Pablo Villeda serves as Director of Operations, Latin America for International Justice Mission. IJM is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local governments to ensure victim rescue, to prosecute perpetrators and to strengthen the community and civic factors that promote functioning public justice systems.

Pablo received a J.D. from Universidad Rafael Landivar in Guatemala. Prior to working with IJM, Pablo worked alongside his father as an attorney with a focus on family law and contract dispute.

Pablo joined International Justice Mission in January 2007, serving for three years as the Field Office Director in Guatemala. In this position, Pablo worked with Guatemalan authorities and referral partners to investigate and prosecute cases of sexual violence. As field office director, Pablo led his team in achieving significant convictions against perpetrators of sexual violence, as well as led structural transformation efforts, including hosting critical trainings for government forensic doctors and public prosecutors.

Pablo became the Director of Operations for Latin America in late 2009. In this position he has responsibility for the leadership of all of IJM’s Latin America field offices and casework alliance partners. He is also a professor at the Universidad Rafael Landivar in Guatemala.