ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Attorney, Architect, Master’s Degree holder, University Higher Education Teacher, Specialist in Environmental Law, Specialist in the Judicial Function, Mediator, Diploma in Smart Cities in Vienna, Berlin, Tallinn and Curitiba. Diploma in the Encyclical “Laudato Si”. SDG Promoter. Training for Environmental Directors in “Climate Change and Energy”. Doctoral candidate in Juridical Sciences.
Postgraduate studies at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Austral, Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School, Universidad de Valladolid, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and Universidad de Salamanca.
English language TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) 820/900. Listening 440, Reading 380
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL ACTIVITY
– Director of International Relations, Asociación Argentina de Justicia Constitucional. 2020
– Director of the Environmental Law Institute of the Colegio de Abogados de San Martín, from 2015 to date.
– Member of the Environmental Law Commission of the Federación Argentina de Colegios de Abogados (FACA) from 2015 to date.
– Member of the Advisory Council to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cancillería). Commission on Climate Change, Environment and Sustainable Development from 2017 to date.
– Full member of the Asociación Argentina de Justicia Constitucional
– Climate Leader, Climate Reality Leadership Corps, since 2014.
– Consultant to Biodiesel (Rba Ambiental) and WEEE (Rezagos & Scraps) companies
– Advisor to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación) (2011-2013).
– Advisor to the Senate of the Province of Buenos Aires (2014-2015).
– Pro Bono Legal Service. Colegio de Abogados de Morón (2009-2012)
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
– Associate Professor, appointed by competitive examination, Chair of Environmental Law and Natural Resources. Faculty of Law, Universidad de Morón (2011-2020).
– Director of the Institute of Environmental Law and Natural Resources. Faculty of Law, Universidad de Morón (2011-2018)
– Lecturer in Constitutional Aspects and Human Rights at IUTFA (2014-2016)
– Lecturer in “Structural Stability II”. Universidad Católica de La Plata. Faculty of Architecture. (1993-1994).
– Lecturer in “Structures II”. Universidad de Morón. Faculty of Architecture. (1989 – 1990).
– Lecturer in “Building Services”. Universidad de Morón. Faculty of Architecture. (1986-1987).
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC, UN Convention on Climate Change)
Participant in the Earth Summit 2015 (Paris COP 21), 2016 (Marrakech COP 22), 2017 (Bonn COP 23), 2018 (Katowice, Poland COP 24) and 2019 (COP 25 Madrid, Spain).
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
- El Límite entre el Genocidio y la Guerra Civil (The Boundary between Genocide and Civil War). Utopías. Author (ISBN 978-987-4079-53-4) 2017
- Ñemomorãmby ndebe “Laudato Si”. Ensuring equality by promoting difference. Recovering the immanent values of Indigenous communities within the framework of the socio-environmental function. Editores Argentinos. Author (ISBN 978-987-711-833-4) 2017
- Los Dolientes (The Mourners). Climate change and ancestral community territories. Ibero-American Perspectives. Editorial Utopías. Author (ISBN 978-987-4079-62-6) 2017
- Los 10 Mandamientos de la Arquitectura Sustentable (The 10 Commandments of Sustainable Architecture). (Ed. Utopías) Author (ISBN 978-987-4079-81-7) 2017
Articles. Revista Bosque y Playa. Argentina
- Climate change and energy. A commitment to life (2020, summer edition).
- Glaciers, icebergs of life (2019, winter edition).
- How much is a tree worth? The importance of forests (2019, summer edition).
- Antarctica. A source of human warmth (2018, winter edition).
- 800 years of the Universidad de Salamanca. “Lo que natura non da, Salamanca non presta” (2018, winter edition).
- Tips for caring for the environment on vacation. Leisure and respect for nature go hand in hand (2018, summer edition).
- It is possible to win the battle against extreme poverty (2018, summer edition)..
- Sustainable Architecture (2017, winter edition).
Newspaper Cdad. De Hurlingham
Six proposals for the town. Enhancing the value of a cultural asset. Co-author
LECTURES
International Lectures
- 2020
– Pamplona, Spain. 25th Congress of the Unión Iberoamericana de Colegios y Agrupaciones de Abogados UIBA. Lecture on Ibero-American Environmental Law.
– Panama, Panama. CAN-UIBA-FIA International Congress. “The Impact of New Technologies on the Practice of Law”. Lecture on Climate Change and Prospects for Compliance with the 2030 Agenda. Paris Agreement.
- 2019
– From Argentina (Universidad de Belgrano) for 80 countries. 24 Hours of Reality, The Climate Reality Project. Global conversation on the truth about the climate crisis and how to solve it. November 20 and 21.
– San José, Costa Rica (Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica). Meeting of the Council of Delegates of the Unión Iberoamericana de Colegios y Agrupaciones de Abogados – UIBA and the Annual Ordinary Assembly of the Unión Iberoamericana de Colegios y Agrupaciones de Abogados – UIBA. Presentation topic: Environmental Law and Prospects for Compliance with the 2030 Agenda. May 22 to 24.
- 2018
– Foz do Iguaçu. State of Paraná. Brazil (Hotel Bourbon Business). 23rd Congress of the Unión Iberoamericana de Colegios y Agrupaciones de Abogados (UIBA). Presentation on Climate Change and the United Nations Climate Change Conferences. May 2 to 5.
- 2017
– Toledo. Spain (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha). 9th Latin American Conference. Lecture on Vulnerable Groups and the Environment.
- 2015
– Paris, France (Parc des expositions de Paris-Le Bourget ). United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 21. Presentation at the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion on the Wichí ethnic group. November 30 to December 12.
– Greenland (Observatorio Astronómico de Canarias in Narsaq) Effects of climate change. Discussion meeting with scientists and environmental specialists. August 30
National Lectures
- 2020 since 2015.
San Martín, Buenos Aires. Colegio de Abogados de San Martín. Director of the Environmental Law Institute and Lecturer
- 2019
– Colegio de Abogados de La Plata. 19th National Conference of the Legal Profession. Access to Justice. Presentation topic: “Judicial Protection in the Field of Public Law”. April 24 to 26.
– Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cancillería), Civil Society Advisory Council. CCCADS Commission on Climate Change, Environment and Sustainable Development. Presentation of the BioEnvironmental School Project in San Andrés, built entirely with urban solid waste.
– Universidad de Morón. “Laudato Si” Open Chair. An initiative of the Diocese of Morón. Presentation of the model and the site for the first bio-environmental school in San Martín.
– Universidad de Belgrano. 11th International Environmental Law Forum. Closing of the Forum, on the Papal Encyclical “Laudato Si”. The work of Father Pedro Opeka in Madagascar. August 27
– Universidad del Salvador. 11th International Environmental Law Forum. Closing of the first day of the forum on the topic “sustainable cities”. August 25, 2019
– Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal. The SDGs in Environmental Law and Labor Law. The 2030 Agenda 100 years after the founding of the International Labour Organization. July 3, 2019
– Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal. Access to environmental justice. The Escazú Agreement and its role in guaranteeing environmental justice. Justice and Indigenous peoples. June 13
– Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cancillería), Civil Society Advisory Council. CCCADS Commission on Climate Change, Environment and Sustainable Development. Launch of the “Argentina limpia” (Clean Argentina) campaign. April 10
- 2018
– Rotary Club Moreno. Lecture on “Environment and Public Health”. October 28
– Colegio de Abogados y Procuradores de Mendoza. 3rd National Congress of Environmental Law Commissions and Institutes. Environmental Law in the Face of New Citizen Demands. Lecture on Principle 10 and the SDGs. October 18 and 19, 2018
– Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Universidad del Salvador, Universidad de Belgrano and Colegio Público de Abogados de Capital Federal. 10th World Environmental Forum. Coordinator representing FACA. June 6 to 8
- 2017
– Colegio de Abogados de Santa Fe. Conference on “Exploitation of Natural Resources: Business and Human Rights”. October 9
- 2016
– Auditorium of the Hospital Oftalmológico de Caseros. Conference of the Health, Environment and Development Forum (Ateneo) of the Municipality of 3 de Febrero. December 7
- 2013
– Universidad Nacional de José C. Paz. Environmental Law Conference: “Effective Protection in Environmental Matters”. Main sources of pollution in developed and developing countries. July 5
- 1992
Universidad Católica de La Plata. Faculty of Architecture. The City and Mankind. Lecturer and speaker
WORK WITH VULNERABLE GROUPS
Ethnic architecture and sustainable architecture.
Currently building decent housing with urban solid waste. Circular economy. Following in the footsteps of Father Opeka in Madagascar.
35 years of experience in campaigns with vulnerable groups in Argentina (Guaraní, Wichí, Huarpe and Diaguita peoples). Cultural encounters with the Akha, Padaung and Yao communities in the Golden Triangle (Myanmar, Thailand and Laos); the Inuit in Greenland; the Sami in Lapland (Norway and Finland); Adivasis and local communities in India, local communities in Morocco, the Salasaka in Galápagos; local communities in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. Akamasoa in Madagascar.
Volunteer work with Cascos Blancos (White Helmets), Humanitarian Assistance, Red Yaguareté and Banco de Bosques
“Eco Voluntarios Laudato Si” Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM)
DISTINCTIONS – AWARDS
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- 2019
SDG Promoter, designated by the Honorable Senate of the Province of Buenos Aires.
- 2011
Founding Member of the Colegio de Abogados de Moreno y Gral. Rodríguez
- 2010
Colegio de Abogados del Departamento Judicial La Matanza, for achieving the highest grade point average of the 2009 law graduating class
- 2009
Diploma of Honor in Law. Faculty of Law, Political and Social Sciences.
Universidad de Morón. Cabildo 134, Morón. Buenos Aires. Argentina
- 1992
Diploma of Honor in Architecture. Faculty of Architecture.
Universidad de Morón. Cabildo 134, Morón. Buenos Aires. Argentina
Participation
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