Dr Mónica Velasco-Pufleau. She is Director of the EU-LAC Relations Chair at the EIIS since March 2021. She holds a PhD in Law – International Studies from the University of Barcelona (Spain) and has been Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg). Her research interests include the role of the European Parliament in upholding fundamental rights in the EU and its relations with third countries, parliamentary engagement on human rights issues, parliamentary diplomacy, privacy and personal data protection, and EU’s external relations (ORCID: 0009-0000-3514-1186).