ATTY. CECILIA JIMENEZ-DAMARY

Atty. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary is an international lawyer in Public International Law, with a focus on International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law. In addition to international consultancies, she is currently teaching in the College of Liberal Arts of the De La Salle University in Manila, where she teaches Public International Law (among others). Atty. Jimenez-Damary is a former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and has just been appointed by the UN Secretary-General as the Asia-Pacific member of the Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in Human Rights, appointed by the UN Secretary-General. Her interest in the issue of the West Philippine Sea stems from her specialisation in Public International Law, including the law of armed coflict in the sea.

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