Jennifer Alfaro
jalfaro@colombara.cl
Her practice focuses on complex litigation, Constitutional Law, administrative litigation, human rights and public interest.
Experience
Before joining Colombara Estrategia Legal, she worked as a professional in the Studies and Memory Unit of the National Institute of Human Rights in Chile (2020-2023). Prior to that, between 2017 and 2020 she was Executive Secretary of the Constitutional Studies Journal belonging to the University of Talca, of the Center for Constitutional Studies of Chile. Additionally, she was a Legal Consultant in Human Rights at Rivadeneira Law Firm Colombara Zegers (2016- 2019) and at the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR), Regional Office for South America (2014-2015).
Education
- Graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile (Chile, 2013).
- Academic specializations and Postgraduates in Human Rights, Gender Equality, Research Methodologies and Public Policies.
Recognitions
- Women Deliver 2019 Conference - Full Young Leadership Scholarship awarded by Women Deliver to attend the Conference Vancouver. (Canada, 2019)
- Women Deliver 2016 Conference - Full Young Leadership Scholarship awarded by Women Deliver to attend the Conference Copenhagen. (Denmark, 2015)
- Ministry of Education of Finland - Full scholarship to partake in the advanced course in "Justiciability of Economic Rights, Social and Cultural" and for research internship. (Turku, Finland, 2014)
- FDI-MINEDUC Institutional Development Fund, winner Head of Institutional Development Fund for the realization of the III Congress of Human Rights of the University of Chile. (Chile, 2011)
Publications
- Carrasco Núñez, M., Rojas Bolvarán, P., Alfaro Montecinos, J., & Guerra Núñez, P. (2022). Book “Normas internacionales, movimiento transnacional, de derechos humanos y enjuiciamientos penales por crímenes de lesa humanidad en las democracias post- autoritarias”. “Anuario De Derechos Humanos”, 18(2), pág. 205–218.
- Researcher and editor en Informe Anual sobre la Situación de Human Rights in Chile. (2020 – 2022)
- Coordinadora Editorial / Secretaria Ejecutiva - Revista Estudios. Constitucionales del Centro de Estudios Constitucionales de la Universidad de Talca. (2017 – 2019)
- Aguilar Cavallo, G., & Alfaro Montecinos, J. (2015). Los recursos naturales de los pueblos indígenas y las empresas: estándares interamericanos y jurisprudencia chilena. Anuario de Derechos Humanos, 0 (11), pág. 183-193.
Languages
- Spanish
- English
