Helen Azouri

LANGUAGES
Spanish, English

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Legal Letters (LL.B). Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Mater et Magistra Pontifical Catholic University), PUCMM. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1994.

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Business Law and Financial Legislation. Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, PUCMM. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1996.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Business
• Financial advice
• Family and Childhood
• Human Rights

E-MAIL
hazouri@fgasoc.com.do

COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTION:

• Course (attendance not required) for Latin-American Specialists in Children's Laws. Instituto Interamericano del Niño, IIN-OAS. June-December, 2003
• Course: Income-Tax Upper Management. Tax Association of the Dominican Republic. October, 2003
• Workshop on Strategic Planning and Project Formulation. Ministry of Labor. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. June 2002.
• Workshop on the Standards of the International Labor Organization. ILO/Ministry of Labor. Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic. March, 2001
• Criminal Defense. Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia, FINJUS. San Domingo, Dominican Republic. March, 2000
• Leveling Course for Public Defenders. Florida International University/National Judicial School. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. November, 1999
• International Seminar on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents. Directing Agency/Instituto Interamericano del Niño, IIN (Inter-American Children's Institute). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. October, 1999
• Marketing and Sale of Financial Instruments. Dominican Republic Stock Exchange (BVRD). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. August, 1999.

PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES:

• Training Course on Measurement and Analysis of Child Labor. Understanding Child Work. The World Bank, Washington, DC. May, 2003.
• Workshop on Good Practice in Child-Work Prevention and Eradication Projects. IPEC-ILO/ Inter-American Development Bank. Managua, Nicaragua. March, 2003
• Tripartite World Conference on the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Labor Inspection. International Labor Organization. ILO/International Association of Labor Inspection—IALI. The Hague, Holland. February, 2002
• Design, Follow-up and Evaluation of Action Programs Projects. International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor. IPC-ILO. San Jose, Costa Rica. October, 2001.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Joint Venture in the Dominican Republic. Center for International Legal Studies. Zalzburg, Austria. 2001. Update 2004.
• Hacia un Proceso Penal (Towards a Criminal Process). HOY Newspaper. September 1 and 2, 1999.

RECOGNITIONS:

• Honorary Membership Association of Fellows. Recognition for Contributions in Publications of Center for International Legal Studies. Salzburg, Austria. 2001
• Efficiency and Quality of Outside Attorneys. CODETEL Legal Department. Santo Domingo. December, 1997

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Asociación Tributaria de República Dominicana (Tax Association of the Dominican Republic). 2003
• Congress of Fellows. Center for International Legal Studies. Salzburg, Austria. 2002
• Bar Association of Santo Domingo. 1994.