Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno

Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno is the co-director of the Human Rights Watch’s US program. Previously, she served for five years as the organization’s primary expert on Colombia’s internal armed conflict. Born in Peru, she lived through the bombings of the vicious Maoist insurgent group Shining Path, followed by the authoritarianism of Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori. McFarland has conducted extensive advocacy before the governments of the United States, Canada, and European and Latin American countries; has authored and edited numerous Human Rights Watch reports; has testified before the Canadian Parliament and several times before the US Congress; and is a frequent voice in the media.