Elvia Duque is Senior Officer on Race and Ethnicity at the International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights. She works on advocacy projects before the Organization of American States (OAS), mainly in favor of the ratification of the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance.
Previously, Elvia worked for many years as the Director of International Affairs of the organization Afroamérica XXI. In this role, she worked as an advocate for the Afro-Latino population and was also the coordinator of many international projects for Afro-Latinos. Also, with the organization Global Rights – Partners for Justice, she was one of the Afro-Latina leaders who helped advocate for many years for the creation of the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Afro-descendants and against Racial Discrimination in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the main and autonomous body of the OAS. As a member of different Afro-Latina organizations, Elvia published numerous technical training materials.
In addition, Elvia is the author of the book “Contributions of the Afro-descendant People. The Hidden History of Latin America”. Elvia studied law at the Universidad Santiago de Cali, and was born in Cali, Colombia.
