David Cordero-Heredia

David Cordero-Heredia is a Law Professor and RFJ Journal Director at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. He is currently visiting Cornell University as a Visiting Fellow of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. He has served as a visiting professor at Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (UASB), Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, and University of Azuay (UDA). From 2018 to 2019, he co-taught the International Human Rights Clinic: Policy Advocacy at Cornell Law School as a Senior Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow. His research focuses on the interaction between social movements and the law, particularly on implementing the rights of nature with a concentration on indigenous peoples’ participation.

Professor Cordero-Heredia is a dedicated human rights advocate, representing indigenous peoples from Ecuador and Colombia in the Inter-American Human Rights System. In 2022, he was part of the legal team that presented the case of the Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation, Tagaeri & Taromenane, before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The decision of the Court will set the protection standards for over 300 isolated indigenous groups around the world.