Illari Aragon

• International climate change negotiations. Transparency. 
• International development programming (climate change adaptation).
• International human rights law and capacity building projects in the legal sector.

Illari previously worked at CAFOD, where she managed a diverse portfolio of development programmes and climate change projects in Peru. She has also worked at the UNFCCC negotiations for the Legal Response Initiative, and at the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, where she managed the implementation of capacity building projects in Nigeria and Zimbabwe and co-ordinated trial observations in the Maldives and Sri Lanka.  

Before coming to the UK, Illari worked on transitional justice as a member of the legal team for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru. She also worked at the Ministry for Women’s Affairs and Development (MIMDES) and trained as a lawyer working in human rights litigation with cases before national and international courts. Illari has a master's degree in law from SOAS.