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Law
Dr Anita Ferrara
Contact Details
Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Start Date | End Date | |
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IRC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2020 BEATRICE CANOSSI : THE USE OF TRUTH COMMISSIONS' EVIDENCE IN PROSECUTIONS: BRIDGING GAPS AND INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTIONS AND TRUTH SEEKING MECHANISMS | 01-OCT-20 | 30-SEP-29 |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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(2021) | El impacto de la Comisión de Verdad y Reconciliación en Chile Evaluación a largo plazo desde una perspectiva histórica.
Anita Ferrara (2021) El impacto de la Comisión de Verdad y Reconciliación en Chile Evaluación a largo plazo desde una perspectiva histórica. Santiago Chile: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. [DOI] [Details] |
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(2015) | Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Truth Commissions: The Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Historical Perspective.
Ferrara Anita (2015) Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Truth Commissions: The Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Historical Perspective. London: Routledge. [DOI] [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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(2023) | 'The Occupation of Palestine from a TWAIL Lens'
Ray Murphy, Anita Ferrara and Susan Power (2023) 'The Occupation of Palestine from a TWAIL Lens' In: Prolonged Occupation and International Law. Leiden: BRILL NIJHOFF. [DOI] [Details] |
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(2022) | 'Bottom-up and Thought-provoking Sites of Memory'
Anita Ferrara (2022) 'Bottom-up and Thought-provoking Sites of Memory' In: Localising Memory in Transitional Justice The Dynamics and Informal Practices of Memorialisation after Mass Violence and Dictatorship. London: Routledge. [Details] |
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(2020) | 'Restoring the National Convivencia through Transitional Justice: The Chilean Case'
Ferrara Anita (2020) 'Restoring the National Convivencia through Transitional Justice: The Chilean Case' In: Comparative Dispute Resolution Handbook. Cheltenham: Edward Elgard Publishing. [DOI] [Details] |
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(2019) | 'Assessing the Long-Term Impact and Legacy of Truth Commissions'
Ferrara Anita (2019) 'Assessing the Long-Term Impact and Legacy of Truth Commissions' In: The Global Legacy of Truth Commissions. Antwerp: Intersentia Publishers. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
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(2017) | 'El Largo Camino a la Verdad en Chile. Una Perspectiva Historica'
Ferrara Anita (2017) 'El Largo Camino a la Verdad en Chile. Una Perspectiva Historica' In: Justicia Transicional: Historia y Actualidad. Madrid, Spain: Thomson Reuters Aranzadi. [Details] |
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(2017) | 'The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Truth Commissions'
Ferrara Anita (2017) 'The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Truth Commissions' In: Chile and the Inter American System of Human Rights. London: Institute of Latin American Studies. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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(2021) | 'Archives and Transitional Justice in Chile: A Crucial Relationship'
Anita Ferrara (2021) 'Archives and Transitional Justice in Chile: A Crucial Relationship'. Human Rights Review, [DOI] [Details] |
Conference Publications
Year | Publication | |
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(2022) | ESIL Annual Conference on In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law
Anita Ferrara (2022) Evolving Conceptions of Justice and International Law ESIL Annual Conference on In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law Utrecht, Netherlands, [Details] |
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(2021) | Latin America Studies Association ( LASA) 2020
Anita Ferrara (2021) Bottom-up Memory Activism: A Story of Struggle and Resistance in Chile Latin America Studies Association ( LASA) 2020 [Details] |
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(2019) | The Machinery of Transitional Justice, Bureaucrats and victims
Ferrara Anita (2019) Archives as mechanisms of Transitional Justice The Machinery of Transitional Justice, Bureaucrats and victims Queen's Universty, Belfast, [Details] |
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(2018) | The Global Legacy of Truth Commissions Conference
Anita Ferrara (2018) The Long-term Impact of Truth Commissions The Global Legacy of Truth Commissions Conference Nova, University Law School, Lisbon, , 15-FEB-18 - 16-FEB-18 [Details] |
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(2018) | LASA2018 / Latin American Studies in a Globalized World
Ferrara Anita (2018) Reconciling Contested memories takes time LASA2018 / Latin American Studies in a Globalized World Barcelona, Spain, [Details] |
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(2017) | ECPR General Conference 2017
Anita Ferrara (2017) Truth Commissions Archives from a longer-term perspective: the case of Chile ECPR General Conference 2017 Oslo, , 06-SEP-17 - 09-SEP-17 [Details] |
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(2017) | XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association
Anita Ferrara (2017) The Implementation Record of the Chilean Truth Commissions’ recommendations XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association Lima, Peru, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú: PUCP, , 29-APR-17 - 01-MAY-17 [Details] |
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(2016) | Sixth Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice and Memory Network, Confronting Violent Past and Historical Injsutice
Anita Ferrara (2016) The Chilean Truth Commissions and Memorialization Sixth Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice and Memory Network, Confronting Violent Past and Historical Injsutice Amsterdam, , 01-DEC-16 - 03-DEC-16 [Details] |
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(2015) | Chile and the Inter-American Human Rights System
Anita Ferrara (2015) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Truth Commissions Chile and the Inter-American Human Rights System UCL-Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, [Details] |
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(2015) | Disillusions and Accomplishments: How Transitional Justice Changes Societies
Anita Ferrara (2015) Truth Commissions as Means of Ethical and Institutional Transformation’ Disillusions and Accomplishments: How Transitional Justice Changes Societies Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht, [Details] |
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(2015) | Disillusions and Accomplishments: How Transitional Justice Changes Societies
Anita Ferrara (2015) Truth Commissions as Means of Ethical and Institutional Transformation Disillusions and Accomplishments: How Transitional Justice Changes Societies Utrecht University, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), The Netherlands, , 30-JUL-15 - 31-JUL-15 [Details] |
Edited Books
Year | Publication | |
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(2004) | Compilación de observaciones finales del Comité de Derechos Económicos, sociales y culturales (CESCR), sobre países de América Latina y el Caribe (1989-2004).
Imma Guerras, Anita Ferrara y Guadalupe Mira-Duarte (Ed.). (2004) Compilación de observaciones finales del Comité de Derechos Económicos, sociales y culturales (CESCR), sobre países de América Latina y el Caribe (1989-2004). Santiago, Chile: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and United Nations Development Programme. [Details] |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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(2018) | Atrocity's Archives: the Role of Archives in Transitional Justice International Workshop,
Anita Ferrara (2018) Archives and Transitional Justice. [Invited Oral Presentation], Atrocity's Archives: the Role of Archives in Transitional Justice International Workshop, University of Oxford, UK , 15-MAR-18 - 16-MAR-18. [Details] |
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(2017) | 2017 Society for Latin American Studies, SLAS Annual Conference,
Anita Ferrara (2017) Chile and the Inter-American Human Rights system. [Organising Chair], 2017 Society for Latin American Studies, SLAS Annual Conference, University of Glasgow, Glasgow , 06-APR-17 - 07-APR-17. [Details] |
Blog
Year | Publication | |
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(2020) | Chile overwhelmingly voted to rewrite the dictatorship-era Constitution.
Anita Ferrara (2020) Chile overwhelmingly voted to rewrite the dictatorship-era Constitution. Blog [Details] |
Media
Year | Publication | |
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(2023) | 50 years on from the coup, Chile marks a bittersweet anniversary.
Anita Ferrara (2023) 50 years on from the coup, Chile marks a bittersweet anniversary. Media [Details] |
Newspaper Articles
Year | Publication | |
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(2019) | What's behind the massive protests in Chile?.
Anita Ferrara (2019) What's behind the massive protests in Chile?. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Latin American Studies Association | Member | / | |
Law and Society Association | Member | / | |
European Society of International Law ( ESIL) | Member | / | |
Memory Studies Association | Member | / |
Employment
Employer | Position | From / To | |
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights-Santiago Chile | Assistant to the Regional Representative for Latin America and the Carribean | / | |
School of Orienral and African Stusies, SOAS | GTA/Teaching Fellow | / | |
United Nations Development Programme-Botsawana | Programme Officer-Human Rights | / | |
World Organisation against Torture-Geneva | Human Rights Observatory | / |
Languages
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English | |
Italian | |
Spanish | |
Portuguese |
Current Postgraduate Students (Research)
Student | Degree Type | Type | |
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Courtney Curran | Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in the College of Business, Law & Public Policy | Supervisor | |
Kelsey Rhude | Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in the College of Business, Law & Public Policy | Supervisor | |
Hassan Abu Omar | Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in the College of Business, Law & Public Policy | Supervisor | |
José Henríquez Leiva | Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in the College of Business, Law & Public Policy | Supervisor | |
Beatrice Canossi | Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in the College of Business, Law & Public Policy | Supervisor |
Modules Taught
Term/Year | Module Title | Module Code | Subject / Desc | |
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2 Semester | Transitional Justice | LW538 | ||
First Term | Introduction to Human Rights I | HR101 | ||
Second Term | Regional Protection of Human Rights | HR2101 | ||
Annual | Applied Human Rights Project | HR3102 | ||
2 Semester | International Humanitarian Law | LW 471 |