A graduate of Sciences Po, Cécile Riou-Batista specialized in political sociology and began her career as a research assistant at Cevipof. She joined the CNCDH in 2006, first as a "Racism and Discrimination" project officer and project manager at the AFCNDH and the IFDL (formerly CEDRA). She then became a counselor "social issues, ethics and human rights education "and coordinator" fight against trafficking in human beings ". She has been Deputy Secretary General of the CNCDH since October 2016. She participates in the meetings of the Commission's office and is the European Commission's correspondent for the European Network of National Rapporteurs on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.