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Fernando Marani
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies (NYU Center on International Cooperation)
Program Director
Biography
Fernando Marani is an international policy leader and former diplomat with more than two decades of experience at the intersection of global governance, international law, sustainable development and social justice. He is Deputy Director at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, where he also leads its Justice, Inclusion and Equality portfolio at Pathfinders and serves as head of the Secretariat teams for two global platforms, the Justice Action Coalition and the Global Alliance Against Inequality.
Before joining NYU, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Legal Adviser to four consecutive Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly, advising on political, legal and strategic matters and working with governments, international organisations and civil society on major global policy issues.As a career diplomat from Argentina, he represented his country at the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, the G20, the OECD and other major global forums, and chaired international bodies including the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Group of Friends of the International Criminal Court.
Fernando is a frequent contributor to policy debates through publications and media commentary. He is regularly invited to speak at high-level forums, conferences and expert meetings across Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. His policy interests span justice and rule of law, inequality, global governance, AI and digital governance and the role of institutions in translating international commitments into practical change. Fernando holds a Juris Doctor from the National University of Litoral in Argentina and completed diplomatic training at Argentina’s National Foreign Service Institute and Brazil’s Rio Branco Institute.
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