Ligia Bolívar

Ligia Bolívar is Venezuelan and lives in Colombia. She is the founder and coordinator of AlertaVenezuela, former director of the Human Rights Center of the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, founder of Provea, and was a member of the International Executive Committee of Amnesty International.

The trivialization of human rights

By: Ligia Bolívar
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Virtual activism makes some human rights causes visible but reduces engagement on the street.

Venezuelan crisis shows the need to enhance the coherence of the UN human rights machinery

By: Ligia Bolívar
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Misconceived and poorly executed US efforts to reform the UN Human Rights Council failed. But the UN human rights machinery needs reform—shown by its response to ...