Location: Ernest Rutherford 262
Country of origin: Mexico
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Supervisors:
Primary Supervisor:听Ann Brower
Co-Supervisor:听Elizabeth Macpherson
Additional Supervisor:听Lindsey MacDonald
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Research Interests
- The relationships between people-place and the law.
- The rights of Indigenous peoples and human rights.
- Comparative law.
- Environmental resistance movements and decolonisation in Latin America.
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Working thesis title
Decolonising Indigenous Peoples鈥 Territories. A comparative analysis of the legal persons: Urewera Forest, New Zealand and Atrato River, Colombia.
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Personal Interests
Long distance cycling, rock climbing, tramping, mountaineering.
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Campus Life
UC Doctoral scholarship
- Project: Policy and legislation for Environmental-Based Management. Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge.Research collaboration 2021. New Zealand
- United Nations Harmony with Nature. Experts Network.
- Project Riverine Rights. Oslo Metropolitan University.听Young professional 2021.Scholarship recipient 2021.听Norway
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Academic History
LLM International Legal Studies. Environmental Law.
American University, USA.
Fulbright scholarship.
Bachelor of Law.
Universidad Aut贸noma de Chiapas. Mexico.
Bachelor of Accountancy.
Escuela Bancaria y Comercial. Mexico
Languages: Spanish (native), English (Professional), Portuguese (professional reading), Swedish (basic communication).
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Publications
Elizabeth Macpherson, Stephen C. Urlich, Hamish G. Rennie, Adrienne Paul, Karen Fisher, Laura Braid, Jill Banwell,听Julia Torres Ventura, Eric Jorgensen,听鈥楬ooks鈥 and 鈥楢nchors鈥 for relational ecosystem-based marine management, (2021) 130听Marine Policy.
Elizabeth Macpherson,听Julia Torres Ventura听and Felipe Clavijo Ospina,听Constitutional Law, Ecosystems, and Indigenous Peoples in Colombia: Biocultural Rights and Legal Subjects, (2020) 9(3) Transnational Environmental Law 1.
Mihnea Tanasescu, Macpherson, Elizabeth, Jefferson David, Torres-Ventura Julia, 鈥楻ights of Nature and Rivers in Ecuador鈥檚 Constitutional Court鈥 [2024] The International Journal of Human Rights.
Presentation
Torres Julia, Ecosystems with Legal Personhood, Decolonising Relationships? 2021听 Presentation II Webinar for Young Researchers 鈥楴ature and Its Rights鈥, RIVERS ERC Project European Union听
