Soledad García Muñoz

Soledad García Muñoz is a Spanish lawyer who in 2017 was elected as first Special Rapporteur on economic, social, culture, and environmental Rights serving on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Life Muñoz was born in Arenas de San Pedro, Castile and León, Spain, in 1969. She graduated in law from the CEU Luis Vives of the University of Alcalá de Henares in 1992 and graduated in advanced studies in human rights from the Charles III University of Madrid in 2004. In 2004, she launched Amnesty International's campaign, "It's in our hands, no more violence against women".

She was coordinator of the CEDAW-Argentina Project of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH), member of the Group of Experts on Progress Indicators of Women's Human Rights, of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM). From 2009 to 2017, she was in charge of the Regional Office for South America of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH) based in Montevideo.

In 2017 she was elected to be the Special Rapporteur on economic, social, culture, and environmental Rights serving on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. She is not there to represent Argentina but she is elected by the member states to serve on their behalf. She leads the autonomous Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) as part of the IACHR.