Liliana Ortega (born 1965) is a Venezuelan professor, and

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lawyer and advocate. Her work as a human rights defender has earned her several awards, including the

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Biography

Liliana Ortega Mendoza was born in

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

in 1965. She is the founder and executive director of the ''Comité de Familiares de Víctimas del Caracazo'' (COFAVIC) ("Family Committee of Victims of Caracazo"). Cofavic is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that works for the protection and promotion of human rights, independent of any partisan and religious doctrine or institution; it is a non-profit civil association. Her work focuses on the victims associated with

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. Ortega teaches law at

Andrés Bello Catholic University Andrés Bello Catholic University also known in Spanish as Universidad Católica Andrés Bello is a private university in Venezuela. One of the largest universities in Venezuela, UCAB has campuses in several cities, such as Caracas (where the mai ...

Awards and honors

* 2017, Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law * 2010, Officer,

, granted by the Government of France * 1999, named as one of the fifty Leaders for the New Millennium in

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'' magazine * 1999, ASHOKA fellow * 1994, nominated for the Reebok Human Rights Award

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