Alfredo Ortega elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee

Alfredo Ortega (MPP, 2018) has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, becoming the first Guatemalan in its 50-year history to serve on the body. In this role, he will help oversee how 175 States comply with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, one of the oldest and most important treaties for the protection of human rights.