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Marshall Wanimo

Marshall Wanimo is a Master’s in Local Development student from the University of Padua. His academic background in Urban and Regional Planning provides a strong foundation for understanding the intersections between urban governance, inclusive city planning, and community participation. At HRCN, Marshall contributes as a Project Assistant – Research & M&E professional, assisting in the […]

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Lea Blanchez

Lea Blanchez joined the Human Rights Cities Network as Project Coordinator in April 2025. She focuses on the coordination and implementation of DeCiDE which is a project aimed at strengthening urban democracy and human rights practices in Europe. Lea holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and International and European Governance from Leiden University, with

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Julia Johnson Team member

Julia Johnson

Julia Johnson joined the Human Rights Cities Network in April 2024, where she initially assisted with communication but has since moved on to working on policy and capacity building. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she specialised in migration and refugee rights. She

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Capucine Paquay

Capucine Paquay

Communication and Marketing consultant, Capucine graduated from a Master Degree in Advertising, from Institut of Advanced Studies of Social Communication (IHECS) in Brussels. Having a previous experience at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute she joined the HRCN team in January 2023. Her goal is to create an impactfull and accessible communication, in order to promote the

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Evelyne Meissirel du Souzy

Founder of the O.M.A, International Mediation Center and partner : www.oma-mediation.com. Registered mediator, facilitator and systemic practitioner trained in institutional and family therapy for private and public companies. Trainer and coach in negotiation and mediation for managers, consultants, lawyers, notaries, judges, social workers for more than 15 years. Lawyer registered at the Brussels Bar from

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Els Van Driel

Els van Driel (Alkmaar, 1976) is an independent journalist and documentary director. She is the founder of Monocle productions foundation, which promotes and produces films about human- and childrensrights.  She initiated the award-winning childrens documentary series Mensjesrechten/Just Kids about children’s rights and The Asylummachine, a crossmedia project about Dutch national asylumpolicies.  In 2017 she made the documentary The Deal

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