Mariano Godachevich

Dr. Mariano Godachevich is a lawyer (University of Buenos Aires), university lecturer (Latin American Programme on Human Rights and Democratisation, University of San Martin) and author specialized in disability rights. He has three decades of experience as representative of the disability rights movement in Argentina and Latin America. Between 2001 and 2012 he coordinated a programme for labor inclusion for the visually impaired. He is an advisor of the National Programme for Persons with Disabilities in their Relationship with the Administration of Justice (ADAJUS) at the Ministry of Justice in Argentina. He has been a consultant of the Inter-American Development Bank in the evaluation of labor insertion programmes. Since 2014 he is the Argentine civil society delegate and Vicepresident of the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CEDDIS) of the Organization of American States (OAS).