Christian Gonzalez Chacon, Of Counsel, specializes in international human rights law. He brings to the firm more than a decade of experience as a human rights advocate, having worked with prominent international human rights organizations and tribunals.
For over eight years, Christian served as a Senior Counsel at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, handling a diverse range of cases spanning administrative and criminal due process, enforced disappearances, death penalty, freedom of expression, judicial and prosecutorial independence, and discrimination issues within the Americas.
He successfully represented the IACHR in more than two dozen hearings before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, where he played a pivotal role in securing landmark judgments for the IACHR and representatives of victims.
During his career, he gained valuable experience by interning at the Center for Justice and International Law. Additionally, he served as a visiting professional at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Human Rights Committee, and the International Criminal Court.
Christian is fluent in Spanish and English.
