Rosa Elvira Franco Sandoval

• - Violence against Women. United States Congress, Washington, WOLA. 2006.
• - Violence against Women. Case of María Isabel Veliz Franco, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA, 2007, invited by the women's organization MUJER and Alicia Partnoy.
• - Workshop on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Racism, and Racial Discrimination. Presidential Commission against Discrimination and Racism against Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala.
• - Invited to participate in the "Justice" episode of the Travesías / FOX Utilísima program. Buenos Aires, Argentina, invited by journalists María Rosa Grandinetti and Graciela Arias Uriburu. 2009
• - Human Rights Congress 2011, Human Rights Ombudsman, August 2011.
• - Human Rights Training, Capacity Building, and Research Program, taught by the Human Rights Institute (IDHUSAC), April - October 2014.
• - Seminar on APA style citation, General Directorate of Research, USAC, May 2014.
• - Presentation at the 8th National Meeting of Historians, University Cultural Center, November 2013.
• - Workshop on University Leadership, Communication Strategies, Teamwork, Decision-Making, and Conflict Resolution. Department of Education, Development Division, USAC.
• - Free courses on Constitutional Law, Labor Law, and Criminal Law, Lic. Omar Garnica, January - March 2017.
• - 2019 Marie Curie Research Chair. Course on University Research with a Gender Perspective in Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, University Institute for Women, USAC. February to April 2019
• - Conference on Violence Against Women. The Case of María Isabel Veliz Franco, ONSEC. Referenced by Lic. Nahela Orellana. 2019
• - ISABEL CLAUDINA ALERT Conference addressed to STUSC, September 24, 2020.
• - Inspiring Women Conference: Building Access to Justice for Victims of Femicide, a Perspective from Mothers and Sisters as Defenders. Spotlight Initiative – UN Women Mexico. November 2020.
• - Speaker at the ISABEL CLAUDINA ALERT online discussion: An Immediate Search Mechanism for Missing Women in Guatemala. General Directorate of the Western University Center (USAC) and the Central American Institute for Legal and Criminological Studies (ICELEC). February 27, 2021.
• - Speaker for the commemoration of International Women's Day, "Love Yourself and Take Care of Yourself." IMPULSAR Comprehensive Center / ALFRED Psychological Clinic. Quetzaltenango, March 8, 2021.
• - Speaker at the Isabel Veliz Franco Case Discussion – Isabel Claudina Alert at the Totonicapán University Center, University of San Carlos de Guatemala. Totonicapán, March 10, 2021.
• - Expert Facilitator of the Diploma on the Law Against Femicide and Other Forms of Violence Against Women, with MIA, INICIANDO LAS AMERICAS. 2021-2022, GUATEMALA - USA.
• - Speeches at the Inauguration and Anniversary of the Creation of the Immediate Search Mechanism for Missing Women, ALERTA ISABEL CLAUDINA, of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Guatemala, 2018-2026.
• - Panelist at the online event ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN CASES OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: THE DIFFICULT JOURNEY BETWEEN SENTENCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPARATIONS, with Dr. Claudia Martin from American University Washington College of Law, USA. November 2023.

• Date of Birth: 1961-05-29
• Marital Status: Married (separated)
• Passport 230265472
• IDENTIFICATION CARD: I am a U.S. PERMANENT RESIDENT.

• CURRICULUM VITAE DE
• ROSA ELVIRA FRANCO SANDOVAL
• Place and date of birth: Zacapa, Guatemala. May 29, 1961
• Marital status Married (separated)
• Email address mariaisabelveliz1986@gmail.com
• Education Completed LAWYER AND NOTARY
• University Degree Bachelor of Law and Social Sciences
• I am a Lawyer and a Notary, and I have 46 years in administrative activities.
• Online English language courses— Adult Learning Level 4, Intermediate Listening and Speaking, Bridge to Academic ESL, Intermediate Writing, Advanced Conversation
• VIRTUAL SHORT COURSE REQUEST FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES BEFORE THE IACHR (OEA)
• VIRTUAL SHORT COURSE SUBMISSION OF PETITIONS TO THE IACHR (OEA)

I HAVE 25 YEARS LOOKING FOR JUSTICE FOR MY DAUGHTER MARIA ISABEL VELIZ FRANCO WHO WAS KIDNAPPED RAPED KILLED ON DEC 2001 IN GUATEMALA, The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued the judgment in the *Veliz Franco v. Guatemala* case, which contributed to the creation of courts and prosecutor's offices specializing in femicide, the law against femicide, and the "Isabel-Claudina Alert"—an immediate search mechanism for missing women—in Guatemala.