Prima Jesusa Quinsayas

Prior to joining The IIJ, Prima served as a prosecutor for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Philippines, for ten years. She was a designated prosecutor for cases involving extrajudicial killings, media killings, trafficking in persons, terrorism and terrorism financing cases. She was also a prosecutor-evaluator for the DOJ Witness Protection Program of Region XII in Mindanao, Philippines.

Aside from prosecutorial work, Prima was part of the training pool of the Special Projects Division, DOJ National Prosecution Service. She was the Course Manager for the Technical Working Group (TWG) for Environmental Crimes, and a member of the TWGs for Techniques in Witness Handling, International Humanitarian Law, and Counterterrorism and Terrorism Financing. Before becoming a prosecutor, she was a legal counsel of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) for seven years. As FFFJ counsel, she served as a private prosecutor in several media killing cases including the consolidated Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre cases.