Ivona Truscan

Ivona Truscan
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | UNHCR · Division of International Protection

PhD

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Introduction
Researcher and advocate with 10 years of work experience in the areas of displacement, migration, deprivation of liberty, socio-economic rights and gender equality. Experience in academic institutions, NGOs, international organizations. Passionate about developing research to support policy and normative developments. Organizer and speaker at conferences and training. Fluent in English, French with basic knowledge of Spanish.
Additional affiliations
April 2017 - present
Association for the Prevention of Torture
Position
  • Consultant
Description
  • Develop advocacy on migration-related detention, ill-treatment and torture
June 2016 - present
Women's Human Rights Institute
Position
  • Regional Research Coordinator - Europe
Description
  • Global study on good practices to achieve gender equality and eliminate discrimination against women.
September 2013 - present
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Position
  • Researcher
Description
  • Intersectionality of Human Rights Violations and Multiple Grounds of Discrimination - focus on discrimination based on race, gender, age and social status; - applied research on forced sterilizations, youth unemployment, and harmful practices
Education
September 2010 - May 2015
September 2008 - August 2009
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Field of study
  • International Humanitarian Law
September 2006 - August 2008
Åbo Akademi University
Field of study
  • International Human Rights Law

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Publications (8)
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The present review discusses significant developments which marked the protection of economic, social, and cultural rights in 2014 at various levels. At the international level, emphasis will be placed on the practice of United Nations treaty bodies, the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, and significant contributions from United Nations speci...
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Against the backdrop of criticisms concerning the absence of a genuine dialogue between human rights and development, and weak substantive cooperation among actors from both disciplines, the present article sets out how one category of human rights actors attempted to concretely engage with the development agenda. The study examines the contributio...

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