Research on court cases: Uruguay

Agustina Rodríguez is a lawyer who is part of the legal team at Observatorio Luz Ibarburu.

Research for the victim factsheets: Chile

Sebastián Leiva holds a doctorate in History from the University of Santiago, Chile, specialising in the study of workers and political organisations in the Southern Cone and human rights violations. He is the Coordinator of Historical Research at Londres 38.

Research for the victim factsheets: Chile

Magdalena Garcés is a lawyer and holds a PhD in Law. She was involved in lawsuits for crimes against humanity committed by the Chilean civil-military dictatorship. She was part of the prosecution for the Operation Condor case and is a lawyer at the Londres 38 site of memory.

Research for the victim factsheets: Chile

Karinna Fernández is a human rights lawyer. She has represented victims of the Chilean civil-military dictatorship. She is a legal adviser at Londres 38. She filed a petition before the Inter-American Commision of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Reports and infographics design

Andrea Rocha is a lawyer specialising in journalism. She has carried out research on the topic of human rights in Colombia and Argentina.

Database building and reports

Lorena Balardini is a teacher of social research methods and researcher at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She has designed databases on human rights trials for the National Attorney General Office (Procuración General de la Nación) and the Argentine Center for Legal and Social Studies (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, CELS).

Website programming and digitalisation

Rodrigo Barbano is a computer programmer specialising in web portals, digitalisation, and digital repositories. He is a defender of software and free culture. He is the co-coordinator of the Project Sitios de Memoria – Uruguay.

Research, content, georeferencing, and website design

Mariana Risso is a psychologist who has worked with victims of violence and torture. As an independent researcher, she has participated in the publication of numerous books and articles on the topic of historical memory. She coordinates the Project Sitios de Memoria – Uruguay.

Coordinator and Principal Researcher

Dr Francesca Lessa is Associate Professor in International Relations of the Americas at University College London. She is the author of the recent book, The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America, published by Yale University Press (2022).

Madres y familiares de uruguayos detenidos desaparecidos is a Uruguayan organisation that brings together the families of prisoners who were disappeared during the most recent civil-military dictatorship in Uruguay. Its headquarters can be found in the capital of Montevideo.