Gastón Chillier

Gastón Chillier has been the executive director of CELS since 2006. Before that, he worked as senior human rights and security associate at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) between 2003 and 2005. During the prior two years, he was director of Global Rights’ Latin America program. And before attending graduate school, he worked from 1994 to 1999 as a lawyer and researcher at CELS. In December 2011, CELS was selected to host the executive secretariat of the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO), and Gastón was chosen as co-chair. Gastón is a member of the board of directors at the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL). He has published numerous articles in local and foreign publications on international human rights law and democracy. He earned his law degree at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and obtained an LL.M. (Magna Cum Laude) in International Law and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School in the United States.