Fernando M. Toller

Position:

Director

Location:

Pilar Headquarters

Faculty:

Law School

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Law School

Doctor of Law cum laude He received a law degree unanimously from the University of Navarra, Pamplona, ​​Spain; and a law degree with honors from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. He is the Director of the Law Program at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Australand Full Professor of Constitutional Law. He founded and directed the Doctorate in Law and the Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the Universidad AustralHe has served as a professor in the Doctoral and Master's programs in Administrative Law, Criminal Law, and Magistracy and Judicial Law. He has been a Visiting Professor of International Human Rights Law at Oxford University, a Visiting Scholar at Stanford Law School, and a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School. He is a guest lecturer at various universities in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. He provides training for judges and federal and provincial public prosecutors. He is a petitioner in international litigation before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and a pro bono attorney in Argentina and other Latin American countries. He is the author of books and articles on Constitutional Law, Human Rights, International Law, Legal Education, and Legal Research, among other topics. His works have been published in Spanish, Portuguese, English, and Italian, and cited in numerous scholarly publications and court rulings. Among his most recent works are: “Freedom of the press and effective judicial protection” (Ed. La Ley, Buenos Aires, 1999)“The constitutional interpretation of fundamental rights” (Ed. La Ley, Buenos Aires, 2000, in co-authorship with Pedro Serna), “O Formalismo naLiberdade de Expressão” (Ed. Saraiva, São Paulo, 2010)“The human rights of legal persons: Ownership of rights and legitimacy in the Inter-American System” (Ed. Porrúa, Mexico City, 2015, co-authored with Ignacio de Casas. He has received various awards and distinctions, among others, the 2002 National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Buenos Aires Award, and the 2001 Young Jurist Award from the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Córdoba. In 2006 he received the Medalha Clóvis Beviláqua, the highest award of the State of Rio de Janeiro, granted by the Faculty of Law of the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

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