Line Bareiro: key obituary facts
Is Line Bareiro dead? Yes. Line Bareiro died on August 1, 2026, at age 75.
Cause of death: Line Bareiro's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Line Bareiro known for?
She was a Paraguayan political scientist.
More about Line Bareiro
Born: 30 August 1950.
Place of birth: Asunción.
Gender: female.
Occupation: political scientist, lawyer, human rights defender, women's rights activist, academic, activist, researcher, jurist.
Nationality: Paraguay.
Education: Heidelberg University.
Employer: United Nations.
Awards: Amanda Rorra Awards.
Line Bareiro, the Paraguayan political scientist, died on August 1, 2026, aged 75.
Born in Asunción on August 30, 1950, she became known as a political scientist, lawyer and human rights defender, with a long career as a feminist and civil rights activist. She studied at Heidelberg University in Germany, where she earned a master’s degree in political science in 1979 and worked as a research assistant to Dieter Nohlen.
After returning to Paraguay, she worked with the Paraguayo de Datos NGO until its suppression in 1982 and later helped found the Centro de Documentación e Estudios in 1985. Bareiro was also elected in 2010 to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, serving from 2011 to 2014, and received the Amanda Rorra Awards.