Claudia Zygmunt

Human Rights Officer - Higher Executive Officer at British Embassy Warsaw
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland, PL
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Russian Elementary proficiency
  • Italian Limited working proficiency
  • Polish Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Core Humanitarian Certification
    DisasterReady
    Apr, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • European Diplomacy Workshops - European Academy of Diplomacy
    Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
    Dec, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • TOEFL
    ETS
    Sep, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • Akademia Polskiego Forum Arbitrażu
    European Arbitration Center
  • BSAFE
    UNDSS
  • Comprehensive Course for OSCE/ODIHR Observers
    OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
  • Dive Master and Rescue Diver
    PADI
  • Przeciwdziałanie praniu pieniędzy oraz finansowaniu terroryzmu
    Ministerstwo Finansów
  • Rome United Nations Model
    RIMUN - Rome International Model United Nations
  • Summer International Law Camp in Belarus
    International Law and Arbitration Association (BILA Association)

Experience

    • Poland
    • Government Relations Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Human Rights Officer - Higher Executive Officer
      • Oct 2021 - Present

      * rule of law and judicial independence in Poland; * women's rights and gender equality; * LGBTQ+ rights; * freedom of religion and beliefs & post-Holocaust issues; * rule of law and judicial independence in Poland; * women's rights and gender equality; * LGBTQ+ rights; * freedom of religion and beliefs & post-Holocaust issues;

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Human Rights Monitoring Specialist / Researcher
      • Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

      * the rule of law and judicial independence in Poland and Hungary * women’s rights and SRR * refugees rights * the ECHR case-law on Poland and Hungary * the rule of law and judicial independence in Poland and Hungary * women’s rights and SRR * refugees rights * the ECHR case-law on Poland and Hungary

    • Austria
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

      "Gender and Constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe" "Gender and Constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe"

    • Poland
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Program Coordinator - Mission in eastern Ukraine
      • Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

      * monitoring and coordinating several high-budget humanitarian & development projects in the conflict-affected area; * liaise with major institutional donors: ECHO, OCHA, UNICEF, OFDA, the Polish MFA; * maintaining contacts with local authorities, NGOs, and other stakeholders in the challenging diplomatic environment; * coordinating projects at all project cycle management stages (needs assessment, project proposal development, implementation of the project activities, reporting, MEAL); * introducing Mission's long and short-term strategy; * cooperating with other teams: communication, finance, fundraising, etc; * contributing to project proposal development process and gender mainstreaming; * overlooking the Mission's and the projects' budgets to ensure fulfilling donors' requirements; * monitoring the humanitarian situation, political events, and legal changes in Ukraine and Belarus; * representing PAH in external contacts and cooperating with media. Major fields: Protection, WASH, NFI, FSL, HEALTH Show less

    • Election Observation Mission - Senior Legal Analyst Assistant
      • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

      * drafting legal reports, briefings and recommendations; * conducting thematic legal research & analysis * translation and drafting analysis of Polish legal acts as well as meetings; * establishes and maintains contacts with relevant courts, prosecutor, ministers and election authorities, as well as arranges and participates in various meetings, * research and monitoring on complaint, appeals, election protest and of national election authorities’ decisions; Major fields of law: electoral law, constitutional law, financing of political parties, freedom of media, disability law, anti-discrimination law. Show less

    • Poland
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Project Management Specialist
      • Jan 2017 - Nov 2018

      *coordination, monitoring, and reporting of three EU social projectsdedicated to equalizing opportunities the chances of socially excludedgroups;*managing a team of approximately 30 specialists and volunteers;*organization of trainings, workshops and the final conference for 500people;*legal researches and making databases, implementation of GDPR;*legal services for the department and projects implemented under theEuropean Fund PO WER, in the field of copyright, personal data andnegotiating contracts;*preparation and translation of contracts, promissory.Major fields of law: business law, contract law, intellectual property law, copyrights. Show less

    • Intern
      • Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

    • Poland
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Legal Intern
      • Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

      Internship in the Program of Assistance of Refugees and Migrants *Monitoring the legal situation of immigrants and refugees in Poland; *Preparation drafts of pleadings and legal opinions; *Legal assistance in matters related to the residence status of foreigners Major fields of law: refugee law and policy, immigration law, residence law, labor law, employment discrimination, international human rights, family law. Internship in the Program of Assistance of Refugees and Migrants *Monitoring the legal situation of immigrants and refugees in Poland; *Preparation drafts of pleadings and legal opinions; *Legal assistance in matters related to the residence status of foreigners Major fields of law: refugee law and policy, immigration law, residence law, labor law, employment discrimination, international human rights, family law.

    • Poland
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Paralegal
      • Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

      Internship at the Law Firm SPCG *Preparation of pleadings and legal opinions, submitting applications in offices and courts; *Participation in court hearings, preparing questions to witnesses and parties, Translation of documents and contracts; *Legal researches: civil law, commercial law, intellectual property law *Assistance in the ongoing work of lawyers and the office; Major fields of law: business law, corporation law, contract law, trial advocacy. Internship at the Law Firm SPCG *Preparation of pleadings and legal opinions, submitting applications in offices and courts; *Participation in court hearings, preparing questions to witnesses and parties, Translation of documents and contracts; *Legal researches: civil law, commercial law, intellectual property law *Assistance in the ongoing work of lawyers and the office; Major fields of law: business law, corporation law, contract law, trial advocacy.

Education

  • Central European University
    Master of Laws - LLM, Human Rights
  • Jagiellonian University
    Master's degree, Law
  • Tel Aviv University
    IL, International Law and Legal Studies
  • European Academy of Diplomacy
    Executive Diploma in the Art of Diplomacy, International Organizations
  • Leiden University
    Master of Laws - LLM, International and European Human Rights

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