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Paula Garat

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8452-5338
20142025

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Her academic production focuses on analyzing central points of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, and their interrelation with other Law areas. Her main lines of research are: (i) the definition and standards of fundamental rights: their content, limits, and tools for analyse those limits; (ii) democracy: its international protection, and its relationship with human rights; (iii) the impact of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court on the protection of rights and on the Law of each State; (iv) the application and interpretation of the Constitution and the ACHR, and its influence on other Law areas; and (v) the link between business activity, tax area, and rights protection.

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Doctor in Law, Catholic University of Uruguay (UCU) (2011). Postgraduate in Tax Specialization, UCU (2012). She was a Professional Visitor of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2013). She has a Master's Degree in Constitutional Law (Extraordinary Award) from the University of Seville, Spain (2015), and a PhD (cum laude) from the University of Seville, Spain (2019). She was a research scholar and carried out postdoctoral research stays at the Max Planck Institute, Germany (2022-2023). She is also a graduate of the Master's course in Business and Human Rights from the University of Bergen, Norway (2022), of the Diploma in Legal Management Program from the Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile (2018), and of other diplomas and courses in the subjects of her specialty. She is a Professor of Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Tax Law at UCU, and has been invited as a Professor by foreign Universities. Is part of the National System of Researchers of Uruguay (since 2019). Since 2022 she has been a consultant of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Education/Academic qualification

Master course on Business and Human Rights, University of Bergen

2022

PhD, PhD

2015 → 2019

Master, Máster en Derecho Constitucional, Universidad de Sevilla

2014 → 2015

Postgrado en Especialización Tributaria

2012

Bachelor, Doctora en Derecho (grado)

2007 → 2011

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  6. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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