Ambassador Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi
Head of the Argentinian Delegation to the IHRA
Member country since: 2002
Remembrance Days: 27 January (International Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Cecilia Meirovich (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – Deputy Head of the Argentinian Delegation
Beatriz Dragovetsky de Nemirovsky (Jewish Community in Argentina) – Education Working Group
Héctor Shalom (Anne Frank House) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Andrea Gualde (Ministry of Justice, Security and Human Rights) – Academic Working Group
Eduardo Levin (BAMA Foundation) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Ana Diamant (ICUF) – Academic Working Group
Ariel Gelblung (Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Latin America) – Academic Working Group
Cristina Gómez Giusto (Ministry of Education) – Education Working Group
Emmanuel Kahan (National Council for Scientific and Technological Research) – Academic Working Group
Jonathan Karszenbaum (The Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Jorge Knoblovits (Delegation of Argentinian Jewish Organizations) – Education Working Group
Martín Suaya (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – Education Working Group
Andrea Copani (Human Rights Secretariat) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Argentina is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights as a guiding principle and state policy. We believe that the participation of our country in the IHRA, as the only Latin American member, is key not only for maintaining remembrance of the Shoah, but also for preventing genocides and facing present challenges in upholding truth and justice. It is essential to work along side civil society organizations, and other key actors to strengthen these policies.