Martina Rapido Ragozzino
Martina is a researcher for the Americas division. She has researched and written on a wide range of topics, including prison conditions, migration, repression against demonstrators, attacks on the rule of law, and harassment against judges, prosecutors, journalists, and human rights defenders. Before joining Human Rights Watch, she served as a legal fellow in the advocacy and litigation team at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, practiced law in Rosero&Albán Law firm and worked as a project coordinator in the Universidad San Francisco de Quito Law School, where she still teaches international human rights law. She earned a law degree from Universidad San Francisco (Ecuador) and has a master’s degree in international human rights law from University of Notre Dame (United States). She speaks English, Spanish, Italian and some Portuguese.
Articles Authored
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October 13, 2022
Venezuela Denied a Seat at the UN Human Rights Council
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August 13, 2022
Ecuador's Recurrent Cycle of Violence over Indigenous Rights
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July 1, 2022
Yanomami Indigenous People at Risk in Venezuela
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April 29, 2022
Venezuelan Tainted Gold
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January 24, 2022
UN Reviews Venezuela’s Poor Human Rights Record
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November 3, 2021
How the Crisis Endangers Breast Cancer Patients
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April 23, 2021
World Food Program Set to Help Venezuelan Children
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February 3, 2021
The Deportation of Venezuelan Kids Should Stop
Reports Authored
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Neglected in the Jungle
Inadequate Protection and Assistance for Migrants and Asylum Seekers Crossing the Darién Gap
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“This Hell Was My Only Option”
Abuses Against Migrants and Asylum Seekers Pushed to Cross the Darién Gap