Senior Social Policy Adviser in the Directorate-General for Social Security

Independent expert of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2003-2018) and its Chairperson (2017/2018).

Human rights trainer in various countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, at the request of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and other institutions. Distinguished Guest Lecturer in the LLM Program in Intercultural Human Rights at the St. Thomas University School of Law (2018 / 2019 / 2020).

Speaker at conferences, seminars and webinars, and written articles on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in national and international publications, the last being a chapter on Right to Work and Rights at Work in the Edward Elgar Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Member of the National Human Rights Committee, of the Committee for Equality at Work and in Employment, of the International Board of the Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, of the International Advisory Council of the Equal Rights Trust, of the Advisory Board of the Center for Civil and Political Rights and of the Advisory Board of the Geneva Human Rights Platform.

Chair of the Board of UNICEF -  Portugal