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Juana Muñoz

Pereira

Summary

Lawyer with an LL.M. in international humanitarian law and human rights with field experience in Ethiopia, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Employee Consultant Intern

UNHCR - RefugePoint
Guatemala City
04.2024 - 12.2024

•Conducting resettlement interviews and supplementary interviews, as appropriate.
• Drafting Resettlement Forms for submission.
• Updating the data in ProGres and in the UNHCR case file.
• Participating in individual case management meetings.
• Counselling refugees when and as needed.
• Conduct COI research.
• Draft RFRs.

Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Officer

UNCHR
Santo Domingo
09.2022 - 03.2024

• Review the data in ProGres, the UNHCR case file and Protection Referral Form to prepare the resettlement interviews.
• Conduct resettlement and complementary interviews, as appropriate.
• Draft Resettlement Registration Forms.
• Update the data in ProGres and in the UNHCR case file after completing each RRF and when appropriate, ensure that all Best Interest Determination documents are attached along with signed panel decisions.
• Participate in individual case management meetings.
• Counsel refugees when and as needed.

Resettlement Expert

UNHCR - RefugePoint
Sherkole
02.2022 - 08.2022

Deployed as Resettlement Expert to Sherkole Refugee Camp (Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia) under UNHCR's Assosa Sub Office to conduct the following activities:
• Review the data in ProGres and in the UNHCR case file and PRF to prepare the resettlement interview.
• Conduct initial interview and any supplementary interviews, as appropriate.
• Draft RRFs.
• Update the data in ProGres and in the UNHCR case file after completing each RRF and when appropriate, ensure that all BIDs are attached along with signed panel decisions.
• Participate in individual case management meetings;
• Support eligible refugees to access complementary pathways including scholarship opportunities and labour mobility scheme to Canada.
• Counsel refugees when and as needed.

Intern

UNHCR
Geneva
02.2021 - 07.2021

• Conduct country-specific research on the human rights situation in countries of origin, particularly on Afghanistan and Colombia to update UNHCR’s Eligibility Guidelines on these countries.
• Perform detailed editing and formatting, and provide comments on draft documents.
• Provide research in response to queries from field offices related to specific caseloads and COI.
• Assist with summarizing COI information, including drafting COI summaries and footnotes for Refugee Status Determination (RSD) section use.
• Contribute to the management and strategic expansion of knowledge-sharing platforms on RSD, in particular, RSD PP (an internal UNHCR Community of Practice for RSD staff) and the Global Case Law Collection Project, as well as to UNHCR's strategic redesign of Refworld (www.refworld.org).
• Collaborate with the translation of documents for the Asylum Capacity Support Group portal (Spanish - English).
• Engage with the rest of the Section to determine COI and country guidance priorities, including exploring possible areas of research or production.
• Attending and taking notes at meetings along with relevant UNHCR staff (e.g. Human Rights Council, UN Treaty Body sessions).

Legal Intern

Civitas Maxima
Geneva
02.2020 - 07.2020

• Legal research and drafting legal memoranda on international criminal law, human rights, and international law topics, such as the application of the principle of universal jurisdiction on
different countries, and the standard of proof in international criminal courts.
• Evidence review.

Associate Lawyer

My Brand Legal S.A.S
Bogota
07.2017 - 01.2019

• Trademark, patent, and industrial design registration.
• Legal counseling on trademark strategy, Industrial Property, Habeas Data, data protection, Commercial law, and marketing campaigns.
• Strategic litigation in intellectual property matters by developing legal strategies for specific cases, and case management.
• Legal research and analysis.
• Drafting legal documents (i.e., memoranda, lawsuits, appeals, reports).
• Negotiating and drafting contracts.
• Preparing legal workshops on intellectual property and copyright subjects for our clients.
• Registration of databases before the Colombian Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, as well as developing the Data Protection policy and good practices manuals on data processing.

Education

LL.M. - International Humanitarian Law And Human Rights

Geneva Academy
Geneva, Switzerland
10-2020

Bachelor of Arts - Law

Universidad Libre
Pereira, Colombia
03-2015

High School Diploma -

Fundacion Liceo Ingles
Pereira, Colombia
06-2008

Skills

  • Strategic thinking
  • Reporting writing
  • Time management
  • Legal writing
  • Legal documentation and reporting
  • Data privacy
  • Legal research
  • Legal analysis
  • Legal advice
  • Attention to detail
  • Complex Problem-solving
  • Team collaboration
  • Interpersonal relations
  • International law
  • Immigration law
  • Litigation

Languages

Spanish
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Portuguese
Elementary (A2)
A2

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Employee Consultant Intern

UNHCR - RefugePoint
04.2024 - 12.2024

Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Officer

UNCHR
09.2022 - 03.2024

Resettlement Expert

UNHCR - RefugePoint
02.2022 - 08.2022

Intern

UNHCR
02.2021 - 07.2021

Legal Intern

Civitas Maxima
02.2020 - 07.2020

Associate Lawyer

My Brand Legal S.A.S
07.2017 - 01.2019

LL.M. - International Humanitarian Law And Human Rights

Geneva Academy

Bachelor of Arts - Law

Universidad Libre

High School Diploma -

Fundacion Liceo Ingles
Juana Muñoz