César Rodríguez Garavito
César Rodríguez-Garavito (born in Colombia, 1971) is an international human rights and environmental law scholar and practitioner. He is a Professor of Clinical Law and Chair of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law. Rodríguez-Garavito is the founding director of the Earth Rights Advocacy Clinic, the Climate Litigation Accelerator, and the Future of Human Rights Practicum at NYU Law. He is also the editor-in-chief of Open Global Rights, a leading online opinion portal in the human rights field.
César Rodríguez-Garavito | |
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| Born | Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Other names | César Rodriguez |
| Alma mater | University of los Andes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NYU, National University of Colombia |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of Clinical Law and Chair, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU Law |
A lawyer and sociologist by training, Rodríguez-Garavito is the author of numerous books and articles on climate change litigation, the human rights movement, socio-environmental conflicts, Indigenous rights, and business and human rights. He has served as an Adjunct Judge of the Constitutional Court of Colombia, an expert witness of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and a litigator in prominent climate change, Indigenous rights, and socioeconomic rights cases. He is also a member of the Science Panel for the Amazon, an expert group of distinguished scientists, Indigenous leaders, scholars, and others that assesses the state of the Amazon and issues evidence-based findings and recommendations.