The International Human Rights Foundation has picked Spain's Daniel del Valle as High Representative for Youth due to his dedication, proven credentials and notable achievements in the thematic area of youth empowerment and youth participation in the United Nations context.
As part of civil society, the International Human Rights Foundation is a non-governmental, secular, diverse, non-violent, feminist, independent of creeds, parties and companies, international and non-profit institution, dedicated to the dissemination of the ideas, principles and values contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the Yogyakarta Principles, the Ruggie Principles and concordant texts.
Daniel brings to the International Human Rights Foundation also his recent and ongoing experience serving as the policy advisor to the ambassador and permanent representative of the Slovak Republic to the UN in New York, said a media statement Thursday.