Szazi, Bechara, Storto, Reicher e Figueirêdo Lopes Advogados

Mrs. Reicher is a senior partner at Szazi, Bechara Storto Reicher e Figueiredo Lopes Advogados. She is the head of Constitutional Law, also she co-heads the Social Business and Human Rights Law of the firm.

Lawyer with extensive experience with projects and initiatives focused on human rights, with emphasis on the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. She also advises civil society organizations, companies and public bodies in structuring and implementing policies, programs and projects of public interest. 

She co-lead the elaboration of the Brazilian civil society report on the implementation on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She was also one of the representatives of civil society organizations debating the report with the UN Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in Geneva, 2015.

Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (COGEAE) in the specialization course in Management of Social Projects in Third Sector Organizations. Researcher linked to NEATS - Center for Advanced Studies of the Third Sector at PUC/SP. She is also a Brazilian correspondent for the United States International Grantmaking (USIG) project of the International Center for Non-profit Law.

She has published several articles and collaborated with collective works, among which the following stand out: Lei Brasileira de Inclusão da Pessoa com Deficiência Comentada [Brazilian Law for Inclusion of People with Disabilities Commented] (ISBN 978-85-69685-03-6); Diversidade Humana e Assimetrias: a reinterpretação do Contrato Social sob a Ótica das Capacidades [Human Diversity and Asymmetries: the reinterpretation of the Social Contract from the Capacities Perspective]. Sur - International Journal of Human Rights. (ISSN 1806-6445), Chapter on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In: Shirley Rodrigues Maia. [et.al.]. (Org.). Guia de Promoção dos Direitos para Pessoas com Surdocegueira e Famílias. [Guide for the Promotion of Rights for People with Deafblindness and Families. 1st ed.] São Paulo: AHIMSA/SEDH/CORDE, 2008, v. I, p. 67-133 (ISBN 978-85-62252-00-6).

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Iberoamerican Network of Experts on article 12 on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Mrs. Reicher has a Master of Laws, University of São Paulo, Brazil. She defended her master dissertation in 2009 on “Capacities and Human Rights: A Conceptual Analysis from the perspective of Martha Nussbaum”. She has a Specialization in Constitutional Law, School of Constitutional Law, Brazil, 2006, and a Bachelor of Laws, Curitiba Law School, Brazil, 2002.