Paula Gaviria Betancur is a Colombian lawyer who was appointed to be a Presidential advisor and a United Nations Special Rapporteur.

[2] In 2011 the Colombian government put into place what was called the Victim's Law after decades of conflict with the rebel organization FARC and drug cartels.

[7] She ceased to be the President's advisor in 2018 she led Nobel Laureate Juan Manuel Santos's Compaz Foundation.

[8][4] In 2022, she was appointed Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons,[4] succeeding Cecilia Jimenez-Damary from the Philippines who served from 2016.

[citation needed] Gaviria has describes climate change, generalized violence, wars and migration processes as the most important causes of internal displacement.