Juan Carlos Pacheco

Humanitarian Professional in Europe

Juan Carlos Pacheco

Humanitarian Professional in Europe

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I’m a humanitarian strategist and advocacy leader with more than 15 years of experience strengthening protection-centered, rights-based responses for people affected by forced displacement across Latin America, the Caribbean, East Africa and the Mediterranean.

My work focuses on ensuring that the realities communities experience are reflected in the decisions that affect their lives. I support organizations in making that connection by drawing on programme evidence and field insights to shape advocacy strategies, strengthen partnerships, and develop purposeful narratives that influence policy and drive action.

Over the years, I have led multi-country advocacy and strategic communications initiatives that strengthened policy outcomes, fostered institutional partnerships, and supported resource mobilization efforts. I have represented organizational priorities in global and multilateral spaces and authored more than 20 publications that have informed humanitarian policy and practice, working alongside partners such as AECID, the OAS, and DG ECHO.

My professional experience spans United Nations agencies (UNHCR, IOM), the EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA), the Red Cross Movement, and leading international NGOs such as Save the Children, the Danish Refugee Council, HIAS, and the Norwegian Refugee Council. It also extends to inter-agency coordination mechanisms, including the R4V Platform, REDLAC, and the Safe Spaces Network, where I have supported the design and implementation of emergency and protection programmes for affected populations.

Explore⏪my latest piece prepared for the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures, on the meaningful inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian responses.

  • Work
    • UN / INGOs / CSOs / NHRI
  • Education
    • BA Education and Social Work (Cum Laude)
    • PGD Human Rights (AUSJAL Grantee)
    • PGC Int'l Refugee Law (Norway MFA Grantee)
    • MA Int'l Peace Studies (Carolina Found. Fellow)