Marcella Ribeiro d’Avila Lins Torres is Brazilian. She is currently an attorney of the AIDA's Human Rights and the Environment Program, working from Recife, Brazil. Marcella has an LL.M in International Human Rights Law from the University of Notre Dame, United States. She is well versed in the practice of human rights law, especially economic, social and cultural rights. She has worked at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.