Helena Alviar Garcia | |
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| Born | |
| Occupations | Legal scholar, professor |
| Known for | International law, transitional justice, social and economic rights, feminism, Latin American law and development [1] [2] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (S.J.D. and LL.M.) Universidad de los Andes (Law) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Sciences Po Paris University of Wisconsin-Madison Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) (Law) |
Helena Alviar Garcia is a Colombian S.J.D. from the Harvard Law School and served as full professor and dean of the Law School of Universidad de los Andes. [3] She is a professor and researcher at the Sciences Po Law School. [4]
She co-founded Dejusticia,a Tang Prize awardee for the rule of law. [5]
Alviar-Garcia [6] has taught courses on Property,Public law,legal theory,feminist theory,etcetera,and wrote/edited books and scholarly articles thereof. [7] [8] [9]
Alviar-Garcia has been a visiting professor in universities in Latin America,Europe,and the United States,including Harvard Law School,University of Pennsylvania,Universitàdi Torino,University of Miami,Universidad de Puerto Rico,and University of Wisconsin in Madison. [10] [11]
Alviar-Garcia was notably the Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor at Harvard in 2017,Bok Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Penn Law School in 2015,and Tinker Visiting Professor at UW-Madison in 2008. [12]