e1ticas que fortalecieron los est\u00e1ndares en materia de violencia contra las mujeres, tortura, discriminaci\u00f3n, migraci\u00f3n, libertad y libertad de expresi\u00f3n.<\/p>

En etapas anteriores de su carrera, en la Comisi\u00f3n Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Quintana litig\u00f3 casos de violaciones sistem\u00e1ticas de derechos humanos ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Adem\u00e1s, trabaj\u00f3 como investigadora anticorrupci\u00f3n en la Vicepresidencia de Integridad del Banco Mundial, fortaleciendo la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas en proyectos internacionales de desarrollo. Asimismo, fue abogada de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.<\/p>

Como acad\u00e9mica, Quintana fue investigadora asociada en El Colegio de M\u00e9xico, enfoc\u00e1ndose en justicia transicional y desapariciones. Tambi\u00e9n ha sido profesora de Derecho Constitucional e Internacional en la Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico (UNAM), en la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) y en el Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Aut\u00f3nomo de M\u00e9xico (ITAM). Ha escrito dos libros: Control de convencionalidad en el Derecho Interamericano y Mexicano<\/em> and Desaparecer en M\u00e9xico: Radiograf\u00eda de violencias y crisis de Estado<\/em> (en proceso de publicaci\u00f3n). Es Doctora en Derecho (SJD) por la UNAM, tiene una Maestr\u00eda en Derecho (LLM) por la Universidad de Harvard, una maestr\u00eda en Estudios de G\u00e9nero por la Universidad de Barcelona, y las licenciaturas en Derecho y en Literatura Hisp\u00e1nica, ambas en la UNAM. Habla espa\u00f1ol e ingl\u00e9s con fluidez y tiene dominio profesional de italiano y franc\u00e9s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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