Mariana Chacón Lozano has served as the Operational Legal Coordinator for the ICRC in Colombia since October 2020. She was previously the ICRC’s Operational Legal Coordinator in Ukraine (2018-2020) and Iraq (2015-2017), as well as Deputy Protection Coordinator for the Missing in Ukraine (2017-2018). Between 2011 and 2015 she was also the Legal Adviser at the ICRC’s Regional Delegation in Lima, covering Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. She holds a Master’s in Human Rights at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), where she concluded her law studies.

Mariana is the author and co-author of articles on international human rights law (IHRL), international humanitarian law (IHL) and transitional justice (TJ). She has co-organized human rights competitions (Yachay, PUCP) and has participated, coached and judged in the Jean Pictet Competition.