Senior Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility
Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health Law, Washington College of Law (American University), Washington D.C.
Javier Vasquez is a lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in public health, human rights, disability, and health-related law. Currently, he is the Senior Advisor of the United Nations Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility and supports UN Special Envoy on international human rights issues in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As Vice-President of Health Programs at Special Olympics International (2016-2019), Mr. Vasquez led all annual planning efforts to strengthen health systems at national, regional, and global levels to achieve targets related to access to health care services by persons with intellectual disabilities.