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BELÉN OLMOS GIUPPONI Belen_Olmos_Giupponi@biari.brown.edu

+44-07743558876

Academic Positions May 2018 - Present Associate Professor of Law. Head of Law. Kingston University London. United Kingdom. September 2016-April 2018 Senior Lecturer in EU and International Law. Interim Head of Law. Liverpool Hope University. United Kingdom. July 2016-August 2016 Senior Researcher and Visiting Professor. Free University Berlin. Germany. June 2013-June 2016 Lecturer. Director of the MSc in Environmental Policy and Governance. External Programmes Validation Director. University of Stirling. United Kingdom. September 2009-March 2013 Associate Professor. International Law, EU Law and International Relations. King Juan Carlos University. Madrid. Spain. September 2007-August 2009 Senior Researcher. Law Department. European University Institute. Florence. Italy February 2005-August 2007 Assistant Professor. University Carlos III. Madrid. Spain March 2003-December 2004. Researcher (International Law). University Carlos III. Madrid. Spain June 2002-February 2003. Research Fellow. University Carlos III. Madrid. Spain Education 2009. Max Weber Post-doctoral Programme. European University Institute. 2004. Ph.D. in International Law, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Magna cum laude. 2002. Master in Human Rights, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. 2000. MA in International Relations. 1999. LLB. University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Qualified as a Barrister.

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Institutional Responsibilities External Examiner: University of Kent, Northumbria University and University of Sussex. PhD External Examiner: University of Melbourne. May 2018-Present. Head of the Law Department. Kingston University London. March 2017-December 2017. Interim Head of Law Department. Liverpool Hope University 2013 – 2016. Faculty member. University of Stirling, United Kingdom 2013 – 2016. Director of Master's Programme in Environmental Policy and Governance. University of Stirling. United Kingdom 2014 – 2015 – External reviewer- Promotions Committee. University of Cape Town. South Africa 2007 – 2009. Organiser of the Max Weber Programme Annual Conference. European University Institute. Italy 2002 – 2005. Coordinator. Red Cross. Seminar in International Humanitarian Law. University Carlos III of Madrid. Spain Commissions of Trust 2018-Present. International Law Associatiion (British Branch). Member of the Committee on Human Rights in times of emergency and of the International Tax Law group 2015- Present. Editorial Board. Revista Espiga. San Jose, CR 2015- Present. Editorial Board. Journal of Legal Theory. Brazil 2013- Present. Reviewer. LACES Journal. University of San Diego, US 2012- Present. Review panel member. Research Foundation. Flanders, Belgium 2010- 2012. Editorial Board. Revista Electronica Iberoamericana. Madrid, Spain 2013- Present. Reviewer. Revista Electronica de Estudios Internacionales. Madrid, Spain 2012- Present. External Reviewer. Federal University. Joao Pessoa, Brazil Memberships of Scientific Societies 2018-Present. Member of the International Economic Law and Environmental Law Groups of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) 2014-Present. Member of the International Law Association-ILA (British branch) 2014-Present. Member of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) 2011 – Present. Member of Research Network Von Humboldt Foundation - Germany 2011- Present. Member of the International Studies Association. Member of the International Tax Law working group and alternate UK member of the Committee on Human Rights in times of crisis 2003- Present. Member of the Spanish Society of International Law and International Relations Recent Presentations at International Conferences and Guest Lectures June 2019. Corruption, Democracy and Human Rights Exploring New Avenues in the Fight against Corruption. European University Institute (EUI). Presentation: ‘Analyzing Obstacles and Challenges in Fighting Corruption in Cases of Illegal Investments’.

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June 2019. FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Right balance of financial innovation and inclusion?. LJMU. Presentation: ‘Technological revolutions and the law: The digitalisation of financial dispute resolution’. April 2019. European Society of International Law (ESIL). Research Forum. University of Goettingen. Presentation: ‘Science-based decision making in International Environmental Law’. Discussant at the International Economic Working Group (Guest speaker). December 2019. Bolzano University. Guest lecture: ‘Academic Freedom in the United Kingdom’. November 2018. King's College. Transnational Environmental Law Workshop. Presentation: ‘Informal Environmental Adjudication’. September 2018. Society of Legal Scholars (SLS). Presentation. Energy Law Panel. September 2018. Colloquium International Investment Law and Competition Law. ‘Are Market Competition and Investment Protection Incompatible in the EU Energy Sector?’ Zaragoza, Spain. August 2018. International Law Association Bi-Annual Conference. Sydney. Committee on International Tax Law. June 2018. European University Institute. Max Weber June Conference. March 2018. Humboldt Colloquium - "Moving Forward – The UK-German Research Network in a Changing World" – University of Oxford, United Kingdom. October 2017. International Investment Law and the Law of Armed Conflicts. Athens, Presentation: Exploring the links between nationality changes and investment claims arising out of armed conflicts. September 2017. Rethinking and renewing the study of International Law: International Law in, from, and about Latin America. Bogota, Colombia, Presentation: De-colonising regional economic integration in Latin America? September 2017.Central American Integration Organisation. V Conference on Central American Integration. September 2017.University of Costa Rica. Faculty of Law. San Jose. September 2017. Society of Legal Scholars. Annual Conference, Dublin. September 2017. Organization of American States. Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law in the Americas. Santiago, Chile. Presentation (co-authored): Human rights obligations and International Environmental Law. August 2017. EADI Nordic Conference. Bergen, Norway.

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June 2017. European University Institute. Max Weber Conference. Presentation: European Economic Governance at the crossroads. April 2017. UCN La Serena, Chile. Renewable Energies in Latin America. March 2017. Liverpool Hope University. The future of International Energy Law. February 2017. University of Eastern Finland. UEF Energy Transitions Conference. November 2016. Workshop “The future of Europe” organised by the Universite' Catholique de Lille and Liverpool Hope University. October 2016.Workshop. University of Bolzano. October 2016. Seminar 'Contemporary challenges for Environmental Law' organised by the University of Valparaiso, Chile. September 2016. World Congress of Agrarian Law. Guest speaker. Costa Rica. August 2016. Conference. Latin American Society of International Law. Panel 1. Human Rights and Panel 3. Environmental Law. Santiago, Chile. Referees Reference 1 Name: Professor Douglas Brodie Title: Professor Address: University of Strathclyde. G1 1XQ. United Kingdom Telephone Number: +44 (0)141 548 3965 Email: douglas.brodie@strath.ac.uk Reference 2 Name: Professor Fraser Davidson Title: Professor Law Address: Room A91, Pathfoot Building. University of Stirling. Stirling. FK9 4LA. United Kingdom Email: f.p.davidson@stir.ac.uk Reference 3 Name: Professor Nicholas Rees Job title: Professor of International Relations and Dean of the School of Humanities -University of Buckingham Telephone: + 44 (0) 7918838346 Email: reesmag@gmail.com; nicholas.rees@buckingham.ac.uk Research Funding

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2019. César Milstein Award. CONICET Argentina. 2016-2017. Liverpool Hope University. Internal Grants Programme. 2015-2016. Von Humboldt Foundation. Germany. Access to Environmental Justice in the Americas. 2014. Carnegie Trust. Sovereign Debt-restructuring. July-December 2014. 2012-2013. Team member. Jean Monnet Project “Constitutional Rights vs. Free Trade Agreements” (CriFT). EU Grant Decision n. 2011-2927. 2011-2012. Team member. Project: Water Governance: Alternative architectures. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. National University of Singapore. 01/01/2010 – May 2011. Team member. Project: Migraciones y derechos humanos (Migrations and human rights). UNICEF – Quito (Ecuador). 01/01/2009 – 30/04/2010. Director. Project: El perfeccionamiento de las políticas comunes adoptadas en el Sistema de Integración Centroamericana a la luz de la experiencia europea (The development of common policies in the Central American Integration System in light of the European experience). Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Cooperation Project funded by AECID- Spanish Agency of International Cooperation and Development. 01/01/2007 – 31/12/2007.Team member. Project: Articulación y fortalecimiento de los sistemas judiciales en el espacio iberoamericano: Mecanismos jurisdiccionales (Strengthening judicial systems in the Ibero-American area). Member of the research team. Cooperation Project between Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Buenos Aires-Argentina) funded by AECID- Spanish Agency of International Cooperation and Development. 01/01/2007 – 31/12/2007. Team member. Project: Elementos y criterios para la conformación y articulación de un espacio iberoamericano de integración política y económica: planificación económica y fortalecimiento institucional (Elements and criteria for the conformation and articulation of an Iberoamerican area of political and economic integration: economic planning and institutional strengthening) Member of the research team. CUCEA Universidad de Guadalajara, funded by AECID- Spanish Agency of International Cooperation and Development. 01/2003-12/2007. Team member. Project: Critical analysis of Spanish Domestic case law applying international law, University Carlos III. Madrid. 01/01/2006-31/12/2006. Director. Ruy de Clavijo Research Grant. Casa Asia. Barcelona. Spain. Project: “La triangulación: relaciones entre España, América Latina y Asia Pacífico” (The triangulation: relationships between Spain, Latin America and Asia Pacific). 01/10/2005-31/09/2006. Team member. Project: Iniciativas para el fortalecimiento de las Cumbres Iberoamericanas y la proyección de los Estados iberoamericanos en la escena internacional (Initiatives to strengthen the Ibero-American Summits and the role Ibero-

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American States on the international stage). Project funded by Fundación Carolina, Madrid, Spain. 01/01/2005 – 31/12/2005. Team member. Project: Misiones internaciones de paz. Operaciones de Naciones Unidas y de la Unión Europea (Peacekeeping Operations: United Nations and European Union) Project funded by Instituto Universitario Gutiérrez Mellado, Madrid, Spain. 01/2004-06/2004. Team member. Project: La Integración económica e institucional en América Latina (Economic and Institucional Integration in Latin America), Centro de Estudios de Iberoamérica. With Cástor Miguel Díaz Barrado. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. University Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid. 07/2002-03/2003. Team member. Project: España y sus fronteras (Spain and its borders). Instituto de Estudios Jurídicos Internacionales. With Cástor Miguel Díaz Barrado y Carlos Fernández de Casadevante. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. University Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid. 12/1998-11/1999. Co-director. Project: La protección de los derechos humanos en el Sistema Interamericano (The protection of human rights in the Inter-American System). Faculty of Law. University of Córdoba. Argentina. Visiting Academic Positions Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. University of Cambridge April 2016-June 2016 Visiting Fellow. Project: Collaborative compliance and climate change litigation IALS. University of London April 2015-July 2015 Visiting Fellow Freie Universität. Berlin. GERMANY April 2011-May 2013 Senior Researcher Stanford University. School of Law. Palo Alto. U.S. Visiting Scholar (April-August 2012) Brown University. Institute for Advanced Research. Providence. U.S. Visiting fellow (June 2011) Lateinamerika-Institut. Freie Universität. Berlin. GERMANY Visiting scholar (July 2009) Istituto di Studi Giuridici Internazionali. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Roma. ITALY Post-doctoral Research fellow (September 2006-August 2007)

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Université de Nantes. Centre des recherches sur les identités et l´interculturalité (CRINI) FRANCE Research fellow (September 2005-January 2006) Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internacionales (IEHEI), Sofia and Silistra, BULGARIA Selected as a fellow to attend the Institute´s summer session: European Enlargement and the Constitution (Summer 2005) Istituto di Studi Giuridici Internazionali. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Roma. ITALY Research fellow (October 2004-January 2005) Università degli Studi di Milano. ITALY Visiting Lecturer. Dipartimento di Studi Internazionali (March-April 2003) List of Publications (2010-2020) A. Books 2020. International Environmental Law Compliance in Context. Routledge. Forthcoming. 2019. Trade Agreements, Investment Protection and Dispute Settlement in Latin America. Kluwer International Law. 2017. Rethinking Free Trade and Human Rights in the Americas. Hart/Bloomsbury. 2011. Medio ambiente, cambio climático y derechos humanos (Environmental law, climate change and human rights). Editor. Dike. Bogotá. 2011. Diálogo judicial y gobernanza global: la influencia del derecho comunitario europeo en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Centroamericana de Justicia, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid, España. 2011. Participación de la sociedad civil en Iberoamérica: Análisis de casos (Civil society participation in Iberoamerica: Case-studies). Co-authored with Beatriz Barreiro Carril. Dykinson. Madrid. 2011. La Adopción de Políticas en el Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana. Propuestas para su perfeccionamiento (The Adoption of Policies in the Central American integration system). Co-edited with L. A. Rubio Ríos, Plaza & Valdés, Madrid, 2011. 2010. The Law of Mercosur. Co-edited with M. Franca Filho and L. Lixinski. Hart Publishing. London. B. Chapters in Books

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2019. Informal Environmental Conflict Resolution in V. Heyvaert and L-A. Duvic-Paoli, Handbook on Transnational Environmental Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. Forthcoming. 2019. Human Rights before Regional Economic Integration Organizations in Latin America co-authored with M. Franca Filho and L. Lixinski, in International Law Association’s Human Rights Committee Yearbook. Springer. 2017. Chapter 11. Arbitrator's powers in the framework of the new EU Investment Policy in The Investment Policy of the European Union. Bosch 2017. 2015. Chapter 19. Anti-Dumping and Commercial Policy, in The Law of the EU. Oxford University Press. 2015. Chapter. The contribution of Bangladesh to the definition of an international legal framework and specific policies for “climate refugees”. In Migration and Environment in Bangladesh, edited by Bishawjit Mallick & Benjamin Etzold. 2013. Chapter. The MERCOSUR - SACU PTA: A step forward in South-South relations?. Co-authored with Marumo Nkomo. Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2012. Trade Law Centre (TRALAC). South Africa. 2013. Chapter. Water Governance in Spain, in Water Governance: An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures, edited by A. Gunawansa and L. Bhullar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing. 2013. Chapter: Multilevel regulations and environmental law: The protection of natural areas in Spain, in International Protection of natural areas. Franco Angeli, Rome. 2013. Chapter. El impacto de la judicialización de los conflictos sociales por el agua en América Latina (The impact of the judicialization of social conflicts over water in Latin America), in La judicialización de los conflictos ambientales en América Latina, edited by W. Costa Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2012. Chapter. Teorías de integración desde el Sur Global: Una visión comparada entre América Latina y África (Theories of integration from the Global South: Africa Latin America Integration), in Perspectivas alternativas de Relaciones Internacionales desde el Sur, edited by K. Ramírez Meda, FCSYP-UABC, Mexico. 2012. Chapter. Una visión conjunta del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea y de los tribunales arbitrales de MERCOSUR (A comparative overview: ECJ and MERCOSUR Arbitration Tribunals), in Tribunales Internacionales y Mecanismos de Solución de Controversias. Edited by E. Ulate- A. Salazar, Chico, Costa Rica. 2011. Chapter. Exhaustion of local remedies in international arbitration, in Diccionario terminologico del arbitraje nacional e internacional de comercio e inversiones, Palestra publishing, Peru. 2011. Chapter. Education and human rights in the Central American integration process, in La adopcion de politicas en el sistema de la Integracion Centroamericana – Propuestas para su perfeccionamiento, Plaza & Valdes, Madrid, Spain.

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2010. Chapter: Lucha contra la delincuencia organizada en la Organización de Estados Americanos (Fighting organized crime in the Organization of American States). In Seguridad en Iberoamérica, Madrid, Instituto Universitario Gutiérrez Mellado (IUGM), Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. C. Articles 2019. “Fostering environmental democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean: An analysis of the Regional Agreement on Environmental Access Rights”, RECIEL, 7 February 2019. 2018. “Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples before Human Rights Courts and International Investment Tribunals: Two Sides of the Same Coin?”. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, (2018) 25(4), pp. 485-529. 2017. “Assessing the evolution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the protection of migrants’ rights: past, present and future”. International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 21 - 2017, pp. 1-27 (July 2017). 2017. “Disentangling Human Rights and Investors’ Rights in International Adjudication: The Legacy of the Yukos Cases”. Volume 24.2. Willamette Journal of International Law & Dispute Resolution. 2017. Hofmeister H. & Olmos Giupponi MB. “Legal implications of Brexit under article 50 TEU and post-exit models”. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. 2016. “Investment Mediation and Regional Economic Integration Organizations: The European Union and the Central American Integration System in Comparative Perspective”. Conflict Resolution Quarterly 32 (4), pp. 119–139. 2016. Olmos Giupponi MB & Hofmeister H., “Britannia locuta, causa (non) finita – Verfassungs- und europarechtliche Aspekte eines britischen EU-Austritts“, Die Offentliche Verwaltung (DOV) 24/2016, pp. 1013-1020. 2016. Yu H & Olmos Giupponi MB. “The Pandora Box Effects under the UNCITRAL Transparency Rules”, Journal of Business Law, 2016 (5), pp. 347-372. 2016. “Squaring the Circle? Balancing Sustainable Development and Investment Protection in the EU Investment Policy”. European Energy and Environmental Law Review, Vol. 25, Issue 2, pp. 44–55. 2015. Olmos Giupponi MB & Hofmeister H. “The ‘Day After’ the Scottish Referendum: Legal Implications for Other European Regions”, Liverpool Law Review, 36 (3), pp. 211-235. 2015. Olmos Giupponi MB & Yu HL, “Road To Nowhere? – A Comparative Legal Analysis on the Enforcement of Yukos Awards”. International Arbitration. 2015. “Transnational Environmental Law and Grass-Root Initiatives: The Case of the Latin American Water Tribunal”. Transnational Environmental Law Journal. July 2015 Issue.

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2015. “ICSID Tribunals and Sovereign Debt Restructuring-Related Litigation: Mapping the Further Implications of the Alemanni Decision”. ICSID Review (Fall 2015) 30 (3), pp. 556-588. 2015. “The Protection of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Where Do We Stand on International Arbitration?”. Journal of International Arbitration Vol. 32 (2), pp. 113-142. 2015. “Mapping Emerging Countries' Role in Renewable Energy Trade Disputes”. OGEL 3 (2015). 2015. “EU Return Policy and International Human Rights Law: Keeping the balance between border security and human dignity”. Spanish Yearbook of International Law Vol. 18. 2015. “The justiciability of the right to water in Latin America: Comparative study of the recent case law in Colombia and Argentina”. Mexican Yearbook of International Law. 2014. “Inequality and access to water In Latin America: Guaranteeing the right to water in Argentina”. Rethinking Development and Inequality. Vol. 3/2014. 2014. “Protection of fundamental rights in FTA's in Latin America”. Co-authored with M. Franca Filho and L. Lixinski. European Journal of International Law. 2014. “Free Trade and Labour and Environmental Standards in MERCOSUR”. Colombia International Special Issue. 2013. “Changes in nationality regimes and citizenship conceptions: A comparative analysis between Germany and Spain”. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. Vol. 3 No. 5 (March 20, 2013). 2012. “International Law and Sources of Law in MERCOSUR: An Analysis of a 20-Year Relationship”. Leiden Journal of International Law. Volume 25 / Issue 03 / September 2012, pp. 707-737. 2012. “Sistemas de integración regional comparados: Un análisis evolutivo de las teorías de integración en América Latina y África” (Comparative regional integration systems: An evolutionary analysis of theories of integration in Latin America and Africa). Revista de Derecho Comunitario, Derecho Internacional y Derechos Humanos, Universidad de Costa Rica. 2011. “Citizenship, Migration and Regional Integration: Re-shaping citizenship conceptions in the Southern Cone”. European Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp. 104-136. 2011. “Sucesión de Estados y nacionalidad de las personas físicas: el caso de Montenegro” (Natural persons in relation with the succession of States), Revista de derecho migratorio y extranjería. 2011. “Luces y sombras de una declaración de independencia: El Dictamen de la Corte Internacional de Justicia en el caso de Kosovo” (Lights and shadows of a declaration of independence: The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice in the case of Kosovo). Revista Europea de Derechos Fundamentales

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2010. La protección de las comunidades afrodescendientes en el sistema interamericano: Reflexiones a la luz del Caso de las Comunidades de Jiguamiandó y de Curbaradó (The protection of afrodescendat communities in the Inter-American System: Reflections in the light of the Case of the Communities of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó ), Revista Electrónica Iberoamericana (REIB), 2/2010. 2010. Avances recientes del Sistema Interamericano en la protección de los derechos de los migrantes (Recent developments in the protection of migrants within the Inter-American System), Revista de derecho migratorio y extranjería, ISSN 1695-3509, Nº. 24, 2010, pps. 249-274. Teaching Experience Undergraduate (UG) and Post-graduate (PG) courses taught Westminster Business School, London Spring Term 2018. Business Law (UG). International Business Law (PG). Lancaster University, England Autumn Term 2017. International Trade Law (WTO Law, Institution and Dispute Settlement)- UG Liverpool Hope University, England Autumn Terms 2016 and 2017. Environmental Law (UG). European Union Law (UG). Spring Terms 2017 and 2018. Public and Private International t Law (PG). University of Stirling, Scotland Autumn Terms 2013, 2014 and 2015. Public International Law (UG). International Investment Law (PG). Spring Terms 2014, 2015 and 2016. Low Carbon Energy Law (PG). Corporate Social Responsibility (PG). Environmental Law (UG). King Juan Carlos University, Madrid. Spain 2012-2013. Public International Law. 2012-2013. International Organisations. 2011-2012. Public International Law. Second Term.

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2010-2011/ 2011-2012 Fundamental Rights and freedom of speech. First and Second Term. 2010-2011 EU Law. Second Term. 2010-2011/2011-2012 Environmental Law. Second Term. September 2010/January 2011 8 hours Regional Integration in Latin America Master's Degree in Development September 2010/January 2011 35 hours Regional Integration in Europe and Latin America Master's Degree in International Relations September 2010/January 2011 35 hours International human rights law University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena. Italy 2008-2009 Public International Law I. EU Institutional Law. First and Second Term. 2007-2008 Public International Law I. EU Institutional Law. First and Second Term. 2006-2007 Public International Law I. EU Institutional Law. First and Second Term. University Carlos III, Madrid. Spain 2005-2006 Public International Law II. EU Institutional Law. Second Term. 2004-2005 Public International Law I and II. First and Second Term. 2003-2004 Public International Law I. International Relations. First Term. Other teaching experience (Master’s Degree, PHD and specialized courses) San Martín University, Buenos Aires. Argentina July 2010

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12 hours Seminar: Human rights and social cohesion in the European Union/Latin American relationships Master's Degree in International Cooperation New York University Florence April 2010 4 hours Seminar: Human rights protection in the Inter-American System Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid. Spain September 2009/January 2010 35 hours Regional Integration in Europe and Latin America Master's Degree in International Relations Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid. Spain September 2009/January 2010 35 hours International human rights law Master's Degree in International Relations Humboldt University. Berlin. Law Faculty January 2009 Seminar: The EU after Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty Humboldt University. Berlin January 2009 Seminar: European Union: Evolution and current situation University Rey Juan Carlos – UNED (Costa Rica) – University of León (Nicaragua) – University San Carlos (Guatemala) Specialized Course in Integration: Central American Integration System and the EU system September 2007- February 2008 On line Course 40 hours University Carlos III Madrid, Spain Master in European Law Protection of Human Rights in the EU November 2006 - November 2007 10 hours per year University Complutense de Madrid Master in International Relations Public International Law January 2003, January 2004, December 2005, December 2006 and December 2007. International Law Cases. 10 hours per year

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University Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid. Madrid. Spain. Master in International Relations and Internacional Cooperation with Latin America November 2004, November 2005, November 2006, November 2007 Procesos de Integración Subregional en América Latina. (Integration subregional processes in Latin America) 12 hours per year Conferences Foundation Lelio Basso. Rome. September 2013 “Environmental justice in water issues: The contribution of the Latin American Water Tribunal”. Research Grant by the Australian Research Council. Project carried out at the University of New South Wales (Sydney) on “Peoples' Tribunals and International Law”. Director: Prof. Andrew Byrnes. European University Institute. Max Weber Programme June Conference. June 2013 “Towards a new regime for sovereign debt-restructuring in International Law” Lateinamerika-Institut - Free University. Berlin. May 2013 “Access to water and judicialization of the environmental conflicts in Latin America” Catholic University. Cordoba. Argentina. April 2013 “Is there a human right to water?” Royal Flemish Academy of Arts and Sciences. Brussels. May 2012 Free trade agreements between the EU and developing countries UNU-CRIS/United Nations University Institute on comparative Regional Studies. College of Europe. Bruges. February 2012 Environmental and labour standards in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in Latin America Central American Court of Justice – Bar Association (Costa Rica) November 2011 Economic integration and fundamental rights in the recent ECJ case-law Free University- Berlin November 2011 Contemporary citizenship conceptions in Latin America and migrants' rights National University of Singapore October 2011 Water Management in Spain in comparative perspective

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EADI Conference York-United Kingdom September 2011 Panel FTA's vs. Constitutional Rights Paper: Environmental and labour standards vs. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs): MERCOSUR Inequalities Network Berlin April 2011 Going beyond 'formal citizenship' International Studies Association - ISA – Annual Meeting Montreal - Canada March 2011 Panel: The Law of MERCOSUR Paper: International Economic Law (IEL) and Sources of Law in MERCOSUR: An Analysis of a Fifteen-Year Relationship International Law Association (Brazilian Branch) Conference on New Technologies and International Law J. Pessoa-Brazil October 2010 Paper: E-Justice and international law European University Institute Florence May 2010 Presentation: Association Agreement betwen the EU and the Central American Integration System: A new era in the interregional relationships? International Seminar on Community Law San José. Costa Rica September 2009 Presentation: Human Security and democracy International Institute for the Sociology of Law. Oñati. Spain May 2009 Presentation: The protection of undocumented migrants in the Inter-American System, Workshop Who believes in the human rights of migrants? International Institute for Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain, 6-8 May 2009. European University Institute February 2009 Presentation: Protection of undocumented migrants at sea, Workshop Policing the High Seas: EU Action against Piracy and Irregular Migration by Sea organized by Prof. Marise Cremona and Prof. Francesco Francioni, Department of Law, European University Institute, Florence, 27 Feb. 2009. Universidad General de San Martín. Argentina November 2008

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Presentation: Redes Judiciales y derechos humanos en América Latina (Judicial networks and human rights in Ibero-America). Seminar: Cooperación judicial en el espacio iberoamericano: gobernabilidad y derechos humanos (Judicial cooperation in the Iberoamerican area: governance and human rights). Buenos Aires, 27 and 28 Nov. Universidad de Costa Rica October 2008 Presentation: La tutela de los Derechos fundamentales en los Sistemas de Integración Latinoamericana (The enforcement of fundamental rights in the Latin American Integration Systems), Seminario Internacional de Derecho Comunitario, Derechos Humanos y Derecho interno. European University Institute October 2008 Presentation: From madness to hope: the experience of the Truth Commission in El Salvador, Seminar on Transitional Justice organized by Professors R. Rubio Marín and W. Sadurski, Department of Law, European University Institute, Florence, 28 Oct. 2008. Universidad de Medellín (Colombia) September 2008 Igualdad de género en la Unión Europea (Gender equality in the European Union) University Carlos III of Madrid-Collège d´Espagne, Citè Universitaire, Paris, France June 2008 La dimension culturelle des relations exterieures espagnoles en Amérique Latine (Spanish external relations and cultural dimension in Latin America) EUI RELEX Working Group April 2008 Relations between the EU and Central America: Current situation and new perspectives European Union. University San Carlos of Guatemala. Guatemala City February 2008 La integración centroamericana y los tratados de libre comercio con especial referencia al DR-CAFTA (Central American integration and free trade agreements with special reference to the DR-CAFTA) University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. UNICEF. Madrid, Spain November 2007 La protección de la infancia en los conflictos armados (Legal protection of children in armed conflict) CUCEA- Universidad de Guadalajara. Mexico September 2007 Relaciones entre la Unión Europea y América Latina: quo vadis? (Relations between the European Union and Latin America: quo vadis?) Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración- ALADI. Montevideo November 2006

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Presentation: Cumbres Iberoamericanas, migraciones y membresía (Ibero-American Summits, migrations and membership), Conference: Migraciones y desarrollo: II Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Estudios Internacionales, Montevideo, 25, 26 and 27 October of 2006 University of La Habana, Cuba September 2005 La educación y la cultura en la integración en América Latina y el Caribe (Education and culture in the integration processes in Latin America and the Caribbean) University Complutense de Madrid Jean Monnet Chair on Economic Integration June 2005 Relaciones entre Unión Europea y América Latina: ¿nueva etapa en los acuerdos de cooperación interregionales? (Relations between the European Union and Latin America: a new period for the interregional cooperation agreements?) Spanish Army VII and VIII Peacekeeping Operations Training April 2005.September 2005 ¿Existe un Derecho de Injerencia? (Does the Right of Intervention exist?) University Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid. Seminar Migrations and Interculturality May 2005 Las proyecciones del Principio de Diversidad Cultural (The projections of the Principle of Cultural Diversity) Centro de Estudios de Iberoamérica. University Rey Juan Carlos. I Foro Iberoamericano: Hacia la consolidación de un espacio propio en el escenario internacional. Madrid. Spain December 2004 Lucha contra la pobreza y desarrollo sustentable en la Comunidad Iberoamericana de Naciones.(Combating poverty and sustainable development in the Iberoamerican Communnity?) Universidad Nacional de Córdoba-Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile June 2004 Protección de la persona humana en Europa: el asilo y refugio como instituciones protectoras. (Protection of human beings in Europe: the institution of asylum and international refugee protection) University Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid Excellence Course November 2003 The Court of Justice of European Communities and its role in the interpretation of Community Law University Carlos III de Madrid Master in International Cooperation

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February 2003 La protección de los derechos fundamentales en la Unión Europea (The protection of fundamental rights in the European Union) Administrative and management experience

Academic Service. Carlos III University. Madrid. 01/06/2002 – 31/03/2002. New students assistance. Administrative tasks.

Project Manager. 01/01/2009 – 30/04/2010. Project: El perfeccionamiento de las políticas comunes adoptadas en el Sistema de Integración Centroamericana a la luz de la experiencia europea (The development of common policies in the Central American Integration System in light of the European experience). Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica) Project funded by AECID- Spanish Agency of International Cooperation and Development. Web-site: http://www.opc-sica.org/

Professional Experience April-May 2012 MOOT Madrid ‘Ad hoc’ arbitrator. May 2010 Constitutional Court. Bogota. Colombia. International observer. Public audience for the reparation of victims of the internal conflict. March 2008 – August 2008 United Nations - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Legal Office. Rome. Italy Consultant. Project: Environmental legislation and forest fires in Latin America October 2005 System of Latin American Integration (SELA) Consultant. Report on the comparison of various integration processes in Latin America and the Caribbean. December 2006 Venezuela International election observer March 2005- August 2005 ALISEI (Non Governmental Organization) Consultant. Project: “Strategy, methodology, tools and actions for the protection of human rights of migrants, their families and the victims of human trafficking in Ecuador” (funded by the European Union) March 2004- July 2004 Consultant. Evaluation of World Bank Judicial Reform implementation. Tribunal Superior de Justicia (State Supreme Court) Córdoba, Argentina February 2002-May 2002.

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Legal Assistant. Academic Service. University Carlos III. Madrid. Spain April 2001 - June 2001 Save the Children - Madrid Consultant. Project: International instruments and best practices to protect children’s rights Awards, Honours and Internships Kingston University. Academic Impact Award Nomination: Student Voice. Brown University-Santander Bank. BIARI Award. United States. 2011. Von Humboldt Foundation. Grant for Experienced Researchers. Germany. 2010. CASA ASIA (Asia Foundation). Ruy de Clavijo Award to conduct the research project: Relationships between Latin America, Spain and Asia. Barcelona, Spain. 2006. Fellow of the Spanish Ministry of Education to pursue the self-designed research project, La diversidad en Europa: manifestaciones de las identidades nacionales y de la interculturalidad en el espacio europeo (Diversity in Europe and different manifestations of nacional identites and interculturality in the European space). Madrid, Spain. 2005. Fellow of the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation (AECI), Madrid, Spain, 2000-2001. Awarded “Mejor Promedio” for best student performance in Preliminary and Core Curriculum Examinations, Faculty of Law, University of Córdoba, Argentina, 1999. Awarded Primer Premio Concurso de Alegatos en Derecho Internacional Público “Sergio Gutiérrez Olivos” for the best student in the International Law Moot Court Competition. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, Chile, August, 1996. Member of the Barbadian Delegation at the Model of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly. Buenos Aires, Argentina, September, 1997. Languages Spanish - Mother tongue Italian - Proficient (Second language) English - Proficient (C 2 level) Portuguese - Proficient (C 1 level) French - Proficient (C 1 level) German - Good (B 1 level) Dutch – Fair (A 2 level)