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Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Previous Winners: 2003-2015

2015: Transitional Justice, International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Winner
English
Sarah Gledhill
United Kingdom
Winner
Spanish
Jean Franco Olivera Astete
Peru
Honorable Mention
English
Mariano Gaitan
Argentina
Honorable Mention
English
Jonathan Kolieb
Australia
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Sebastian Vera
Chile
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Ianiv Garfunkel
Argentina
 
2014: Persons with Disabilities and International Human Rights Law
Winner
Spanish
Vida Eugenia Gómez Asturias
El Salvador
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Amaury Reyes-Torres
Dominican Republic
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Rafael Barreto Souza
Brazil
Honorable Mention
English
Kerstin Braun
Australia
Honorable Mention
English
Ana Elena Abello Jiménez
Colombia
Honorable Mention
English
Oyaro Louis Olanya
Uganda
 
2013: The Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Peoples and International Human Rights Law
Winner
English
Damian González-Salzberg
Argentina
Winner
Spanish
Amaury Reyes-Torres
Dominican Republic
Honorable Mention
English
Kerstin Braun
Australia
Honorable Mention
English
Nadia Melehi
Netherlands
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Susana Sanz Caballero
Spain
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Argentina
 
2012: The Rights of Indigenous People and International Human Rights Law
Winner
English
Oswaldo Rafael Ruiz-Chiriboga
Ecuador
Winner
Spanish
Maria Paz Avila Ordóñez
Ecuador
Honorable Mention
English
Maria Noel Leoni
Uruguay
Honorable Mention
English
Jernej Letnar Cernic
Slovenia
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Pablo Compaña
Ecuador
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Michael Cruz Rodríguez
Colombia
 
2011: The Rights of Children and International Human Rights Law
Winner
English
Violet Odala
Malawi
Winner
Spanish
María Carmona
Spain
Honorable Mention
English
Tracey Begley
United States
Honorable Mention
English
James Forole Jarso
Kenya
Honorable Mention
Spanish
María Cristina Rodríguez
Argentina
Consideraciones Juridicas Sobre los Derechos de los Niños Migrantes
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Constanza Argentieri
Argentina
La interpretación del artículo 19 de la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos en la jurisprudencia contenciosa de la Corte
 
2010: The Right to Freedom of Expression and International Human Rights Law
 
Language
Name
Country
Title
Winner
English
James Forole Jarso
Kenya
Winner
Spanish
Juan Camilo Rivera Rugeles
Colombia
Honorable Mention
English
Stijn Smet
Belgium
Honorable Mention
English
Robin Edger
Canada
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Francesca Tronco García
Mexico
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Ema Graciela
Romero Silvera
Uruguay
 
2009:
English: 60 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: its contemporary normative impact
Spanish: 60 Years of the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man: its contemporary normative impact
 
Language
Name
Country
Title
Winner
English
Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile
Nigeria
Winner
Spanish
Julio José Rojas Báez
Dominican Republic
Honorable Mention
English
Adrienne Anderson
New Zealand
Honorable Mention
English
Kathleen Cronin-Furman
United States
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Zamir Andrés Fajardo Morales
Colombia
Honorable Mention
Spanish
José  Antonio Arcila  Cano
Colombia
 
2008: International Human Rights Law and the Protection of the Environment
 
Language
Name
Country
Title
Winner
English
Carly Marcs
Australia
Winner
Spanish
Rodrigo Durango
Ecuador
Honorable Mention
English
Leonardo A. Crippa
Argentina
Honorable Mention
English
Dan Kuwali
Malawi
Climate Change as a Challenge to Human Rights: The West vs. the Rest? (De) Fragmentation of Environmental Protection Regimes in the Interest of Universal Protection of Human Rights
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Rodrigo Carlos Dellutri
Argentina
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Edson Ferreira de Carvalho
Brazil
 
2007: Reparations in International Human Rights Law
 
Language
Name
Country
Title
Winner
English
Lisa Laplante
USA
Winner
Spanish
Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo
Peru
Honorable Mention
English
Judith Schönsteiner
United Kingdom
Honorable Mention
English
Fernando Felipe Basch
Argentina
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Julio Jose Rojas Baez
Dominican Republic
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Luis A. López Zamora
Peru
 
2006: Justiciabilty of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Legal approaches and the contributions of case law
 
Language
Name
Country
Title
Winner
English
Ellen Wiles
United Kingdom
Winner
Spanish
Carlos Iván Fuentes Alcedo
Panama
Honorable Mention
English
Horacio Javier Etchichury
Argentina
Honorable Mention
English
Karin Lehmann
South Africa
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Lila Emilse García
Argentina
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Lisandro Ezequiel Fastman
Argentina
 
2005: The Prohibition of Torture Under International Law
 
Language
Name
Country
Title
Winner
English
Louis-Philippe Rouillard
Hungary
Winner
Spanish
Xavier Andrés Flores Aguirre
Ecuador
Honorable Mention
English
Elizabeth Vasiliades
Belarus
Honorable Mention
English
Louise Larkin
United Kingdom
A New International Instrument to Combat Torture – The Ultimate Weapon in Light of the CPT
Honorable Mention
Spanish
David Fernández Puyana
Spain
 
2004: Criminal Responsibility of Individuals in International Law
 
 
Language
Name
Country
Title
Winner
English
David S. Koller
USA
Winner
Spanish
Rosario Domínguez Matés
Spain
Honorable Mention
English
Arthur Thomas O'Reilly
USA
Honorable Mention
English
Shane Darcy
Ireland
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Emiliano Buis
Argentina
Honorable Mention
Spanish
Xavier Andrés Flores Aguirre
Ecuador
 
2003: Human Rights Regional Systems 
 
Language
Name
Country
Title
Winner
English
Ben Saul
Australia
Winner
Spanish
Claudia Stromberg Ituarte
Mexico
Los Pueblos Indígenas, el Medio Ambiente y la Progresividad de los Derechos Humanos en el Sistema Interamericano