The European Studies Council and the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale present a talk by Dr. Juliana Cesario Alvim Gomes (Central European University; Austria / Federal University of Minas Gerais; Brazil) on “Gender in the Courtroom: Overlooked Factors in Decision-Making and Their Impact on Rights Adjudication.”
Lunch at 11:45am ET, talk at 12:00pm ET
Part of the European & Russian Studies Community Lunch Seminar Series
Co-Sponsored by the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies
Juliana Cesario Alvim Gomes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Studies at Central European University (CEU) in Austria. Her main fields of research are human rights and constitutional law, on topics such as gender and sexuality, social mobilization and courts, equality and difference, and strategic litigation for human rights.
Before joining CEU, she was an assistant professor at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), where she also coordinated the Human Rights Clinic.
She is the co-chair of the Brazilian Chapter of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-s) and co-hosts a weekly podcast on the Brazilian Supreme Court and Constitution.
For the last decade, Juliana has litigated for human rights before Brazilian and international courts. Since 2018, she is a legal consultant for the Center for Reproductive Rights on issues such as abortion and maternal health in Brazil.