Mariana Gomes Neto

Mariana Gomes Neto is a Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Human Rights since September 2016, with prior roles including Project Coordinator and Associate Human Rights Officer. Mariana has held positions as a Junior Project Manager at the Center for International Legal Cooperation and a Research Worker at the Lebanese Center for Human Rights. Additional experience includes active membership in the Working Group of the Dutch Section of the International Commission of Jurists and a Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. Early career roles involved work as an Asylum/RSD Officer for the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice and a Junior Lecturer at the University of Leiden. Academic qualifications consist of multiple degrees from the University of Groningen, including LLM in International and European Law, alongside studies in International Relations and humanitarian action at various institutions.