César Rodríguez Garavito
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.
César Rodríguez Garavito | |
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| Born | Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Other names | César Rodriguez |
| Alma mater | University of los Andes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NYU, National University of Colombia |
| Occupation | Co-director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU |
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)