Maria Eugenia Villareal has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Paris III, France. She is a specialist in International Politics and International Humanitarian Law and has been part of International Campaigns for humanitarian disarmament since 2000. She is currently a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - ICAN. She is also a founding member of the Human Security Network in Latin America and the Caribbean -SEHLAC.