Facundo Chávez

Facundo Chávez

Geneva (Switzerland)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human Rights and Disability Advisor

Facundo Chávez Penillas is the Human Rights and Disability Advisor of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, based in Geneva, since 2013. He is a lawyer with graduate studies on business law and human rights law. Before his current position, Facundo worked in the Disability Department at the Ombudsperson Office of the City of Buenos Aires in Argentina and in a corporate law firm. He was member of organizations of persons with disabilities at national, regional and international levels before working for the United Nations.