Layza Queiroz Santos is a protection and security consultant at Open Briefing. She is a lawyer, researcher, and protection consultant with over 15 years of experience supporting civil society organisations, social movements, and human rights defenders. She specialises in holistic protection, security risk assessments and protection diagnostics. Her expertise focuses on the protection of human rights defenders, women’s rights, and the rights of Quilombolas and traditional communities, particularly in relation to land, territory and environmental justice.