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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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Law and Policy Programme AssistantLaw and Policy Team
Brigitte Andersen
Brigitte Andersen
Brigitte joined ARTICLE 19 in 2023 as the Law and Policy Programme Assistant. She supports the Law and Policy team on legal work, research, and financial and project administration.
Before joining ARTICLE 19, Brigitte interned at PEN America, supporting the Free Expression at Risk team with the research and publication of their inaugural Freedom to Write Index; and Index on Censorship, where she worked with the advocacy and events teams. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Wellesley College.
Senior Legal OfficerLaw 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.
Legal OfficerLaw 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.
Head of Law and Policy for Digital MarketsLaw and Policy Team
Maria Luisa Stasi
Maria Luisa Stasi
Maria Luisa joined ARTICLE 19 in 2018, and since 2022 she leads the law and policy activities concerning digital markets, focusing on the use of economic regulation and competition law and policy to advance the protection of free expression online. Maria Luisa is a competition lawyer by background with expertise in media, telecoms, and internet technologies. Previously, she worked as researcher and project coordinator at the European University Institute, and as associate competition lawyer at Bonelli Erede, one of biggest Italian law firms. She holds a PhD in Law from Tilburg University (the Netherlands), an LLM from the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium) and a Master’s Degee in International Relations from Lumsa University in Rome (Italy).
Senior Advocacy OfficerLaw and Policy Team
Mark Dempsey
Mark Dempsey
Mark joined ARTICLE 19 in April 2023. Based in Brussels, Mark leads on our EU advocacy with the EU institutions and the wider EU policy environment working closely with other civil society organisations inter alia, to ensure that freedom of expression, access to information, protection of journalists and media freedom are safeguarded in EU legislative proposals and existing regulations. Future work will also have a closer focus on market power and competition policy.
Prior to joining ARTICLE 19, Mark has consulted for the European Commission, overseeing data privacy projects in non-EU countries and worked in development finance for a US NGO as a regional director, managing projects in the Middle East for 5 years covering Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. Mark also spent 4 years in London working for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as an EU policy advisor. Mark has a BA in European Studies from the University of Ulster and masters’ degrees in European Economics and Public Affairs from University College Dublin and in Public Policy (specialising in digital policy) from the Hertie School, Berlin.
Senior Legal OfficerLaw 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.
Head of UN UN team
Anna Oosterlinck
Anna Oosterlinck
Anna joined ARTICLE 19 in July 2020. She is currently Head of UN and leads ARTICLE 19’s advocacy engagement with the UN in Geneva and NY on freedom of expression and related rights, online and offline.
Previously, she served as Senior Political Advisor at the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN in NY during Belgium’s membership of the Security Council in 2019-20 (and in 2007-2008). She was appointed by the UN Secretary General as the Human Rights Expert on the UN Security Council mandated Panel of Experts for South Sudan (2015-2018). She has worked on peacekeeping finance at the UN Secretariat, on humanitarian response at Save the Children UK and on international trade for the Flemish government.
She holds a Master of Laws and M.A in International Relations. She has worked in South Sudan, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, Niger, Haiti, and Peru.
Senior Programme Office - Europe and Media FreedomECA and Media Freedom Teams
Roberta Taveri
Roberta Taveri
Roberta joined ARTICLE 19 in September 2018 and currently works as Senior Programme Office on Europe and Media Freedom, focusing on Southern Europe and leading on the Media Freedom Rapid Response.
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 10 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, holds a working knowledge of French and elementary knowledge of Serbo-Croatian.
Office ManagerOperations 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.
