Curriculum Vitae
Education
2008-2015
PhD (granted 2015), Law School, Lancaster University. Thesis: “The Right to Education and Religious Discrimination under the European System of Human Rights: The Case Studies of Italy and Spain”.
2007-2008
Master, Università per Stranieri di Perugia. Thesis: “Il lessico dei diritti umani e la discriminazione della donna” (Human rights and gender discrimination lexis).
1999
Attorney at law, qualified barrister, bar exam, Supreme Court, Chile.
1998
Law degree, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile. Dissertation: “Custom taxes drawback as a way to stimulate Chilean foreign trade”.
Professional activities/Teaching
2010-2011
“Bioethical and legal aspects of maternity and child care”, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad del Mar, Santiago, Chile.
2003-2004
Lecturer in “Human rights and cinema”, DELTA-UCN (Chile), program for gifted teenagers.
2002-2004
Police Academy, lecturer in criminal law. Grupo de formación policial “Antofagasta”, Carabineros de Chile.
2002-2003
Lecturer in contract law, UCN, Antofagasta, Chile.
2000-2005
lecturer in Introduction to the Law, administrative law and environmental law, full time scholar. Law school, Universidad Catolica of the Norte (UCN), Antofagasta, Chile.
2000-2001
Lecturer and organizer of the seminar “Philosophy, jurisprudence of law and legal positivism”. Faculty of Law, UCN, Antofagasta, Chile.
1998
Professional practice, Corporación de Asistencia Judicial, Limache, Chile.
1996-2017
legal practice & legal adviser-partner, real estate company “Santa Ana Ltda”. Burgos 1493, Viña del Mar, Chile.
1996-2007
Corporative lawyer, Agencia de Embarques Marítimos y Terrestres. Gloria Céspedes Ollino. Calle Blanco 625 of. 97, Valparaíso, Chile.
Grants/Scholarships
2005-2006
“La Buena fe en la jurisprudencia chilena” (Good faith principle in the Chilean case law). Dirección General de Investigación y Cooperación Técnica de UCN.
2004-2005
“El principio de enriquecimiento sin causa en jurisprudencia chilena” (Unjust enrichment in the Chilean case law). Dirección General de Investigación y Cooperación Técnica de UCN.
2003-2004
“El principio de legalidad tributaria en el comercio exterior chileno” (Tax legality principle and Chilean foreign trade). Dirección General de Investigación y Cooperación Técnica, UCN.
2004
“Enseñanza del derecho con casos y utilización de bases de datos” (teaching law using case law and databases). Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Scholarship CIMET-MECESUP.
2004
“Modernización, reestructuración y mejoramiento de enseñanza-aprendizaje de las ciencias jurídicas” (Modernization and improvement of the instruction-learning methods of legal sciences). MESESUP-Ministerio de Educación, Chile. Nr.301-2004.
2002-2003
“La clasificación del derecho en público y privado en jurisprudencia chilena” (The public/ private law division in the Chilean case law). Dirección General de Investigación y Cooperación Técnica, UCN.
2001-2002
“Teoría de las normas, relación jurídica y derechos subjetivos” (Theory of rules, legal relationship and rights). Dirección General de Docencia, Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN).
Awards
2003
“Prize to didactic innovation”, Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), project “Introduction to the law, new methodology through case law”.
Fieldwork
2015
Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Colombia (Interviews Constitutional and Supreme Court judges)
2016
Chile and Colombia (Interviews Constitutional and Supreme Court judges)
Organisation of Conferences and Workshops
2018
EMPI / Territories in dispute: epistemologies, resistances, spiritualties and rights (30 May - 1 June 2018), University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, The Netherlands.
Presentations at Conferences and Workshops
2017
10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Conference to review progress and challenges, School of Advanced Study, University of London, paper: “Justice for Latin-American indigenous women: conflicts between two international human rights regimes”.
2017
Conference Law in transition – Interacting legal orders and changing actors, Aarhus University, Denmark. Paper: “Transnational Constitutionalization in Latin America”.
2017
Lecture “Immigration, gender equality and the prison system”, Gendarmeria de Chile, Quinta Region, Centro de Reinsercion Social de Quilpue, Chile
2016
International Conference Seventh Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples (EMPI VII) Indigenous Peoples & Inequalities: Between Socio-Economic Growth and Crisis, 12-13 May, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Economiche e Sociali, University of Milan, paper: “Justice for Latin-American indigenous women: a socio-legal approach”.
2016
Cardiff Festival for Law and Religion, Law School, Cardiff University, Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN), 5/6 May, paper: “Religion, Legal Tradition and School Education: ECtHR’s Margin of Appreciation and Domestic Case-Law”.
2016
Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Conference, Lancaster University, Law School. Paper 1: “Proportionality, Cultural-religious variable & margin of appreciation”; paper 2: “Judging Chilean judges: human rights abuses during the Pinochet’s rule / the skeptical & the activist justices”.
2015
Sixth Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples (EMPI VI) “Tensions and opportunities generated by the interrelation between indigenous and non-indigenous views” Ghent University (Belgium), paper: “Domestic application of ILO-Convention 169 in criminal law: Justice for indigenous people in contemporary Chile”.
2015
Public/Private: Unlocking the Boundaries of Legal Thought UK IVR Annual Conference, 23-24th October 2015, Queen’s University Belfast, paper: “Unlocking the Differences and Interconnections of the Public/Private Law Divide: Transnational and Domestic Approaches”
2015
Chile and the Inter-American Human Rights System, UCL (London), paper: “'Indigenous rights and Criminal law in the Americas: regional application of the ILO Convention 169”
2014
World Trade Organisation In Legal Context: Challenges of the Past And Prospects for the Future, 8th Annual Postgraduate Workshop, University College of Dublin, Sutherland School of Law, Paper: “The Influence of the WTO-GATT Framework on the Chilean Legal System”.
2014
W.H. Hart Legal Workshop 2014 “Legal Education and Training and the Professions”, 23-24th June 2014, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London. Paper: “Legal Education, Training and the legal profession in Chile”.
2014
The Challenges for Legal Thought in a Contemporary Society, Newcastle University, paper: “Domestic Application of ILO 169 in Criminal Law: Justice for Indigenous People in Contemporary Chile”.
2014
Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Conference, Robert Gordon University Law School Aberdeen, Paper: “Environment and Justice for Chilean Indigenous People”.
2014
LARSN Conference, Law & Religion Scholars Network. Law School, Cardiff University, 12/May/2014. Paper 1: “Religion and Education in the Legal Arena: A Dialogue among the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and Spanish and Italian Courts”. Paper 2: “Religion and Indigenous People”.
2014 GHRN Conference 2014, “Human Rights in Uncertain Times: Global Lessons for and from Scotland”, 29th and 30th May 2014, Glasgow University. Paper: “From dictatorship to democracy and constitutional uncertainty: the case of Chile”.
2014 Conference ‘Decision-Making and Criminal Justice: National and International Trends’ on 7th May 2014 at Durham Law School, Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. Paper: “ILO-169 and the application of criminal law to Chilean indigenous people: a socio-legal approach”.
2013
SLS Conference, Edinburgh University, paper: “Hohfeld’s taxonomy revisited: an update from the theory of rights and modern public, family law and human rights law”
2013
Legal conference, Northumbria University, paper: “The interpretation of humanitarian law by domestic courts in post-Pinochet Chile: literal and creative approaches”
2013
Law and religion conference. Cardiff University. Paper: “Freedom of religion in the post-Pinochet Chile”
2013
Conference “Future lawyers tackling tomorrow’s legal challenges”, Liverpool University, paper: “Domestic application of ILO 169 in criminal law”
2013
Conference “Corporations and morality”, Warwick University, paper: “Chilean Indigenous, environmental law and natural resources”
2013
“Annual Legal conference”, King’s College/London, paper: “Justice for victims of massive human rights violations in Chile in the post-Pinochet era: International criminal law and the Chilean domestic legal system”.
2012
Legal Conference, Queen’s College, London, paper: “The influence of international law on the Chilean legal system: more than just Pinochet”.
2012
Legal Conference, Dundee University, paper1: “Massive violations of human rights, the Chilean response” and paper2: “Chilean indigenous law and the ILO Convention 169/1989”.
2012
BSA Socrel / HEA Teaching and Studying Religion 2nd Annual Symposium: Religion and Citizenship: Rethinking the Boundaries of Religion and the Secular, London, paper: “A legal perspective on learning and teaching religion: lessons for the ECtHR”.
2012
11th Global Conference - Environmental justice and Global Citizenship, Oxford University, paper: “Environmental justice for indigenous people in the Post-Pinochet era”.
2011
“International law: Trickle Down Effect symposium”. Edinburgh University, paper: “International law and the Chilean legal system”.
2011
“International law and the Chilean legal system”, International Law Group, Lancaster University.
2004
“Positivismo y Iusnaturalismo” (Positivism and Natural law). Escuela de derecho, Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Antofagasta, Chile. 2004.
2004
“Libertad de expresión en la jurisprudencia chilena” (Freedom of speech in Chilean case law), Jornadas de derecho público, Facultad de Derecho, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC).
2003
“Tratado de libre comercio Chile-EE.UU” (Free Trade Agreement Chile-USA). Escuela de derecho, UCN, Chile. 2003.
2002
“Principio de Legalidad Tributaria”, (Tax legality principle), Jornadas de derecho público, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
2001
“las libertades económicas en la Constitución” (Economic freedoms in the Chilean Constitution). Escuela de derecho, UCN, Antofagasta, Chile.
Languages
English. Advanced level. TOELF-ibt 100 pts
Italian. Advanced level
French. Intermediate level, B1. TCF (381 pts.)
Spanish (mother tongue)