Bruno Stagno Ugarte
Bruno Stagno Ugarte is the Chief Advocacy Officer. Before joining Human Rights Watch, he was Executive Director of Security Council Report from 2011-2014, Foreign Minister of Costa Rica from 2006-2010, Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002-2006 and Chief of Staff of the Foreign Ministry from 1998-2000, among other foreign service postings. He also served as the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court from 2005-2008 and Co-President of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Article 14 Conferences from 2007-2009. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, the Sorbonne and Princeton University and author or editor of several books, chapters and articles, including The UN Security Council in the Age of Human Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2014). In 2011 he was made an Officier de la Légion d'Honneur. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish.
Articles Authored
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June 12, 2023
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September 26, 2022
Latin America Should Take a Stand on Repression in Russia
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February 25, 2021
Brazil’s Chance to Save Lives
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January 6, 2021
Johnson or Macron: Who’s the Real ‘Emperor with No Clothes’?
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October 15, 2020
Protecting the profits of a few could prevent vaccine access for all
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August 18, 2020
Averting a Mushroom Cloud of Impunity in Lebanon
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July 17, 2020
Macron’s Selective Indignation over Libya
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July 10, 2020
A Nordic Comeback on Human Rights
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October 29, 2018
Witnessing Guinea’s Bauxite Mining Boom