The ARTICLE 19
Team

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Our people

ARTICLE 19 delivers change through local as well as international influence. That’s why our people are based in major cities and regions around the world. We have teams leading advocacy in cities such as New York and Dhaka, and thematic experts driving policy change in places as diverse as Nairobi and Tunis.

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Legal Officer
Legal Officer Law and Policy Team

Chantal Joris

Chantal Joris

Chantal joined ARTICLE 19 in 2022. Her work focuses on platforms regulation (content aspects) and freedom of expression issues relating to national security and privacy. Prior to joining ARTICLE 19, Chantal was an Associate at public international law firm Volterra Fietta, where she represented States and private entities before international and domestic courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, and advised on a wide range of public international law matters, including international trade law, international criminal law, international human rights law, State immunity and the protection of foreign investments.

Before that, Chantal practiced domestic and international litigation and advised clients on corporate matters, including, insolvency and white collar crime, at two leading Swiss law firms. In addition to her experience in private practice, Chantal worked as a judicial clerk in a Swiss district court. She also worked for several human rights organisations, where she focused on issues related to business and human rights, international refugee law and human rights in the digital age.

Chantal holds a law degree from the University of Zurich and an LLM from King’s College London, where she focused on public international law and international human rights law. She was admitted to the Swiss bar (Zurich) in 2018.

Head of Law and Policy, with focus on Digital Markets
Head of Law and Policy, with focus on Digital Markets Law and Policy Team

Maria Luisa Stasi

Maria Luisa Stasi

Maria Luisa joined ARTICLE 19 in 2018. Based in the London office, she contributes to the development of the organisation’s policies on infrastructure, competition, and regulatory framework for telecoms, internet providers and online service providers. She also provides legal support to the organisation’s regional offices on digital rights and media policy issues.

Prior to joining ARTICLE 19, Maria Luisa coordinated various projects at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute, where she conducted research, policy and capacity building activities in the telecoms and media sector. Before that, she worked as associate lawyer at Bonelli Erede, an international law firm, where she advised clients on competition rules and represented them in proceedings before competition authorities and courts from various jurisdictions. Maria Luisa holds a law degree (distinction) from the University of Perugia, a Master’s degree on international relations from LUMSA University and an LLM on European Legal Studies from the College of Europe. She was admitted at the Italian Bar in 2008.

Senior Legal Officer
Senior Legal Officer Law and Policy Team

Paige Morrow

Paige Morrow

Paige is a Senior Legal Officer joining ARTICLE 19 in early 2019, focusing on the media and freedom of expression issues relating to elections. Previously, she led the Brussels office of a public interest law firm, practiced corporate litigation at a leading Canadian law firm, and held various positions relating to human rights and business. She also served on the faculty of the Masters of Law programme at the University of Kent Brussels School of International Studies.
She holds an LLM from the London School of Economics (Chevening Scholar), as well as degrees from the University of British Columbia School of Law and McGill University. She has submitted interventions in human rights cases before a number of national courts, and published widely on responsible business conduct, corporate governance and sustainable investment.
She has also served as an adviser or member of the board of directors of a range of human rights organizations.
Senior Legal Officer
Senior Legal Officer Law and Policy Team

Paulina Gutierrez

Paulina Gutierrez

Paulina is the former Digital Rights Programme Officer at ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America Office. She is an international human rights lawyer and Internet freedom advocate in Latin America. Paulina holds a degree in Law and another one in International Relations, she holds specialisation degrees on privacy, intellectual property and the Inter American Human Rights System. Her professional experience includes twelve years working on human rights policy research, human rights violations legal advisory, freedom of expression and gender issues. During the last four years she designed and developed the digital rights agenda for ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America Regional Office, including innovative approaches to study and exercise Freedom of Expression and Information online. She is also a member of INDELA’s Advisory Board and BENETECH’s Human Rights Program Advisory Board.

ECA Programme Officer & Media Freedom Programme Officer
ECA Programme Officer & Media Freedom Programme Officer ECA and Media Freedom Teams

Roberta Taveri

Roberta Taveri

Roberta joined ARTICLE 19 in September 2018 as the ECA Programme Officer, and also currently covers the role of Media Freedom Programme Officer. She focuses on the work on Spain and the Western Balkans and she provides support to ARTICLE 19’s Social Media Council initiative.

Roberta holds a Master degree in International Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London and degrees in Philosophy from the University of Bologna (Italy) and the University of Edinburgh. Roberta has worked for over 8 years in the human rights field at international level: she worked with UN-OHCHR and international NGOs in Uganda and Rwanda, as well as with the human rights section of the EU delegation to the UN in Geneva. Before joining ARTICLE 19, Roberta worked in the international department of the Law Society of England and Wales in London. Roberta speaks English, Spanish and Italian, and has a working knowledge of French.

Office Manager
Office Manager Operations Team

Renato Alesi

Renato Alesi

Renato Joined ARTICLE 19 as Office Manager in November 2011. Prior to this, he worked at The Management Centre, a management consultancy working internationally with non-profit organisations, where he coordinated the materials for the management training programmes. He also assisted with the website development; liaised with venues in preparation for events; as well as ensuring the smooth running of the office. At ARTICLE 19 Renato is responsible for the successful day to day running of the International office here in London, he also assists in coordinating travel, events and offers general IT support to the office.

Head of Projects
Head of Projects Projects Team

Inger Wong

Inger Wong

Inger manages the Projects Team in ARTICLE 19 where she leads strategic planning and good project management across the organisation including grant management, compliance, monitoring, learning and reporting. Her team also promotes organisational accountability and transparency. Prior to joining ARTICLE 19 in 2009, Inger was a Program Strategist at George P. Johnson, an international experience marketing company based in London. She previously worked in Honduras for Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme y la Libertad (M.P.D.L.), a Spanish development organisation, and has worked for different United Nations agencies and international non-governmental organisation in Thailand and the United Kingdom. Inger holds an LLB in Law and European Legal Systems from the University of East Anglia and an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Head of Protection
Head of Protection Protection Team

Silvia Chocarro

Silvia Chocarro

Silvia Chocarro joined ARTICLE 19 in January 2019. She is the Head of Protection, leading the strategy on the safety of journalists, human rights defenders and civil society. She sits on the IFEX Council, she is a member of the Centre for Freedom of Media (University of Sheffield) and a non-resident fellow at the Center for Media, Data and Society (Central European University).

In her 20-year career, Silvia has worked for intergovernmental organizations, for example at UNESCO in the development of the UN Plan of Action on the safety of journalists; for freedom of expression coalitions, for example leading international advocacy for IFEX; for media development NGOs on issues related to the safety of journalists, community media, gender and media and strategic communications; and for media outlets, as foreign correspondent in Spain, Mexico and the US. Silvia is the author of several publications, for example “Nosotras en el país de las Comunicaciones: voces y miradas de mujeres”. She holds a PhD in Journalism from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Legal Officer
Legal Officer Law and Policy Team

Ilaria Fevola

Ilaria Fevola

Ilaria joined ARTICLE 19 in 2019 as legal officer focusing on transparency, the right to information, anti-corruption and sustainable development. She has been a legal researcher for Columbia Global Freedom of Expression covering the case-law of the European regional courts (European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union). Prior to joining Article 19, she gained experience in the field of freedom of expression by working at UNESCO, the Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI), the World Association of Newspapers and News publishers (WAN-IFRA) and Oxygen for Information (Ossigeno per l’Informazione).

Ilaria holds a master’s degree in International and European Law from the University of Torino (Italy). She is currently pursuing an LLM in Human Rights Law at the University of London.