{"id":118461,"date":"2026-07-13T21:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/members\/elisa-sarai-cuyuch-menchu\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T18:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:03:42","slug":"elisa-sarai-cuyuch-menchu","status":"publish","type":"cea_person","link":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/members\/elisa-sarai-cuyuch-menchu\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisa Sarai Cuyuch Mench\u00fa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Completed the coursework for the Bachelor\u2019s degree in<br \/>\nLegal and Social Sciences, Law and Notarial<br \/>\nPractice at the Universidad de San Carlos de<br \/>\nGuatemala, with a strong vocation<br \/>\nfor education and for the expansion and promotion of<br \/>\nhuman rights, as well as leadership, discipline,<br \/>\nhonesty and responsibility. Skilled and<br \/>\nproficient in techniques, project management,<br \/>\nanalysis, drafting and public presentation, with<br \/>\nstrong interpersonal skills.<br \/>\nDuring her academic career she took part as an<br \/>\noralist in national and<br \/>\ninternational moot court competitions such as: the<br \/>\nJorge Mario Garc\u00eda Competition, organized by<br \/>\nthe Centro Universitario de Occidente CUNOC-<br \/>\nUSAC; the \u201cSergio Garc\u00eda<br \/>\nRam\u00edrez\u201d Human Rights Competition organized by UNAM; and the<br \/>\nRegional Human Rights Mock Trial Competition<br \/>\nof the academic program<br \/>\nMOOT COURT organized by the Universidad<br \/>\nNacional Aut\u00f3noma de Honduras \u2013UNAH;<\/p>\n<p>She has served as coach in the training of teams that<br \/>\nhave taken part in international competitions,<br \/>\nand she also contributed, through an amicus curiae brief<br \/>\nsubmitted by the Universidad de San Carlos<br \/>\nbefore the Corte Suprema de Justicia de Guatemala,<br \/>\nto the proceedings for the closure of mining companies on<br \/>\nindigenous peoples\u2019 lands.<br \/>\n: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F6i77-sI9WY\">The Trial Lawyer in Latin America<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9455,"template":"","class_list":["post-118461","cea_person","type-cea_person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cea_person\/118461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cea_person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cea_person"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cea_person\/118461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122620,"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cea_person\/118461\/revisions\/122620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}