(Hilda) Beatriz Miranda-Galarza (born 1971) is an Ecuadorian researcher and the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy (Hansen's disease) from 2023.
She can speak several languages including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and in English she completed her doctorate degree in the British city of Leeds.
[2][4] In 2017 the Human Rights Council established a new UN Special Rapporteur to look at the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy.
[5] Alice Cruz was appointed and served until 2023 when she was succeeded by Miranda-Galarza whose amended job title was "Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and their family members".
[9] In 2024 she was one of many UN Special Rapporteurs who signed an open letter to the "International community" on the third anniversary of the Taliban taking change in Afghanistan.