Eduardo Bertoni
My blogs
| Industry | Law |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Abogado |
| Introduction | en Twitter @ebertoni. Eduardo Bertoni (Phd, Buenos Aires University) is currently the Director of the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, at the Washington College of Law, American University. Former Representative of the Regional Office for South America of the Inter American Institute of Human Rights. He was the first Director of the Access to Public Information Agency (AAIP) wich is the Argentine Data Protection Authority. He was the founder and first Executive Director of the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE) at Palermo University School of Law, Argentina. Before returning to Argentina in 2009, he was the Executive Director of the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) until May, 2006. Previously, he was the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights at the Organization of American States (2002-2005). |
| Interests | International expert on free speech, data privacy, transparency, human rights and their intersection with technologies. Argentinian Lawyer & PhD in Criminal Law (Buenos Aires University) and Master's in International Policy and Practice -MIPP- (George Washington University). Founding Partner of a law firm specialized in criminal litigation, constitutional, labor, and administrative law, and human rights. Former member of the Executive Committee of the Ibero-American Data Protection Network, Director of data Protection of Argentina, and Bureau member to the Committee of the Convention 108 -Council of Europe. Current part of the group of experts in the Data Protection Field at the Council of Europe Data Protection Unit. Consultant for UNESCO, the OSCE, and for the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (UNOHCHR). Professor at Buenos Aires University School of Law, New York University School of Law, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, George Washington University School of Law, University of Oxford, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. Currently, Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the American University Washington College of Law. |