Rosario Figari Layús
Education
From 2011: PhD candidate in Political Sciences, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany;
2010: Master of Arts in Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany;
2004: Diploma in Sociology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
From 2009: Degree in Law, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.
Fellowships and Awards
06/2009: Ulster University and the Transitional Justice Institute, Summer School: “Transitional Justice and Peace negotiations”, Derry, Nordirland;
07/2008: UN Graduate Study Programme: “The United Nations: The inseparable link between peace and security, human rights and sustainable development”, Geneva, Switzerland;
02/2008: International School for Holocaust studies “Yad Vashem”, Course: “The holocaust and the problem of its transmission“, Jerusalem, Israel;
08/2007: Kopenhagen University and Ǿresund University: Summer School “Genocide Studies: Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur“, Copenhagen, Denmark;
07/2006: Institut International des Droit de l ' Homme: 37 th Study Session “International Protection of Human Rights and Victims Rights“, Strasbourg, France.
Research experience
From 10/2010: PhD. Researcher, University of Heidelberg: Research group: Narratives of Terror and Disappeareance (European Research Council);
2008 - 2009: Research assistant for the project titled “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood: Public Security as Governance? Policing in Transitional and Developing Countries: Human Rights and Security Policies in Argentina and Mexico.”;
2009: Field work in Colombia;
2001 – 2005: Research Assistant for the project titled “The Analysis of Genocide Practices in Argentina during the Military Dictatorship”, Department of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
2002: Research assistant for the project titled “Transformation of Protest Movements in Argentina between 1989-1999”, Department of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research areas
Human rights, Transitional Justice, national and international prosecutions for human rights crimes
Projects
From 10/2010: “The Role and Effects of Trials in Cases of Enforced Disappearances in Argentina”. University of Heidelberg and European Research Council.
Publications
Books
Figari Layús, Rosario (2010): “The role of transitional justice in the midst of ongoing armed conflicts: the case of Colombia“. Potsdamer Studien zu Staat, Recht und Politik 5. Potsdam University.
Artikel
Figari Layús, Rosario (2010): “Das Verschwindenlassen: Zum Verständnis der UN-Konvention. ” MenschenRechtsmagazin 2. Potsdam University.
Figari Layus, R. (2008): “Überblick über das interamerikanische Menschenrechtssystem: Menschenrechtsinstrumente und Kontrollmechanismen”, MenschenRechtsmagazin 1. Potsdam University.
Figari Layus, R., Kintzel, Y. (2008): “Der Demobilisierungsprozess in Kolumbien: ein Beispiel für Transitional Justice? ”. MenschenRechtsmagazin 2. Potsdam University.
Figari Layus, R. (2005): “Die Paramilitärs sind ganz gewöhnliche Verbrecher. Ein Interview zu Demobilisierung und Straflosigkeit,” Latein Amerika Nachrichten 377: 13-15.
Conferences
November 2010: III Symposium: “Memoria,Narración y Justicia.”, CCHS-CSIC , Madrid, Spain.
May 2011: Annual Conference of the Austrian Latin America Institute, Vienna, Austria.
Memberships
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos, APDH), Argentina.