Gruša Matevžič

I graduated from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and started to work in the field of asylum, providing legal counselling to asylum seekers within the Legal-information centre for NGOs in Slovenia. In 2009, after completing a Master in Human Rights law at the Central European University, Budapest, I joined the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, where I currently work as a senior legal officer within the refugee programme. I coordinate the work of the strategic litigation team and work on several transnational projects. In 2010, I obtained an International diploma in mental health law and human rights, at the WHO and Indian law society, Pune. I am also a refugee counsellor and the ELENA coordinator for Slovenia.