Alfredo Romero
Venezuela | Executive Director, Foro Penal Venezolano (FPV)
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Alfredo Romero was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and is the executive director of human rights organization Foro Penal Venezolano (FPV). FPV was founded in 2005 to provide pro bono legal assistance to victims of arbitrary detention, due process violations or other human rights violations, including torture or cruel and inhuman treatment. Under Romero’s leadership, over 200 lawyers and 1,700 volunteers across the country are providing assistance to victims of human rights violations and their families. To date, FPV has provided assistance to more than 4,000 people. In addition to his role as executive director of FPV, Romero was until recently a fellow with the Carr Center For Human Rights Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is also currently a partner at Himiob, Romero & Asociados law firm and has been a professor at the Central University of Venezuela and the Andrés Bello Catholic University. Romero obtained his Law Degree from the Andrés Bello Catholic University in 1991, and has an M.A in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University (1994) and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics (1997).
Romero was an event speaker at the Dialogue.
