Daniel D'Esposito
Daniel D’Esposito, Executive Director
Email: danieldesposito@huridocs.org; Skype: daniel.desposito
Daniel was HURIDOCS capacity building officer from 2006 to 2009, after serving ten years with the ICRC, both in the field and at headquarters, in the field of humanitarian protection (visits to detainees to prevent torture and disappearances and improve conditions of detention, and monitoring respect for international humanitarian law by warring parties). Daniel holds a BA in political science from the University of Lausanne and an MSc in NGO Management from the London School of Economics.
Bert Verstappen
Bert Verstappen, Senior Documentalist and Administrator
Email: info@huridocs.org; Skype: berthuridocs
Bert Verstappen has been working with HURIDOCS since 1987. He coordinated the work of different Task Forces and co-authored main HURIDOCS publications such as the Events Standard Formats, Micro-thesauri, What is documentation? and What is monitoring? He has a wide experience in organising and providing training on human rights documentation. Bert is a historian from the Netherlands and previously worked with the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) and the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo.
Michael Goecken
Michael Goecken, Programme Manager for the former Soviet Union
Email: michael.goecken@huridocs.org; Skype: michael_goecken
Michael joined HURIDOCS in 2011 and manages our activities and projects in the FSU region. Before joining us, he worked for the Russian office of Avenir Group, a financial software services company, analysing client needs and modelling solutions. He also has two years experience as researcher with Institute for Information Freedom Development, in St Petersburg, and studied for an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics. Michael speaks Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish and of course Russian.
Syaldi
Syaldi, Trainer and Capacity Builder
Email: syaldi@huridocs.org; Skype: syaldi.sahude
Syaldi has been passionate about human information management since 10 years : in particular documentation of violations using the events methodology. He provides training and support to numerous small and large NGOs in Indonesia and in the region, helping them choose the right methodology and tools for documenting violations, defining their information handling workflows, and structuring websites and digital libraries. Syaldi is from Indonesia, lives in Jakarta, and studied philosophy at the university STF Driyarkara.
Ana Filipa Linhas
Ana Filipa Linhas, Documentalist
Email: ana.linhas@huridocs.org
Ana graduated in Law in 2008 from the University of Porto – Law School (Portugal), then trained as an attorney for two and a half years and a half at the Bar Association Bar in Porto. She is now doing a Master in International Relations at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations in Geneva – Switzerland. At HURIDOCS. Ana assists Bert Verstappen and has collaborated on projects such as the African Human Rights Caselaw Analyser and the website of the African Child Committee, and has also developed a sample violations database for OpenEvsys.
