César Rodríguez Garavito

Biography

César Rodríguez-Garavito (born in Colombia, 1971) is an Earth rights and human rights scholar and field lawyer, whose work focuses on international environmental law, Indigenous peoples' rights, technology, and more-than-human rights. He is a Professor of 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 NYU More-Than-Human Life (MOTH) Program and NYU Earth Rights Research and Action (TERRA). He is also the founding director of the Commons on Machines, Policy, Automation & Society (COMPASS) at NYU Law.

Career

A lawyer and sociologist by training, Rodríguez-Garavito is the author of numerous books and articles on more-than-human (MOTH) rights, 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.

Personal Life

César Rodríguez Garavito was born on 1971 in Colombia. As a editor, researcher, university teacher, César Rodríguez Garavito is part of the public figures documented from Colombia.

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Knowledge Platforms

• Wikipedia — César Rodríguez Garavito
• Wikidata — Q5202627