Annex III
Biographical data form of candidates to human rights treaty bodies
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Name and first name:Grillo Rivera, Milena
Date and place of birth: San Jose, Costa Rica; August 21, 1946.
Working languages: Spanish, native speaker; English, proficiency.
Current position/function:
Executive Director, PANIAMOR Foundation, Costa Rica, with responsibility to advance in
the compliance of its mission, which is “to catalyze enduring changes in the quality of life
and fulfillment of children rights in Costa Rica”. Legal and official representation of the
organization before governmental, inter sectorial and civil society networks, bodies and
commissions at the national and international level.
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Main professional activities1:
Political advocacy and social mobilization for the prevention of violence and social inclusion
from child-rights centric and gender sensitive approaches - outreach to the LATAM region.
Applied research for the design and advocacy of best practices for social and institutional
action in early childhood and adolescence
Production of intervention models for the institutional and social prevention of violence
against children and adolescence
Technical advise in the development and enactment of legislation and public policy
instruments that are cultural and gender sensitive, for the effective protection of the rights of
children and adolescents
Conceptual design of digital mechanism for adolescent citizen participation
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Educational background:
Masters in Social Science, with emphasis in familiar and social violence studies.
Law degree.
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Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:
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It should be noted that membership in the Committee on the Rights of the Child requires participation in
three (winter, spring and autumn) sessions of three weeks duration each per year; in addition, pre-sessional
working groups are held immediately after each session during five working days in order to prepare the
following session. The total number of weeks during which the Committee meets in Geneva therefore amounts
to 12 weeks per year.
ECPACT International Representative at the High-Level Panel for the Global study
about Sexual Exploitation linked to travel and tourism, since 2015.
Latin American Region Representative in the International NGO Council on Violence against
Children (INTCO), since 2012.
Member of the Advisory Council, Ombudsperson Office of the Republic, since 2015.
Member of the Task Force against the Exploitation of Children in Tourism, World Tourism
Organization, since 2006.
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List of most recent publications in the field:
We are Family. Empowerment of families for respectful child-rearing.
PANIAMOR/Min of Health et al. Costa Rica 2016. Citizen Childhood.
Acknowledging and developing agency capacity at early childhood. PANIAMOR/Min
of Health et al. Costa Rica 2014. Adolescence and ICTs in Costa Rica: new
opportunities, new challenges. . In: Cybersecurity in Costa Rica. PROSIC. Costa
Rica. 2010.
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