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Dr Koldo Casla

Koldo

Lecturer, University of Essex, United Kingdom

Email: koldo.casla@essex.ac.uk

Profile

I am a Lecturer in Law and the Director of the Human Rights Centre Clinic. I also lead the 'Human Rights Local' project at the Human Rights Centre. I am the author of "Politics of International Human Rights Law Promotion in Western Europe: Order versus Justice" (Routledge 2019), and "Spain and Its Achilles' Heels: The Strong Foundations of a Country's Weaknesses" (Rowman & Littlefield 2021), and co-editor of "Social Rights and the Constitutional Moment: Learning from Chile and International Experiences" (Hart Bloomsbury 2022). Between 2017 and 2019, I was a Research Associate at the Institute of Health & Society of Newcastle University, where I co-drafted the first Bill on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the UK. Between 2016 and 2019, I was the Policy Director of Just Fair, leading the organisation's research, strategic communications, partnerships and campaigning on economic and social rights in the UK. Between 2013 and 2019, I worked as an independent researcher for Amnesty International, authoring four reports on the rights to health, education and housing in Spain. Over the years, I have also been very involved in Amnesty's strategy-development and governance at the international, national and local levels. Between 2011 and 2013, I was the Chief of Staff of the Human Rights Commissioner of the Basque Country (“Ararteko”).

Research

Publications

The list of publications is available here.

Expertise

International Human Rights Law, International Relations
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