Dr. Amelia Alva Arevalo

Dr. Amelia Alva Arevalo's Professional Positions

• Head of the National Office of Justice for Peace and Indigenous Justice (Jefa de la Oficina Nacional de Justicia de Paz y Justicia Indígena) of the Judicial Branch of Peru (Nov. 2019 – ongoing)
• Professor of Sociology of Law, Antonio Ruíz de Montoya University, Peru (Mar 2020 – ongoing)
• Associate Postdoctoral Researcher at Ghent University, Human Rights Centre (Feb 2019-ongoing)
• PhD research fellow, Ghent University, Department of Constitutional Law and Human Rights Centre (2012 – 2019)
• Coordinator of the “Cátedra Indigenista”, University of Salamanca, Spain (September 2009 – September 2011)
• Lawyer, General Directorate of Authorization, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Peru (January 2008 – September 2008)
• Commissioner of the Ombudsman’s Office, Ancash Region, Peru (April 2005 – July 2006)
• Coordinator, Republic Congress of Peru (December 2003 – March 2005)
• Civil service, Congress of the Republic of Peru (January 2003 – November 2003)
• Legal Advisor in the Legal Office of the National University of San Marcos (January 2002 – December 2002).

Dr. Amelia Alva Arevalo's Education

University Degrees

• Doctor in Law, Ghent University, Belgium, 2019
• Master Degree in Latin American Studies at the political section (Salamanca University, Spain, June 2010). With mention: Excellent A.
• Lawyer (National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru, December 2005)
• Bachelor of law (National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru, December 2003)

Additional (inter)national (human rights) courses taken

• International Conference “Natural Resources Grabbing: Erosion or Legitimate Exercise of State Sovereignty?”, Cagliari University, 4 and 5 October 2013
• Course “Legal Pluralism, Interculturality and Access to Justice”, Comisión Andina de Juristas (CAJ) and Agencia de Cooperación Internacional Española (AECID), May – December 2010
• V Course on Indigenous Peoples, Democracy and Human Rights. Virtual school for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme, April – August 2010
• Course Indigenous Social Movements. Ibero-American Institute – University of Salamanca, May 2010
• Course on the Quality of Democracy in the Andean countries. The cases of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Ibero-American Institute – University of Salamanca. November 2009
• Course on Indigenous Rights and Cultural Minorities. University of Alcalá de Henares/ Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman – FIO, Madrid- Spain, May 2008
• Certified in Human Rights. University of Alcalá de Henares/FIO, Madrid, Spain, September – December 2007
• Second Basic Training Course 2005 on ‘Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Ombudsman of Peru, September – October 2005

Dr. Amelia Alva Arevalo's Sideline activities/memberships

• Member (co-founder) of the Multidisciplinary Network on Indigenous Peoples
• Member of the Human Rights Researchers’ Network

Dr. Amelia Alva Arevalo's Speaker at conferences, seminars and workshops

• “The Peruvian jurisprudence on the right to prior consultation and its compatibility with the standards of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights”, IX Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, the Netherlands, 30-31 May – 1 Jun 2018.
• “Women human rights defenders in El Salvador” at the Conference Women, gender equality, climate justice: a case for the defensoras inspiring stories from Latin America, Pianofabriek Gemeenschapscentrum, Brussels, Belgium, 9 January 2018.
• “The right to prior consultation under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Challenges of its application in the Andean region”, Conference: 10th Anniversary of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, London University, Human Rights Consortium, United Kingdom, 20 October 2017.
• “La consulta previa desde la visión indígena”, at the Workshop “Consulta, participación y transformación de conflictos. Un estudio comparativo acerca de la extracción de recursos en Bolivia y Perú”, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany, 24-25 June 2015.
• “Más allá de la ley: La aplicación del derecho a la consulta previa en el Perú”, VI Workshop “Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples”, Ghent University, Belgium, 10-11 June 2015.
• “Andoas: an open wound in the Peruvian Amazon”, the Society of Latin American Studies Conference 2015, Aberdeen University, Scotland, 17-18 April 2015.
• “The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Prior Consultation in the Andean Countries. National Constitutional and Legal Mechanisms”, Congress 2014 of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Brock University, Canada, May 24 – 30, 2014.
• “The Ethno-development and the role of indigenous peoples in Agenda 21”. Brazil & Spain Seminar – Development and Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects. Brazilian Studies Center. University of Salamanca. Spain, May, 2012.
• “When standards are not enough: The right to prior consultation of indigenous peoples and social conflict in Peru”. X International Conference on Globalization and critical thinking. Interculturality and human rights. Complutense University of Madrid. Spain (UCM). January, 2012.
• “The stone in the shoe: The previous consultation with Indigenous peoples and economic development in Peru”. XVII International Congress of Iberoamerican Anthropology. University of Salamanca. Spain. April, 2011.
• “The impact of indigenous social mobilization in Bagua on the recognition of the right to prior consultation”. IV Workshop on Anthropology. University of Salamanca. Spain. October, 2010.
• “The right to prior consultation of indigenous peoples in Peru”. XIV Meeting of Spanish Latin Americanists. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain. September 2010.
• “The right to prior consultation”. I Workshop “Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples”. University of Salamanca. Spain. March 2010.
• “Communal Justice in Peru: Legal Treatment”. II Peruvian Congress on Legal Anthropology. RELAJU. Lima.. September 2008.