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van Roekel, Eva

Eva van Roekel is assistant professor in Cultural Anthropology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and specialises in conflict, morality, and human rights in Latin America. She is author of the awarded monograph Phenomenal Justice. Violence and Morality in Argentina. Her current work focuses on the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis, transnational crime and natural resource extraction.

Occupation: Assistant Professor in Cultural Anthropology
Countries of expertise: Argentina, Venezuela

Vasilevich, Hanna

Dr. Hanna Vasilevich is a researcher and academic currently based at the International Centre for Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity Studies in Prague, where she serves as Board Chair. Dr. Vasilevich has been a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Law & Anthropology Department of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, Germany. Before she worked at the European Centre for Minority Studies (Germany) and taught in a number of Universities in Czechia and Germany. 

Occupation: Board Chair
Countries of expertise: Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

Vives, Carlos Treviño

Carlos Treviño Vives is a deeply experienced legal expert and human rights defender who has contributed significantly to Mexico’s justice reform and human rights architecture. His career spans the highest levels of public service, NGO leadership, and litigation across Mexico’s courts and the Inter-American system. As a thought leader and author, he has shaped policy discourse on forced disappearance, environmental rights, and community media. Fluent in legal systems and civic engagement, Carlos continues to drive impact through both institutional channels and grassroots platforms. His commitment to justice, backed by intellectual rigor and legal innovation, makes him a standout expert in human rights advocacy in Latin America.

Occupation: Carlos Treviño Vives is a distinguished human rights lawyer,
researcher, and policy advisor with nearly two decades of
experience working at the intersection of law, public policy, and
social justice in Mexico. With a robust academic foundation in
law, international relations, and social sciences, Carlos has
held senior roles in the Mexican National Human Rights
Commission, civil society organizations, and academia. His
expertise spans enforced disappearances, freedom of
expression, climate justice, and indigenous rights,
complemented by legislative reform and litigation at both
national and international levels. A respected voice in Mexico's
legal and advocacy ecosystem, he is also the founder of… Read more
Countries of expertise: Finland, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, United States of America

Vora, Neha

Neha Vora is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology & Sociology at Lafayette College. She received her PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Irvine. Her areas of expertise include migration, citizenship, higher education, South Asian and Muslim diasporas, gender, labor, race, liberalism, political economy, and the state, in the Arabian Peninsula region and in the United States. She is the author of Impossible Citizens: Dubai’s Indian Diaspora (Duke University Press, 2013) and Teach for Arabia: American Universities, Liberalism, and Transnational Qatar (Stanford University Press, 2018). She has also published a co-authored book with Ahmed Kanna and Amelie Le Renard, Beyond Exception: New Interpretations of the Arabian Peninsula (Cornell University Press, 2020).

Occupation: Associate Professor of Anthropology
Countries of expertise: Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, United States of America