Tania Reneaum
{{Short description|Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2021 –}}
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Tania Reneaum Panszi is a Mexican lawyer and currently serves as the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). She was appointed to the position on June 1, 2021, becoming the first elected woman,{{Cite web |title=La CIDH selecciona a Tania Reneaum Panszi para Secretaria Ejecutiva |url=https://www.oas.org/es/CIDH/jsForm/?File=/es/cidh/prensa/comunicados/2021/115.asp |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) |language=es}} and second woman in the history of the IACHR to hold this role, after Edith Márquez Rodríguez from Venezuela,{{Cite web |title=Informe Anual 1990-1991 - Capitulo II |url=https://cidh.oas.org/annualrep/90.91sp/Cap.2.htm |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=cidh.oas.org}} who served from 1990 to 1996.
Life
Reneaum Panszi holds a PhD in Law from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona in 2014{{Cite web |last=Reneaum Panzi |first=Tania |date=c. 2021 |title=Curriculum vitae |url=https://www.oas.org/es/cidh/mandato/secejec2021/reneaumpanszi_spa.pdf |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=OAS}} which is where she also gained a master's degree. Her PhD thesis was titled "Should Women Be Forced to Testify? A Criminological Contribution to the Debate on Whether Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Should Be Obliged to Testify in Criminal Proceedings.".{{Cite web |title=Tania Reneaum Panszi |url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=4446959 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Dialnet |language=es}}
She also holds a second masters qualification in Criminal Law and Comparative Social Problems from the University of Barcelona in addition to a first degree in Legal Sciences from the Central American University, San Salvador in El Salvador.{{Cite web |title=OAS :: IACHR :: Staff |url=https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/mandate/staff.asp |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) |language=en}}
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IACHR Executive Secretary
On May 4, 2021, the IACHR [https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/media_center/preleases/2021/115.asp announced] the selection of Tania Reneaum Panszi as Executive Secretary, a position she assumed on June 1, 2021,{{Cite web |title=Tania Reneaum Panszi Takes Office as IACHR's New Executive Secretary |url=https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/media_center/preleases/2021/142.asp |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) |language=en}} for a four-year term, following the end of her predecessor mandate, Paulo Abrao.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-28 |title=Luis Almagro reafirma que no renovará a Paulo Abrao en la CIDH |url=https://www.elespectador.com/mundo/mas-paises/luis-almagro-reafirma-que-no-renovara-a-paulo-abrao-en-la-cidh-article/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=elespectador.com |language=es}} Her appointment was the result of a public selection process initiated by the Commission in September 2020, which included the evaluation of 450 applications,{{Cite web |last=Bernal |first=María José |date=2021-05-07 |title=Quién es Tania Reneaum Panszi y su labor en el Acuerdo de Escazú |url=https://poderedomex.com/quien-es-tania-reneaum-panszi-y-su-labor-en-el-acuerdo-de-escazu/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Poder Edomex |language=es}} interviews, and the selection of five finalists. Her CV was published for public scrutiny.{{Cite web |title=IACHR :: Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |url=https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/mandate/basics/rulesiachr.asp |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) |language=en}} According to the procedure, the candidate selected by the Commission is formally appointed by the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro and considered a person of "independence and high moral standing" with a good understanding of human rights. In November 2024, the IACHR [https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/media%20center/PReleases/2025/111.asp&utm%20term=class-inst renewed] her mandate for a second four-year term, through May 31, 2029.
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