Juliana M. Mendonça
Affiliate, Ph.D. candidate (UC3M) and Associate Personnel at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Career Public Defender from Rio de Janeiro specializing in the Inter-American Human Rights System.
EDUCATION:
- Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Advanced Human Rights | Expected Nov 2028 Research Thesis:Urgent Measures in Environmental Protection: Impact and New Perspectives through Case Studies of the Inter-American Human Rights System.Case Study Focus:The Precautionary Measures (MC 449-22) regarding Bruno Pereira, Dom Phillips, and the 11 members of UNIVAJA in the Javari Valley.
- American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law | Dec 2025 Honors: Merit-Based Scholarship; Kovler Project Fellowship; International Law Commission Fellowship. Activities: Research Assistant to the UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights.
- Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niterói, Brazil Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Constitutional Law | April 2013 Research:House Arrest with Electronic Monitoring: The Rio de Janeiro Experience.Activities: Teaching Practicum in Criminology and Human Rights.
- University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada- Visiting Scholar | Centre for Comparative Criminology Sept 2013 – June 2014. Research Focus: Conducted advanced academic research on "Crime Control and New Technologies" under the supervision of Professor Carlo Morselli.
- Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niterói, Brazil Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) | Aug 2006 International Exchange: University of Seville, Spain. Thesis:Corporate Criminal Liability in Environmental Crimes: Saga Mascot Case.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Washington, DC, USA Associate Member, Precautionary Measures Section | May 2022 – Present
- Rio de Janeiro State Public Defender’s Office | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Public Defender | Dec 2008 – Present (Currently on leave) Sub-Coordinator, Human Rights Center (2011 – 2013);
- Higher School of the Public Defender’s Office (FESUDEPERJ) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Professor, Graduate Program in Human Rights | Aug 2025
- ADPERJ (Association of Public Defenders of Rio de Janeiro) | Brazil Director of Institutional and Cultural Affairs