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Elena Hernandez: Media Relations at the International Criminal Court

October 24, 2022 The UN Brief
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🔒 Elena Hernandez: Media Relations at the International Criminal Court
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Elena Hernandez has worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross, and at the UN in New York, during the 73rd General Assembly, in their media department, supporting the relationship with international correspondents.

Now she is a Media and Communications Officer at the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, where she manages and produces social media content, analyses statistics on their website and social media channels, produces news releases and reports, as well as manages the relationship with the international press. 

She had an early start with her father being a journalist, and also living with a war correspondent in Washington and a journalist in Algeria, and has a degree in Journalism, Communication in Media Studies, from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a B.A. in International Law and Legal Studies, and a B.B.A. in Marketing and Communications from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, and has participated twice in the European Union Erasmus Program, in Germany and in Switzerland, as well as studied International Law and Human Rights at the American University in Washington, DC.