Mr Jose Francisco CALI TZAY

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

Mr. Calí Tzay is Maya Kaqchikel from Guatemala, with experience in defending the rights of Indigenous Peoples, both in Guatemala and at the level of the United Nations and the OAS.

He was founder and member of different indigenous organizations in Guatemala, and Ambassador of Guatemala to the Federal Republic of Germany and was President of CERD.

He was Director of Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala; he was member of CODISRA and President of the National Reparation Program for Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict.