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MAGDALENA SEPÚLVEDA CARMONA, Ph.D
Nationality: Chilean
Professional qualifications: Attorney-at-Law
Civil status: Married
EDUCATION
Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) in the field of international law of human
rights, University of Utrecht, Netherlands. Thesis topic: “The International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Obligations of States
Parties”. Thesis supervisors: Fried van Hoof and Cees Flinterman
LL.M in International Human Rights Law [Distinction], University of Essex,
United Kingdom (1998-1999). Thesis topic: “The Protection of Asylumseekers under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights”. Thesis supervisor: Geoff Gilbert
Diploma in Human Rights, Academy of European Law, European
University Institute, Florence, Italy (1999)
Postgraduate Diploma in the field of Human Rights, Universidad
Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (1996-1998). Completion of two years
of full-time study and awarded pass with distinction following the defence of
the thesis: “The implementation of the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights”, December 1999. Thesis supervisor: Fernando
Mariño Menendez
Post-graduate Diploma in Constitutional and Comparative Law
[Distinction], Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
(1995 - 1996)
Bachelor of Law [Honours], Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
(1989 - 1994)
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Director, International Council on Human Rights Policy,
Geneva. May 2006 to the present
Focal point of the International Network for Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (ESCR-NET) on the Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. June 2005 to April 2006
Consultant to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, Department of International Protection Services, Geneva. April
2005 to January 2006
Project Leader for the Twentieth Anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration
on Refugees, Norwegian Refugee Council. July 2004 to December 2004
Co-Director of International Law and Human Rights Programme, United
Nations affiliated University for Peace, San José, Costa Rica. October
2002 to July 2004
Staff attorney with the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, San José, Costa Rica. January to September 2002
Researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights Research
(SIM), Utrecht, Netherlands. February 2000 to January 2002
Consultant to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, Standards and Legal Advice Section, Department of
International Protection, Geneva. July to December 1999
SELECTED LECTURES DELIVERED
“The negotiation of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”. Lectured delivered at the seminar
Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, organised by the
Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA- CEPAL) and Office of
the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Santiago, Chile (10-12
December, 2007)
“Sexual and reproductive rights from a human rights perspective”. Lecture
delivered at the III National and I International Conference on Gender and
Women’s Rights, organised by the Inter-American Institute of Human
Rights and the Human Rights Centre of La Plata University, La Plata,
Argentina (29-30 November, 2007)
“Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Minorities and Indigenous
Peoples”. Lecture delivered at the National University of Ireland, Galway,
Ireland (22 June, 2007)
“Defending Civil Society: Creating International Human Rights Standards”.
Lecture delivered at the CIVICUS World Assembly, Glasgow, Scotland
(23-27 May, 2007)
“Economic, Social and Cultural Rights protection in Latin America”. Lecture
delivered at the International Seminar on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights organised by the French Cooperation for Andean Countries
(“Cooperación Regional Francesa para los Países Andinos”) and the
Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru (11-12 April, 2007)
“Standards setting processes at the United Nation Level”. Lecture delivered
at the VI International Human Rights Colloquium: Strengthening Human
Rights in the South, organised by CONECTAS-SUR, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1213 November, 2006)
“International Assistance and Cooperation under the ICESCR”. Lecture
delivered at the Lisbon NGO forum, organised by the International Centre
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CIDESC), Lisbon, Portugal (12
October, 2006)
“Economic, social and cultural rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and
internally displaced persons”. Lecture delivered at the “Experts meeting on
economic, social and cultural rights and the role of Amnesty International”,
organised by Amnesty International Secretariat, London, United Kingdom
(22-23 November, 2005)
“The role of the judiciary and the legislative branch in applying international
economic, social and cultural rights”. Lecture delivered at the “Coloquio
sobre derechos sociales”, organised by the Supreme Court (Suprema
Corte de la Nación) and the Senate (Senado de la República), México D.F.,
Mexico (25-28 October, 2005)
“International human rights law as tool to enhance the protection of asylum
seekers and refugees”. Lecture delivered at the III Regional Course on
International Refugee Law, organised by the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Buenos Aires, Argentina
(25-30 September, 2005)
“The international assistance and cooperation obligations under an Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights”. Lecture delivered at the High level experts seminar on economic,
social and cultural rights, organised by the Government of France,
Nantes, France (5-7 September, 2005)
“The protection of economic, social and cultural rights within the framework
of the United Nations” and “The need of adoption of an optional Protocol to
the ICESCR”. Lectures delivered at the international seminar on economic,
social and cultural rights organised by the Government of Mexico and the
European Commission human rights programme, Mexico D.F., Mexico
(17-19 August, 2005)
“The protection of economic, social and cultural rights of refugees, asylumseekers and internally displaced persons”. Lecture delivered at the XXII
Interdisciplinary Course on Human Rights organised by the Inter-American
Institute for Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica (18 August, 2004)
“International protection under human rights and refugee law”. Lecture
delivered at the seminar “Refugees and Asylum Protection in the Americas:
Emerging Trends and Evolving Best Practices” organised by the
International Association of Refugee Law Judges, San José, Costa Rica
(9-11 June, 2004)
“Some preliminary observations on the practical application of an optional
protocol to the ICESCR in relation to international co-operation and
assistance". Lecture delivered at the seminar “European roundtable on
economic, social and cultural rights” organised by the Government of
Portugal and the International Commission of Jurists, Lisbon, Portugal
(24-25 May, 2004)
“The protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Colombia”. Lecture
delivered at the “International seminar on economic, social and cultural
rights” organised by Procuraduría General de la Nación, Bogotá,
Colombia (19-20 May, 2004)
“Canadian Adherence to the American Convention on Human Rights and
future role within the Inter-American System”. Lecture delivered at the
seminar “Perspectives on Latin American Judicial Reform: Strengthening
Human Rights Protection”, organised by McGill University Faculty of Law,
Montreal, Canada (22-23 January, 2004)
Resource person at the seminar “Curriculum Development Workshop on
Justice, Human Rights and Peace” organised by Makerere University,
Kampala, Uganda (1-5 December, 2003)
The obligations of States in regard to economic, social and cultural rights.”
Lecture delivered at the Human Rights Commission of Mexico City
(“Comisión Estatal de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal”), Mexico
D.F., Mexico (7 March, 2003)
“La justiciabilidad del derecho a la alimentación adecuada”. Lecture
delivered at the seminar “Justiciabilidad de los derechos económicos,
sociales y culturales”, organised by the Center for Justice and
International Law (CEJIL), Notre Dame University and Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico D.F., Mexico (26- 27
July, 2002)
“The justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights at the international
level.” Lecture delivered at the seminar “The justiciability of economic,
social and cultural rights”, co-organised by Universidad Iberoamericana
and the National Human Rights Commissions, Mexico D.F., Mexico (1113 April, 2002)
Resource person for the seminar “Linking and learning by NOVIB partners
in the field of economic, social and cultural rights”, organised by the
Netherlands Organisation for International Development Co-operation
(NOVIB), Zeist, Netherlands (2-3 October, 2000)
SELECTED SEMINARS AND CONGRESSES ATTENDED
“United Nations Conference on anti-corruption measures, good governance
and human rights”, co-organized by the Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights and the Government of the Republic
of Poland, Warsaw, Poland (8-9 November 2006)
“Towards a fairer world. Why is corruption still blocking the way?, 12th AntiCorruption Conference, organised by Transparency International and the
Government of Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (15-18 November
2006)
“Policies against Hunger IV. Implementing the voluntary guidelines on the
right to food”, organised by the German Ministry of Consumer
Protection, Food and Agriculture, Berlin, Germany (14- 16 June, 2005).
Acted as rapporteur of working group No. 2 on Legal Framework;
Institutions; Human Right Institutions.
"Creating New Paths towards Social Justice: The Inaugural ESCR-Net
Conference", co-organised by ESCR-Net and the Asian Forum, Chiang
Mai, Thailand (8-11 June, 2003). Acted as a rapporteur of working groups.
“Criminal sanctions for violations of economic, social and cultural rights”,
organised by University Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (16 April,
1997)
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Faculty Member, United Nations affiliated University for Peace
(2004-present); Visiting Lecturer, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
(2001-2005), Universidad de Chile (2005), Universidad Javeriana,
Colombia (2005). The main area of concentration is the international
protection of economic, social and cultural rights.
Visiting Researcher, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law,
Cambridge University, United Kingdom (July-August 2003). Research topic:
The legitimacy of human rights supervisory bodies.
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
The Nature of the Obligations under the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Hart/Intersentia, Antwerp, 2003.
477pp.
Human Rights Reference Handbook, University for Peace, Costa Rica,
2004. 513pp. Co-author with Theo van Banning, Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir;
Christine Chamoun and Willem van Genugten.
Universal and Regional Human Rights Protection: Cases and
Commentaries, University for Peace, Costa Rica, 2004. 610 pp. Co-author
with Theo van Banning, Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir and Christine Chamoun.
Human Rights and Refugee Protection. Self-study manual, United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, 2006. Vol. 1and Vol. 2.
Main author.
Articles and contributions to books
“Selected National Jurisprudence: Colombia”. In: Langford, Malcolm (ed.):
Socio-Economic Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in
International and Comparative Law, Cambridge University Press,
forthcoming 2008.
“Obligations of “international assistance and cooperation” in an Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights”, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, vol. 24/2, 2006.
“La interpretación del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y
Culturales de la expresión “progresivamente”. In: Ni un paso atrás. La
prohibición de regresividad en materia de derechos sociales, Courtis,
C. (editor), Editores del Puerto, Buenos Aires, 2006.
“La necesidad de adoptar un Protocolo Facultativo al Pacto Internacional
de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales. Un llamado a la acción”.
In: Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, Secretaría de
Relaciones Exteriores, Tlatelolco, México D.F., 2005.
“El tratamiento de los solicitantes de asilo y refugiados a la luz de la
Declaración de Cartagena sobre los Refugiados y las normas del derecho
internacional de los derechos humanos”. In: Memoria del Vigésimo
Aniversario de la Declaración de Cartagena sobre los Refugiados
(1984-2004), UNHCR, 2005.
“La supuesta dicotomía entre los derechos civiles y políticos y los derechos
económicos, sociales y culturales a la luz de la evolución del derecho
internacional de los derechos humanos”. In: Protección Internacional de
Derechos Humanos. Nuevos Desafíos, Courtis, C.; Hauser, D. &
Rodríguez, G. (editors), Editorial Porrúa, Mexico, 2005.
“La justiciabilidad de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales frente
a la supuesta dicotomía entre las obligaciones impuestas por los pactos de
Naciones Unidas”. In: Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales:
Ensayos y Materiales, Canton, O. & Corcuera, S. (editors), Editorial
Porrúa, Mexico, 2004.
“The protection of economic, social and cultural rights". In: Linking and
Learning in the Field of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Boerefijn, I.; Brouwer, M. & Fakhreddine, R. (editors), SIM Special,
Netherlands, 2000.
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION
Member of the Editorial Board, Revista Iberoamericana de
Derechos Humanos, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Member of the Editorial Board, Human Rights & International
Legal Discourse, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands
Member of SUR-Human Rights University Network
Member of the Steering Committee of the NGO Coalition for an
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (2004- Present)