Elisenda Calvet Martínez
Assistant Professor of International Law, UB
Dades de contacte
Biografia
Assistant Professor of International Law, co-coordinator of the Law Clinic for the Fight against Impunity and assistant to the Vice dean of Research and International Relations of the Faculty of Law at the University of Barcelona. She has worked for the Spanish Red Cross, the Catalan Ombudsman, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica) and the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (Geneva, Switzerland). She has been the coordinator of the Diplomatic career access course (2015-2017) and has directed the Course on Current Issues of Spanish Foreign Policy (2015-19) of the CEI International Affairs (Diplomatic School in Barcelona). She is a member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and has hosted the 15th biannual IAGS international conference on genocide at the University of Barcelona in July 2021. She has carried out research visits at the Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC) of the KU Leuven (Belgium), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad de Deusto (Spain). She has participated in several research projects on human rights and has directed two research projects of the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP).
Formació acadèmica
- (2015) PhD in Law, Universitat de Barcelona
- (2007) MA in International Studies, Universitat de Barcelona
- (2002) Postgraduate Diploma on International Business Law, Universitat de Barcelona
- (2002) BA in Law, Universitat Pompeu fabra (UPF)
- (2001) Certificat de Droit Transational, Université de Genève (Switzerland)
Premis
- 2015-2018. Postdoctoral research and teaching grant, Universitat de Barcelona
- 2015. Research Grant of LERU Law PhD Exchange Scheme, KU Leuven (Belgium)
- 2011-2014. Research Grant for PhD, International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP)
- 2012. BE-DGR Grant for a research stay abroad at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, AGAUR
- 2005. Scholarship for a stage at the Catalan Ombudsman, Catalan Institute of Human Rights
Afiliacions professionals
- Spanish Association of Professors of International Law and International Relations (Executive Board)
- European Society of International Law
- Historical Memory Commission of the Barcelona’s Bar Association
- Spanish Association of Professors of International Law and International Relations
- Red Academica Memoria, Verdad y Justicia
Recerca
Línies d'investigació
- Dret internacional dels drets humans
- Justícia transicional
- Dret internacional humanitari
- Dret Internacional Penal
- Genocidi
Publicacions més destacades
- 2022.The Global Practice of Systematic Enforced Disappearances of Children in International Law: Strategies for Preventing Future Occurrences and Solving Past Cases.Catholic University Law Review,vol 71:33-103Enllaç
- 2021.Sexual violence as genocide against indigenous peoples: the case of Mayan women in Guatemala.In:
Smith, S. y Brown, S
.The Routledge Handbook on Religion, Mass Atrocity and Genocide.Routledge,pp: 96-105.Enllaç - 2020.The right to land, housing and property.In:
Stahn, C. and Iverson, J.
.Just Peace After Conflict: Jus Post Bellum and the Justice of Peace.Oxford:Oxford University Press,pp: 252-266.Enllaç - 2018.Strengthening Judicial Independence in Transitional Justice as A Guarantee of Non-Repetition.Revista Española de Derecho Internacional, Sección Estudios,Vol. 70/2, julio-diciembre 2018, Madrid:71-99. ISSN: 0034-9380; E-ISSN: 2387-1253Enllaç
- 2018.Desapariciones forzadas y justicia transicional.Valencia:Tirant Lo Blanch, Cruz Roja Española. ISBN: 978-84-9169-736-7..Enllaç
- 2017.Challenges of Humanitarian Aid in Protracted Armed Conflict: The Increasing Role of Local Agents.Revista Española de Derecho Internacional, Sección Estudios,Vol. 69/1:245-270. ISSN: 0034-9380; E-ISSN: 2387-1253Enllaç
- 2016.La exigibilidad de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales en situaciones de post-conflicto y en procesos de justicia transicional.In:
Bonet Pérez J. (Dir.) and Alija Fernández, R. (Coord.)
.La exigibilidad de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales en la Sociedad internacional del siglo XXI: una aproximación jurídica desde el Derecho internacional.Madrid:Ed. Marcial Pons. ISBN: 978-84-9123-077-0.