Ms. Katia Chirizzi is the Deputy Regional Representative of the OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia, since 2015. Prior to this, Ms. Chirizzi worked with OHCHR in several capacities, in Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and in Geneva. Before joining OHCHR, Ms. Chirizzi worked with the Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe in Kosovo and in Serbia. Over more than two decades, Ms. Chirizzi focused her work on the protection and promotion of human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings, including in the context of transitional justice, humanitarian action, land rights, business and human rights, climate change, and environmental rights.