Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar (Costa Rica) is a lawyer by training and a human rights advocate.
She has worked extensively on disability rights and inclusive development for the past 20 years, including with the World Bank, the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs, and international donor organizations that supported the work of organizations of persons with disabilities to promote the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Ms. Devandas Aguilar was previously part of the disability rights movement at national, regional and international level and continues to work closely with organisations of persons with disabilities.
Her work priorities as a Special Rapporteur include socioeconomic inclusion, the promotion of full citizenship of persons with disabilities, and embracing diversity/understanding that persons with disabilities are part of human diversity.
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