Amanda Cats-Baril

Amanda Cats-Baril is Senior Programme Officer for Constitution-Building in International IDEA’s Asia and the Pacific Programme. In this capacity, she supports constitution-building processes in Myanmar, Nepal and the Philippines, among other contexts, by providing technical assistance to governments, civil society organizations and International IDEA projects. Cats-Baril is an international lawyer who specializes in constitutional law, human rights, post-conflict transitions and democratization. She focuses on the promotion and protection of minority, particularly indigenous peoples, rights and interests in the context of large-scale development and government reform processes.