Ximena Vengoechea delivers TEDx talk on human rights and the pandemic

Ximena Vengoechea delivers TEDx talk on human rights and the pandemic

Ximena Vengoechea

Advocate Ximena Vengoechea has presented a talk on the extent to which liberties were infringed during the pandemic for TEDx.

Ms Vengoechea is a dual-qualified human rights lawyer from Colombia who holds several qualifications including a PG specialisation in constitutional law and two postgraduate diplomas in human rights & humanitarian law.

She attended the René Cassin International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at Lund University in Sweden.

She obtained an MA in Peace Studies (distinction) from Lancaster University, and is a qualified international arbitrator from the University of Aberdeen (distinction). She is currently a member of the panel of counsel for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in Scotland, clerk of the Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee at the Scottish bar.

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