Lorena Zenteno Villa
University of Miami School of Law
Lorena Zenteno is a Chilean attorney with experience in human rights and environmental issues. She is a former member of the judiciary in Chile. Since 2015 she has been a Law Clerk for the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, drafting judgments for the Justices, mainly in environmental cases.
Lorena is a member of the Environment and Human Rights Commission of the National Association of the Chilean Judiciary, dedicated to train judges and discussing climate change and environmental impacts on human rights.
She was a senior researcher for the former UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, Karima Bennoune, from September 2018 until September 2021. Supported and assisted the UN Special Rapporteur to fulfil his mandate to the UN General Assembly and UN Human Rights Council.
Lorena Zenteno got her LL.M. in Environmental Law from the University of Davis, California, in 2020, where she focused specifically on the intersections between human rights, cultural rights, and the environment. She also holds a master’s in business law from the University Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona, Spain.
Lorena’s primary research interests include the human rights dimensions of climate change and environmental impacts, climate change justice, gender, and the judiciary’s role in the climate change crisis. Currently, Lorena is undertaking her Ph.D. in Law at the University of Edinburgh.
Since January 2022, she has been working as a senior researcher for the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, focusing on climate, energy and gender justice.
10:00 - 12:00
Miércoles 4 Dic. 2024
DERECHOS HUMANOS Y MUJER EN EL ÁMBITO INTERNACIONAL (II)
Modera: PROF. DR. JULIO LÓPEZ ABÁN Profesor Titular de Parasitología. Universidad de Salamanca / Miembro de la Unidad de Igualdad.
- Las Presentaciones Culturales De Las Mujeres En Los Libros En China
- Un Análisis Del Litigio Basado En Los Derechos Climáticos Con Perspectiva De Género En Los Tribunales De América Latina
- El Papel De Las Madres y Mujeres Luchadoras Por Los Derechos Humanos y En Defensa De La Justicia
- El Papel De Las Disculpas En Los Procedimientos Civiles: Uniendo Dos Tendencias En La Tradición Legal Occidental
- Oriente Medio Y El Papel De La Mujer Desde La Antigüedad Hasta El Presente
- EL MOVIMIENTO 'MUJER, VIDA, LIBERTAD
10:00 - 12:00
Wednesday 4 Dec. 2024
Human Rights and Women in the International Arena (II)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Julio López Abán Professor of Parasitology, University of Salamanca; Member of the Equality Unit of USAL
- The role of apologies in civil proceedings: Bridging two trends in the Western legal tradition
- The role of mothers and women fighting for human rights and justice in the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Middle East and the role of the woman in the past and present
- The ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Movement, Collective Rights, and Iranian leftists
- Human and Nonhuman Rights to a Healthy Environment
- An Analysis of Climate Right Based Litigation with Gender Perspective, in Latin American Courts