As the VP of International Advocacy and Litigation, Angelita Baeyens is the lead attorney in several human rights cases before the UN and regional human rights mechanisms, including on freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly, and violence against women. Before joining RFKHR, she served as a political affairs officer at the Americas Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs; and worked as a human rights officer at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, where she also coordinated the Office of the Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders.

Ms. Baeyens is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. She holds a Law degree from the University of Ibague (Colombia) and an LL.M in international human rights law from the University of Notre Dame (USA).