Wilder Tayler
Wilder Tayler, a Uruguayan lawyer, joined the ICJ in April 2007 as Deputy Secretary-General. He was Legal and Policy Director of Human Rights Watch from 1997 to March 2007. From 1990 to 1996 he worked with Amnesty International, initially as a Legal Advisor for the Americas and Asia regional programmes. In 1995, he became Programme Director of the Americas Region. From 1987 to 1990, he was Executive Director of the Institute for Legal and Social Studies (IELSUR) in Uruguay, a legal NGO that specializes in litigating human rights cases. Before this (1983-1987), he was Legal Officer for IELSUR, coordinating the Institute’s defense of political prisoners. Wilder Tayler is also a member of the UN Sub-Committee on the Prevention of Torture established under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture.