Génesis Dávila is a Venezuelan lawyer and founder of Defiende Venezuela, an NGO specializing in international human rights litigation. A summa cum laude graduate of the Universidad de Los Andes (2014), she earned an LL.M. from NYU (2022). Dávila has represented more than 2,000 victims before international bodies, worked with the UN and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and advised the Organization of American States on crimes against humanity in Venezuela. Dávila has also trained advocates from authoritarian regimes and supported human trafficking survivors. She has been featured in renowned media outlets such as CNN, The Washington Post, NPR, Voice of America, and The New York Times, and recently coauthored “Pathway to Justice: Handbook for the Liberation of Political Prisoners.