jcae77

jcae77 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:48:13 -0500

- Licentiate in Law (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City 1996-2000)

* Focus optional courses on Human Rights Law and International Law.

* Participate as a member of univerity team at the V InterAmerican Human Rights Law Competition (2000)

- Master on Human Rights (thesis pending)

- Specialized courses on Human Rights

* American University, Washington College of Law. Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (InterAmerican System on Human Rights, Activism and Litigation Strategies on Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Enviromental Law 2002) (European Human Rights Law 2004)

* International Institute on Human Rights (General International Human Rights Law 2003)

* University of Chile. Faculty of Law, Center on Human Rights. (Diploma on Human Rights and Democratization Process 2005)

* National University of Ireland, School of Law. Center of Human Rights. (International Criminal Court and Minorities Rights 2007)

- Humphrey Fellow at University of Minnesota, Law School. Center of Human Rights (Aug 2008-Jun 2009)

- Work from September 2002 to September 2007 at Universidad Iberoamericana, Human Rights Program.

- Work from January 2008 to May 2008 at GIRE.

- Work as a consultant for AMARC, Memory and Tolerance Museum (Mexico), UNHCHR (Mexico), among other institutions.

María Alejandra Nuño Ruiz Velasco

Alejandra Nuno — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:14:22 -0500

María Alejandra Nuño Ruiz Velasco, Fourth Visiting General, is a Law graduate of the Occidental Technological Institute and College A.C., of Guadalajara, Jalisco and a Master’s degree in International Law for Human Rights from the University of Essex, England. From 2001-2006, Alejandra worked as an attorney for the Center for Justice and International Rights, where she litigated and contributed in several cases of violations of human rights, before the Commission and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Alejandra also collaborated for the Center of Justice and International Rights by organizing workshops and training sessions for several different organizations and entities of Central America and Mexico. She also contributed to the production of documents and manuals, created in order to support the implementation of international and Inter-American instruments of justice. Alejandra has written several essays, such as: The Defense of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the Inter-American System, an article published by CODEHUCA in Costa Rica; and The Protection of Social Wellbeing in the Americas, published by Renglones Magazine of ITESO University.