Luis Enrique EGUREN

Senior Adviser, researcher and trainer, Protection International

Medical Doctor, PhD in International Studies and Intercultural Studies, and NOHA Masters in Humanitarian Action. Senior Adviser at Protection International (Brussels), guest lecturer and researcher in the Institute of Human Rights of the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain). He is an expert in the protection of human rights defenders and of civilians in humanitarian contexts, and author of several handbooks and articles on the protection of defenders.  He has worked in long-term missions in several countries (El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Colombia), and has undertaken many short-term field assignments in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Middle East.