Catalina Devandas Aguilar is a Costa Rican lawyer who served as the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from 2014 until 2020.
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Catalina Devandas Aguilar is a Costa Rican lawyer who served as the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from 2014 until 2020. In May 2024, she was appointed Senior Director for the Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Communications with the International Organization for Migration. Previously, she served as Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations at Geneva. She also worked for the World Bank and took part in the establishment of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with the United Nations Secretariat. She has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.
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