Director

 

Elena Cecilia Alvites Alvites 

Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru)

She has a doctorate in Law from the University of Alicante (2004) and Principal Professor at the PUCP. She is director of the Master in Constitutional Law and Vice President of the Inter-American Network of Fundamental Rights and Democracy. She has served as Head of the Decentralization and Good Governance Program of the Ombudsman's Office of Peru and as Coordinator of Public Policies of the ProDecentralization Program of USAID/Peru. Her main lines of research are fundamental rights, social rights, decentralization. She has provided technical assistance to various public entities in matters of decentralization, modernization of the State and public policies related to the right to education, women's rights, among other issues related to State management. Email: ealvites@pucp.edu.pe 

 

Advisory Board

 

Samuel Bernardo Abad Yupanqui

Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru) 

Lawyer (PUCP), Diploma in Constitutional Law (Center for Constitutional Studies-Spain), Doctor of Law (Autonomous University of Madrid), Principal Professor of the Faculty of Law and of the Constitutional Master of the PUCP. He has been Secretary General of the National Civil Service Court, Coordinator of the Democratic Institutions Area of the Andean Commission of Jurists, Deputy in Constitutional Affairs and First Deputy of the Ombudsman's Office (1996-2007). He is currently a partner at Echecopar Law Firm. Email: sabad@pucp.edu.pe

 

Francisco José Eguiguren Praeli

Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru)

Former Director of Pensamiento Constitucional. Principal Professor of the PUCP. Head of the Academic Department of Law of the PUCP (2000-2005), and Director of the Master in Constitutional Law of the PUCP (2004-2017). Executive Director of the Andean Commission of Jurists (1991-1996); Director General of the Academy of the Magistracy (1996-1998); President of the Peruvian Association of Constitutional Law; Member of the Board of Directors of Transparency; Minister of Justice and Human Rights (July to December 2011); Ambassador of Peru in Spain (January 2012 to August 2014). Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (January 2016 to December 2019); President of the IACHR (March 2017 to March 2018). Email: feguigu@pucp.edu.pe

 

Betzabé Xenia Marciani Burgos

Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru)

Principal Professor at the PUCP, Doctor of Law from the University of Castilla-La Mancha and Specialist in Legal Argument from the University of Alicante. She is the director of the Center for Research, Training and Legal Advice (CICAJ) of the PUCP. Email: marciani.bx@pucp.pe

 

Milagros Aurora Revilla Izquierdo

Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru)

Ph.D. State, person and services in the European and international order, by the Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna. Master in Constitutional Law and Lawyer from the PUCP. Canonista by the Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid. Areas: Comparative Constitutional Law, Public International D., State Ecclesiastical D. Email: revilla.milagros@pucp.pe