Alejandro Corda

Raúl Alejandro Corda received a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in 1998. He is now a teacher and researcher at the UBA. Since 1993, he has worked in the national judiciary, and has been the Secretary of Justice in the Federal Criminal Jurisdiction since 2001. Corda is a member of Intercambios AC, an NGO that works on drug policy issues. Systems Overload: Drug Laws and Prisons... Read more...

Ana Paula Hernández

Ana Paula Hernández is a sociologist who has worked for more than twelve years on human rights issues. She worked for six years at the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez) in Mexico City, and for four years was the deputy director of the “Tlachinollan” Mountain Human Rights Center (Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña “Tlachinolla... Read more...

Catalina Pérez Correa

Catalina Pérez Correa recieved her Law Degree from the Instituto Teconológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), her master’s degree (JSM) from the Stanford Programme in International Legal Studies (SPILS) at the Stanford University Law School in California and her doctorate (JSD) also from the Stanford University Law School. During her doctorate she studied mexican criminal procedure from an empirical an... Read more...

Diana Esther Guzmán

Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez is a researcher at the Center for the Study of Law, Justice, and Society (DeJuSticia), and professor of juridical argumentation at the Rosario University. A specialist in constitutional law, she received her law degree from the Colombian National University and is a candidate for a Masters in law at the same university. She currently works as a researcher in gender is... Read more...

Diego Giacoman

Diego Giacoman Aramayo holds degrees in economics and philosophy. He has conducted academic research and analysis on the issue of coca cultivation and alternative development. He was in charge of the Drug Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Vice-Ministry of Social Defense and Controlled Substances. While holding that position, he participated in the on-going reform of Law 1008, the Contro... Read more...

Giorgina Garibotto

Giorgina Garibotto is a sociologist specializing in social demography. She has worked on public health issues for ten years. She has carried out research for the IDES Institute and as a TNI consultant on issues of drug trafficking and consumption, HIV, and sexually transmitted diseases. She has also worked with other national and international organization to promote health projects for adolescent... Read more...

Gloria Rose Marie de Achá

Gloria Rose Marie de Achá is a Bolivian lawyer. She is a member of both the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights and the advocacy organisation Acción Andina. She has been working for over 15 years on drug policy, public security policy, human rights and the rights of children and adolescents. She has also worked in prisons and with groups of children who live and work in the streets. She has publi... Read more...

Jérôme Mangelinckx

Jérôme Mangelinckx has been appointed Director of the Research Centre on Drugs and Human Rights. He received a Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Translation (Brussels) and pursued post graduate studies in Czech Studies at Charles University in Prague. He has taught in several universities in Peru and has worked for several agencies and NGOs at international level focusing on international law, empower... Read more...

João Pedro Chaves Valladares Pádua

João Pedro Chaves Valladares Pádua is a criminal lawyer with a master’s degree in Constitutional Law and State Theory from the PUC University in Rio de Janeiro. He is currently a PhD candidate in Language Studies at the same university and a professor of Penal Procedure law at the Federal University of Niteroi (UFF), in the Rio de Janeiro State. He is also the Director of Legal Affairs of the NGO ... Read more...

Jorge Vicente Paladines Rodríguez

Bachelor's in Law (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Guayaquil; Master in Constitutional Law - Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (UASB); MA in Political Science - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO - Ecuador). Faculty member at Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar UASB and the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (IAEN). Professor of Criminal Systems, Social Control an... Read more...