Expert Team: Staff
Andrés Bernal Sánchez is an Audiovisual Communications Intern at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) in Barcelona. He has a background in video production, audiovisual journalism, and digital content creation.
Andrés has extensive experience in leading communication teams and crafting impactful communication strategies. Prior to joining IFIT, he worked as an Audiovisual Producer and Content Editor at openDemocracy, where he spearheaded a strategy to transform written content into engaging audiovisual formats. His work successfully reached and resonated with diverse audiences through various video formats, including political analysis series, videocolumns featuring political commentators, and short documentaries.
Andrés holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI).
Working languages: English and Spanish.
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Camilo Torres Casanova es Investigador en el Instituto para las Transiciones Integradas (IFIT), con sede en Bogotá. Sus áreas de interés incluyen la seguridad internacional, la defensa de los derechos humanos, el mantenimiento de la paz, los conflictos armados, la democracia y el autoritarismo.
Antes de incorporarse al IFIT, Camilo trabajó en división de las Américas de Human Rights Watch; en asuntos de reforma y gobernanza del sector de la seguridad en África y las Américas en el Departamento de Operaciones de Paz de las Naciones Unidas; y en seguridad y diplomacia transatlántica en el Center for European Policy Analysis. Camilo también trabajó en proyectos relacionados con la implementación de los Acuerdos de Paz de Colombia de 2016, los derechos de las víctimas y la justicia transicional en Colombia y América Latina.
Camilo es Abogado con opción en Estudios Internacionales de la Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). También tiene un Máster en Seguridad Internacional con especialización en Europa y Rusia de Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po Paris), y un LLM en Seguridad National con certificado en Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Georgetown (Washington D.C.).
Idiomas de trabajo: Inglés, español, francés e italiano.
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Camilo Torres Casanova is a Research Officer at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), and is based in Bogotá. His areas of interest include international security, human rights advocacy, peacekeeping, armed conflict, democracy and authoritarianism.
Prior to joining IFIT, Camilo worked in human rights advocacy in the Americas at Human Rights Watch, security sector reform in Africa and the Americas at the UN Department of Peace Operations, and transatlantic security and diplomacy at the Center for European Policy Analysis. Camilo also worked on projects related to the implementation of the 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement, victims’ rights and transitional justice in Colombia and Latin America.
Camilo has a BA in Law with a minor in International Studies from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). He also holds a Master in International Security with a concentration in Europe & Russia from the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po Paris), and a Master of Laws in National Security with a concentration in International Human Rights from Georgetown University (Washington D.C.).
Working languages: English, Spanish, French and Italian.
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María José Rodríguez González es una pasante del Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales (IFIT) en Ciudad de México, México.
María José está por terminar la licenciatura en Relaciones Internacionales en El Colegio de México, con su proyecto de tesis sobre la opresión que enfrentan las refugiadas afganas durante su proceso de solicitud de asilo. También es estudiante asociada en el Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (Comexi).
Sus áreas de interés incluyen la seguridad y la paz internacional, la migración, la construcción de identidades y nacionalismos, y la filosofía política.
Idiomas de trabajo: inglés i español.
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María José Rodríguez González is an Intern at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), working with our project in Mexico.
María José is currently finishing her bachelor’s degree in International Relations at El Colegio de México, writing her thesis on the oppression faced by Afghan refugee women during their asylum application process. She is also a student associate at the Mexican Council of International Affairs (Comexi).
Her areas of interest are international peace and security, migration, construction of identities and nationalism, and political philosophy.
Working languages: English, Spanish.
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Laura María Manrique es pasante en el Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) en Bogotá, Colombia, donde trabaja con el equipo de justicia transicional.
Antes de unirse a IFIT, Laura trabajó en proyectos relacionados con comunicación estratégica, derecho internacional y educación con enfoque de género.
Laura es estudiante de derecho y literatura en la Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Sus áreas de interés incluyen la justicia transicional, los derechos humanos y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos de las mujeres en Colombia.
Idiomas de trabajo: español e inglés.
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Laura Maria Manrique is an intern at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) and is based in the Bogotá office where she works with the transitional justice team.
Before joining IFIT, Laura worked on a range of projects in Colombia related to political strategy, international law and gender-focused education.
Laura is a law and literature student at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Her areas of interest include transitional justice, human rights, and women’s sexual and reproductive rights.
Working languages: English and Spanish.
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Tariro Daphne Senderayi is the project lead of IFIT’s work in Zimbabwe and an experienced practitioner in human rights and dialogue.
Tariro has specific experience with the Zimbabwe Council of Churches: a coalition of 31 member churches that prioritises empowering religious and civil society actors on the effective utilisation of dialogue at various levels of society.
Additionally, she has worked at Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum: a coalition of 21 organisations focusing on research, advocacy, policy analysis and high-level stakeholder engagement. She has also worked with other organisations such as Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, and Veritas.
Tariro holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and certificates from the Center for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria.
Working languages: English
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Camila Pérez Chávez es una pasante del Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales (IFIT) en Bogotá, Colombia.
Antes de unirse a IFIT, Camila trabajó en proyectos de investigación sobre el acaparamiento territorial y conflictos por la tierra en la región de la Altillanura y sobre el programa estatal para la desvinculación y reintegración a la vida civil de menores de edad en el marco del conflicto armado interno en Colombia.
Camila es una estudiante de antropología de último año en la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, en Bogotá, Colombia. Sus áreas de interés incluyen el Estado, el poder, las iniciativas transicionales, las infancias y la construcción de paz.
Idiomas de trabajo: español e inglés
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Camila Pérez Chávez is an intern at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) in Bogotá, Colombia.
Before joining IFIT, Camila worked on research projects on land grabs and land conflicts in the Altillanura region and the national programme on underage demobilisation and reintegration into civilian life in the context of the Colombian internal armed conflict.
Camila is completing her final year as an anthropology student at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, in Bogotá, Colombia. Her areas of interest are state power, children and childhoods, and peacebuilding.
Working languages: English and Spanish.
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