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Dr Patricia Palacios Zuloaga

Lecturer
Essex Law School
Dr Patricia Palacios Zuloaga
  • Email

  • Telephone

    +44 (0) 1206 874325

  • Location

    5S.7.13, Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    Office hours will be held during term time on Wednesdays afternoons. In order to attend office hours you must write an email to p.palacioszuloaga@essex.ac.uk to request an appointment by 17:00 on the day before the office hour. In your email you must state the reason you are requesting the appointment. You will receive a reply indicating the time of your appointment.

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Qualifications

  • Licenciatura en Ciencias Juridicas y Sociales, Universidad de Chile.

  • LLM, Harvard Law School.

  • JSD, New York University School of Law.

  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship in International Law, London School of Economics.

Research and professional activities

Research interests

International Human Rights Law

Inter-American Human Rights Law

Women's Rights

Transitional Justice

International Adjudication in Human Rights

Discrimination

International Criminal Law

Sexual and Reproductive Rights

LGBTIQ+ Rights

Current research

Compliance and impact of international human rights rulings

Representation of women in human rights education

Adjudication and its impact on the field

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Human Rights, Regional Systems & Global Challenges (HU200)

  • Human Rights: Global Diversity and Global Challenges (HU930)

  • Justice (LW234)

  • Final Year Research Project (LW304)

  • Regional Human Rights Systems (LW515)

  • International Human Rights Law: Law and Practice (LW901)

  • International Human Rights: Theories and Institutions (LW924)

  • Human Rights and Women (LW918)

Previous supervision

Paulina Jimenez Fregoso
Paulina Jimenez Fregoso
Thesis title: Intersectionality as a Tool to Adjudicate Human Rights Law. a Case Study on the Inter-American System of Human Rights
Degree subject: Human Rights
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 16/3/2022
Maria Delia Sanchez Del Angel
Maria Delia Sanchez Del Angel
Thesis title: Towards a Framework of Analysis of the Right of Victims to Participate Before International Human Rights Adjudicative Bodies: A Case Study of Victims’ Participation in the Inter-American System of Human Rights
Degree subject: Human Rights
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/2/2022

Publications

Journal articles (3)

Palacios Zuloaga, P., (2021). Pushing Past the Tipping Point: Can the Inter-American System Accommodate Abortion Rights?. Human Rights Law Review. 21 (4), 899-934

Palacios Zuloaga, P., (2020). Judging Inter-American Human Rights: The Riddle of Compliance with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Human Rights Quarterly. 42 (2), 392-433

Palacios Zuloaga, P., (2008). The Path to Gender Justice in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Texas Journal of Women and the Law. 17 (2), 227-295

Books (3)

Zuloaga, PP. and Zerán, AT., (2011). El tratamiento de la violencia de género en la Organización de Naciones Unidas. Centro de Derechos Humanos. 9561907275. 9789561907270

Palacios Zuloaga, PE., (2006). La No Discriminación: Estudio de la Jurisprudencia del Comité de Derechos Humanos sobre la Cláusula Autónoma de No Discriminación.. Centro de Derechos Humanos. 956-19-0517-5

Palacios Zuloaga, PE., (2005). Las Convenciones Internacionales de Derechos Humanos y la Perspectiva de Género. Centro de Derechos Humanos. 956-19-0490-X

Book chapters (3)

Palacios Zuloaga, P., (2023). Unlearning Agreement. In: Consent. Routledge. 153- 168

Palacios Zuloaga, PE., (2017). Engendering the Study of Human Rights: why women law professors matter.. In: La Lucha por los Derechos Humanos Hoy: Estudios en Homenaje a Cecilia Medina Quiroga.. Editors: Parra Vera, O., Sijniesky, R. and Pacheco Arias, G., . Tirant Lo Blanch. 8491196269. 9788491196273

Palacios Zuloaga, PE., (2013). La Violencia en Contra de las Mujeres. In: Derechos Humanos y Mujeres: Teoría y Práctica. Editors: Lacrampette, N., . Centro de Derechos Humanos. 978-956-19-0833-8

Grants and funding

2022

Investigating the Challenges to Achieving Decriminalisation of Abortion through Strategic Litigation in Latin America

Society of Legal Scholars

Contact

p.palacioszuloaga@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 874325

Location:

5S.7.13, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

Office hours will be held during term time on Wednesdays afternoons. In order to attend office hours you must write an email to p.palacioszuloaga@essex.ac.uk to request an appointment by 17:00 on the day before the office hour. In your email you must state the reason you are requesting the appointment. You will receive a reply indicating the time of your appointment.

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