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Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs
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The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs is a corporate service reporting directly to the Director-General.
Our responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Office are:
- to provide legal advice to the General Conference, the Executive Board and various meetings convened by UNESCO and to all the intergovernmental bodies established by the General Conference and the Executive Board and those established for the implementation of the conventions;
- to provide legal advice on questions arising for the Organization and concerning its Constitution, statutory texts and regulations, its privileges and immunities;
- to provide advice on the conclusion and application of agreements with Member States or other organizations and on contracts to which the Organization is a party;
- to represent the Organization before the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization and other international tribunals or dispute resolution boards;
- to assist in the drawing up and application of international standard-setting instruments and to exercise depository functions of the Director-General in relation to international treaties; and
- to serve as the secretariat of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations of the Executive Board and of the Legal Committee of the General Conference acting also as credentials committee.
Our priorities
The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs aims at protecting the Organization’s interests along two main lines:
- Ensuring compliance with the Organization’s rules, regulations and procedures;
- Pursuing improvements in the legal safety of activities carried out by the Organization.
Our team
Mr Santiago VILLALPANDO
UNESCO Legal Adviser
Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs
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Office of the Director (LA/DIR)
Mr Julien BOISSISE, Legal Officer
Ms Hairiat MOHAMED, Senior Legal Secretary
Section of Conventions and Recommendations (LA/CR)
Mr Guillermo TRASANCOS, Chief of Section, Senior Legal Officer
Mr Jean-Christophe BADAROUX-MENDIETA, Legal Officer
Mr Martin BRESKVAR, Associate Legal Officer
Mr Sotirios KONSTANTIS, Associate Legal Officer
Section of International Administrative Law (LA/AL)
Mr Fabrizio MASTROGIROLAMO, Chief of Section, Senior Legal Officer
Mr Alexandre DEGANIS, Legal Officer
Ms Brenda COSTECALDE ORPINEDA, Associate Legal Officer
Ms Marie-José DELGADO, Secretary
Section of General Legal Affairs (LA/GL)
Ms Chantal CLAXTON-PROUST, Chief of Section, Senior Legal Officer
Ms Asoid GARCIA-MARQUEZ, Legal Officer
Mr Esteban Jorge GIUDICI, Legal Officer
Ms Tineke BAIRD, Legal Officer
Ms Hélia FARINHO FERREIRA, Documentalist