Prof. Dr. Monica Rocío Mazariegos Rodas

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsTheory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law,History of Law, Constitutional History
KeywordsState cooptation, Guatemala, Corruption, Criminal Law of the Enemy, Transitional Justice
Honours and awards

2021: Georg Forster Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

2019: Scholarship: Leibniz Project on “The structural transformation of public law” (for a research stay at Max Planck Institute on International Law and Public Comparative Law).

2017: Scholarship: Etta Becker Donner programme. (for a research stay at University of Vienna, Austria. Department of Development Studies. Group of studies on the State in the global south.)

2014: Cum Laude to the Thesis: "Right to consultation and dissent. For the counterhegemonic use of the Law".

2014: Extraordinary Doctoral Award 2013-2014 from Carlos III University of Madrid to the Thesis: "Right to consultation and dissent. For the counterhegemonic use of the Law".

2014: International mention to the Thesis: "Right to consultation and dissent. For the counterhegemonic use of the Law".

2010: Scholarship: Spanish International Cooperation Agency -AECID. (For PhD in advanced studies in Human Rights at Carlos III of Madrid University)

2003: Scholarship: Carlos III University of Madrid (for the Diploma of Specialization in Constitutional Problems of Governance. Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain. ).

2002: Scholarship: Ford Foundation (for the Master in Fundamental Rights. Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain.) .

2001: Academic Excelence Award by Rafael Landívar University (Degree in Law).

2001: Magna Cum Laude by Rafael Landívar University (Degree in Law).

2001: Schoiarship from the Govenment of Finland (for the stay research and seminar “Human Rights violations by non-state actors”. Äbo Akademy University, Turku, Finland. Institute for Human Rights.)

2001: Scholarship from the Government of Finland (for the Diploma on Methods on Research on Human Rights, Rafael Landivar University, Guatemala)

1995: Scholarship from Rafael Landivar University (to obtain the Degree in Law)

Current contact address

CountryGuatemala
CityGuatemala City
InstitutionUniversidad Rafael Landivar
InstituteResearch Department Political Science Faculty

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Armin von BogdandyMax-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2021

Programme(s)

2020Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2023Mazariegos Rodas, Mónica: La dialéctica de los usos del derecho: defensoras de derechos humanos en un Estado cooptado. In: Silvina Ribotta y Carlos Lema, Mujeres y (des)igualdad de oportunidades: análisis feminista del impacto de las injusticias estructurales y las tensiones coyunturales. Editorial Dykinson, 2023. 235-254
2022Mazariegos Rodas, Mónica: El rol del Derecho en un Estado cooptado. El caso de Guatemala. El rol del Derecho en un Estado cooptado. El caso de Guatemala. Pending, 2022. 140
2022Mazariegos Rodas, Mónica Guatemala "nunca más": el país de la eterna transición. In: Joaquín Mejía, Las deudas pendientes de Iberoamérica en materia de memoria, justicia y reparación. Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación -ERIC, Honduras, 2022. 257-290
2022Mazariegos Rodas, Mónica: Latin America: The refounding of the State. In: Wolfram Schaffar, Elmar Flatschart, and Miriam Fahimi, State and Statehood in the Global South. Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Studies. Springer, 2022. 193-220