About the Author
Director of Intergovernmental Organizations and Diplomatic Missions
Human Life International
Luis Martínez is a Catholic lawyer, husband, and father of one daughter on earth and two children in Heaven, with nearly 30 years dedicated to promoting and defending human rights and the dignity of the person in both local and international arenas. Since 2014, Luis has been an active volunteer with Human Life International. In 2021, he was appointed as HLI’s first Director for the Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS), and in 2023, he assumed leadership of the newly established Directorate of Intergovernmental Organizations and Diplomatic Missions (IODM). From this position, he coordinates pro-life diplomatic engagement in multilateral organizations across continents, fostering collaboration in forums such as the OAS, the UN, the Summit of the Americas, ECLAC, and OACPS, among other regional and international bodies.
Helping those who dedicate their lives to caring for the sick or elderly is an act of basic justice. No one disputes that premise. And it is precisely this good faith that international organizations are feeding on today to push their new flagship cause: National Care Systems. We are not talking about subsidizing daycares to…
The core text of the WHO Pandemic Agreement is already settled. But the real ambush is hiding in the fine print. This November, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (IGWG) meets in Geneva with a specific mandate: to negotiate the pending annexes of the agreement. And on the table is the most explosive piece, the most controversial…
If you want to see how modern imperialism operates in real time, do not look at battlefields. Look at Geneva. From November 2 to 13, the UN Human Rights Council opens the 53rd Session of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In theory, this forum was designed for countries to mutually evaluate their human rights records…
On paper, international cooperation serves to drive development. In harsh reality, it often becomes an instrument of extortion. We are seeing this today, in these early weeks of October and heading toward the end of the year, as the diplomatic machinery steps on the gas. During these days, the committees and sessions of the OACPS-EU…
At the very heart of the UN, the defense of life and the family has just taken a firm step forward. During the recent High-Level Week in New York, as world leaders opened the General Assembly, the countries of the Geneva Consensus Declaration from among them sent a clear message. Today, they are a bloc…
