Fiorella Melzi is a Peruvian and U.S. attorney and human rights specialist. She currently serves as the coordinator of the Monitoring Area 1 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), overseeing Mexico and Central America, as well as the Rapporteurships on Human Rights Defenders and Justice Operators, Memory, Truth and Justice, and the Rights of Older Persons.
Since joining the Executive Secretariat of the IACHR in August 2006, she has held several positions, including coordinator in the Geographic Monitoring Section (2015–2017) and acting coordinator of the Spanish-speaking Mesoamerica and Caribbean Section (2013–2015), where she had also worked from 2010–2015. Additionally, she contributed to the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women (2006–2011).
In Peru, Melzi served as a consultant for the Peruvian Ombudsman’s Office (2006), the United Nations Population Fund (2002–2004), and various civil society organizations. She earned her law degree from the University of Lima in Peru and holds an LLM from the University of Toronto in Canada.
Melzi was an event speaker at the Dialogue.
