César Rodríguez Garavito

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César Rodríguez Garavito
Born
Colombia
NationalityColombian
Other namesCésar Rodriguez
Alma materUniversity of los Andes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NYU, National University of Colombia
OccupationCo-director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU

César Rodríguez Garavito (born 1971) is an international human rights and environmental law scholar and practitioner. He is co-director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law and the editor-in-chief of Open Global Rights.[1]

A lawyer and a sociologist by training, Rodríguez-Garavito has published numerous books and articles on global governance, climate litigation, the human rights movement, socio-environmental conflicts, indigenous rights and business and human rights. He has served as expert witness of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, an Adjunct Judge of the Constitutional Court of Colombia, a member of the Science Panel for the Amazon and a lead litigator in climate change, socioeconomic rights and indigenous rights cases.

Education[]

He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. (Sociology) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.A. from NYU’s Institute for Law and Society, an M.A. (Philosophy) from the National University of Colombia, and a J.D. from the University of los Andes.

Selected bibliography[]

  • Human Rights: The Global South’s Route to Climate Litigation AJIL Unbound (2020)
  • Business and Human Rights: Beyond the End of the Beginning (ed, Cambridge, 2017)
  • Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance (co-ed with M. Langford & J. Rossi) (Cambridge, 2017)
  • Radical Deprivation on Trial: The Impact of Judicial Activism on Socioeconomic Rights in the Global South (with D. Rodríguez Franco) (Cambridge, 2015)
  • Law and Society in Latin America: A New Map (ed., Routledge, 2015)
  • Balancing Wealth and Health: The Battle over Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in Latin America (co-ed. with R. Dreyfus) (Oxford, 2014) “The Future of Human Rights: From Gatekeeping to Symbiosis,” Sur Journal, Vol. 11 No. 20 (June, 2014)
  • Amphibious Sociology: Action-Research for a Multimedia World, Current Sociology, vol. 62 no. 2 156-167 (March 2014)
  • Ethnicity.gov: Global Governance, Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Prior Consultation in Social Minefields, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 12, 2011.
  • Beyond the Courtroom: The Impact of Judicial Activism on Socioeconomic Rights in Latin America, 89 Texas Law Review, 1669 (2011)
  • Hope Reborn: An Introduction to the New Latin American Left (with P. Barrett and D. Chavez, eds.) (Pluto, 2008)
  • Global Governance and Labor Rights: Codes of Conduct and Anti-Sweatshop Struggles in Global Apparel Factories in Mexico and Guatemala, Politics & Society vol. 33 no. 2 203-333 (June 2005)
  • Law and Globalization from Below: Toward a Cosmopolitan Legality (with Boaventura Santos, ed.) (Cambridge, 2005)

References[]

  1. ^ "Climate change and environmental degradation". European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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