Ignacio Goicoechea

Mr Ignacio Goicoechea is a lawyer, graduated in 1993 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He joined the Permanent Bureau in 2005. He became Principal Legal Officer in June 2011 and currently serves as the Representative of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The main objectives of ROLAC are to facilitate the proper implementation and operation of HCCH Conventions in the region, to encourage governments and stakeholders to engage actively in the work of the HCCH, and to support legislative projects developed at headquarters in The Hague to the extent needed.

Before joining the HCCH, Mr Goicoechea worked for 11 years as a legal consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic, at the Direction of International Legal Co-operation.