The Center for International Human Rights invites you to a conversation with Ambassador Federico Villegas moderated by Prof. George Andreopoulos, director of the Center for International and Human Rights.
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Ambassador Federico Villegas is a lawyer and career diplomat who entered the foreign service of Argentina with honors in 1993. He has been the Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva since March 2020. During 2022, he was the President of the Human Rights Council. Before, he was Ambassador of Argentina in Mozambique, where he opened the Embassy of Argentina. In Argentina, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was first desk officer for disarmament, chemical weapons, and international security issues (1993–1995) and then twice as Director General of Human Rights (2005–2007 and 2012–2015). He coordinated the project with the OHCHR to elaborate the first National Plan against Discrimination. He was also Alternate Representative to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. (1995–2003), in charge of human rights, cooperation for development, and civil society issues. Mr. Villegas holds a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, cum laude, from Georgetown University (1998).
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, International Crime & Justice MA Program & the International Crime & Justice BA Program
