Natali Segovia, Esq.
Executive Director & Senior Attorney
Natali Segovia is a Quechua international human rights attorney who currently serves as Executive Director of the Water Protector Legal Collective, an Indigenous-led legal organization that grew out of the #NoDAPL resistance at Standing Rock and today, continues to provide legal support and advocacy for Indigenous Peoples, the Earth, and climate justice movements.
As a litigator and advocate, Natali’s work focuses on the protection of the Earth and the rights of Indigenous Peoples affected by forced displacement, desecration of sacred lands, and human rights violations as a result of extractive industry and mass development projects. For over 15 years, her international work has focused on addressing human rights violations as a result of extractive industry and mass development projects in rural, “unseen” areas in countries including Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.
Natali also frequently lectures and teaches at law schools across the United States. In 2022, Natali was the Fall Givelber Distinguished Public Interest Lecturer at Northeastern University School of Law, where she taught “In Defense of the Sacred: Human Rights, Earth Justice, and the Law.” Courses also taught include “Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Law” and “Unsettled: Indigenous Peoples' Struggles for Defense of Water, Land & Human Rights” at City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law.
Natali holds a law degree from Arizona State University and dual degrees in Political Science and Latin American Studies from Columbia University. She currently serves on the Scientific Committee of the Monique and Roland Weyl People’s Academy of International Law and on the Board of Directors for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International.
