{"id":45653,"date":"2021-05-01T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/portfolio\/rachana-chhin"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:09:07","slug":"rachana-chhin","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/fr\/notre-equipe\/rachana-chhin","title":{"rendered":"Rachana Chhin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"45653\" class=\"elementor elementor-45653 elementor-14814\" data-elementor-post-type=\"portfolio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3fcead elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3fcead\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8cca6a\" data-id=\"c8cca6a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cffc6ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cffc6ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rachana_Chhin_400x400.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44090\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rachana_Chhin_400x400.webp 400w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rachana_Chhin_400x400-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rachana_Chhin_400x400-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fb525d\" data-id=\"0fb525d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69cabf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69cabf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">Rachana Chhin<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>LEGAL COUNSEL, UNITED NATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db0acc elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-divider\" data-id=\"0db0acc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-widget-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-divider\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"raven-divider-line raven-divider-solid\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d60f0f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d60f0f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rachana Chhin serves as Legal Counsel, UN, for ADF International in New York, NY.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af005b9 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af005b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2047a62\" data-id=\"2047a62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd3ed56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd3ed56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rachana Chhin serves as Legal Counsel, UN, for ADF International in New York, NY. In that role, he develops and cultivates relationships with diplomats at United Nations Headquarters, engages in written and oral advocacy, drafts interventions and submissions for the UN and related institutions, and provides counsel on issues related to life, family, religious liberty, free speech, and parental rights.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining ADF International, Chhin served as the Legislative Counsel to the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops. Chhin helped to statutorily localize the Human Life Protection Act, which was a \u00ab\u00a0trigger law\u00a0\u00bb that prohibited abortion in Texas after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Whole Women&rsquo;s Health and was co-counsel on an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Ramirez v. Collier, which upheld the religious liberty rights of prisoners. 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