Aracelly Denise Granja is a doctoral researcher at the University of Ottawa, under the direction of Professor Marie-Christine Doran. Her doctoral research focuses on the criminalization of human rights defenders and civil society in Honduras and Nicaragua. She is particularly interested in attempting to establish a causal relationship between criminalization and de-democratization. Her research work at the Center of Governance focuses on investments in public infrastructure in Canada as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university governance and public policy transformations. She has a strong international relations and political studies background. She completed her undergraduate work at York University, Glendon Campus, where she obtained a Trilingual International Bachelor of Arts Degree (I.B.A) in Political Science. She deepened her understanding of the importance of globalism in congruency with politics by completing a semester abroad at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Further, during her undergraduate career she successfully completed two certifications: the first in Bilingual Excellence in English & French and the second in Law & Social Thought. She has always pursued philanthropic efforts that aid in the protection of human rights. As such, she completed an internship at the Centre for Spanish Speaking People’s Legal Clinic in Toronto. There she aided in cases pertaining to immigration and refugee claims, as well as landlord and tenant disputes. She completed her a Master’s Degree (M.A.) in Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, where her thesis, entitled “UNSC Reform in a Post-Cold War Era: Eliminating the Power of Veto,” postulated that if the objective of restructuring the Security Council is enhancing both its effectiveness and legitimacy, then the most viable option for reform is the elimination of the power of veto held by its five permanent members (P-5). Currently she continues to center her research on the protection of human rights in Latin America.