Graciela Zamudio
Executive Director at Alma Migrante A.C.- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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Specialty in Constitutional Law and Amparo
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoJan, 2006- Nov, 2024 -
Specialty in Legal Argumentation
Universitat d'AlacantJan, 2006- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Alma Migrante A.C.
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Mexico
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director
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Jun 2017 - Present
• Construction of networks within the environment of organizations in the United States and the Mexican border territory of Baja California, as well as San Diego, San Francisco, California and Mexico City. • Provide legal advice and workshops on access to justice for the community of defenders of the human rights of migrants in the state of Baja California. • Conduct interviews with migrants to prepare asylum applications before COMAR and link with other entities for psychological care. • Design and coordination of litigation and strategies in community with the defenders of migrants in Baja California. Achievements: • Organization Co-editor of the report "Migration and COVID" on the human rights situation of the migrant population in Mexico, in a group of organizations at the national level (Foundation for Justice and the Rule of Law, IMUMI, Sin Fronteras, CMPDDH, Asylum Access). • Winning organization of recognition for its litigation team in the Fifth Edition of the 2020 Sentences Award: Access to justice for the migrant population and subject to international protection. • Successful high-impact litigation against systematic patterns of human rights violations in Baja California. Show less
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INJUS Institute
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Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
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Academic
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2020 - 2020
Doctoral Professor, teaching the subject of Human Rights and Amparo Trial. Doctoral Professor, teaching the subject of Human Rights and Amparo Trial.
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Cesun Universidad
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Mexico
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Professor
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2020 - 2020
Professor in the Master of Family Law, teaching the subject of Private International Family Law Professor in the Master of Family Law, teaching the subject of Private International Family Law
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Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, México
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Government Administration
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100 - 200 Employee
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Head Of Representative Office
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Nov 2015 - Mar 2017
• Leader of the investigative team of lawyers specialized in the detection of Human Rights violations with jurisdiction in Baja California and San Luis Rio Colorado. • Served as the representative of the CNDH in conferences, seminars and before relevant actors in migration matters: NGOs, shelters, protection organizations and representative authorities. • In charge of the analysis and application of the provisions of the law of the National Human Rights Commission, as well as investigation to resolve complaints received at the office. • Responsible for budget management and organization of informational events. • Administered documentation and drafting recommendations regarding ESCR protection. Show less
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Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, México
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Government Administration
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100 - 200 Employee
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Human Rights Legal Investigator
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Feb 2011 - Apr 2015
• Performed legal documentation and drafting of public decisions on torture, illegal detention, human trafficking, migrant rights, defense of human rights of unaccompanied migrant children. • Was a part of the directorate of investigations for climate detection of human rights violations (torture, forced disappearance, internal displacement, illegal house searches and inspection points in the field). • Drafted cross-requirements of relevant information to authorities at the local and federal level. • Connected with the corresponding authorities in charge of protecting the rights of victims. • Supervised investigations carried out by a team of ten lawyers, with the position of Area Director in the Second Visitation of the National Human Rights Commission. • Liaison with local and federal authorities towards the development of investigations in the detection of violation of Human Rights. • Interviewed with victims of internal displacement, torture and disappearance, as well as support in migratory stations (field work). Show less
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Postgraduate Professor
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2012 - 2015
Postgraduate Professor in the Law Studies Division of UNAM, teaching the subjects "Arbitration and International Justice", "Human Rights" and "International Humanitarian Law”. Postgraduate Professor in the Law Studies Division of UNAM, teaching the subjects "Arbitration and International Justice", "Human Rights" and "International Humanitarian Law”.
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Universidad Anáhuac
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Mexico
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Professor
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2014 - 2014
International Human Rights Law International Human Rights Law
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The Federal Court System
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Mexico City Area, Mexico
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Sentence Drafter
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Jun 2001 - Apr 2010
• Prepared draft agreements, certifications and various solutions within the framework of the amparo process, from admission to the execution of the sentence. • Developed preliminary draft judgments proposed for direct and indirect amparo actions, as well as remedies belonging to the courts of appeal and administrative judgment. Achievements: • Performed activities and resolved complex legal problems in the Seventh District Court in Administrative Matters and in the First Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters, both in Mexico City. • Built a judicial career in which I held the positions of Administrative Officer, Judicial Actuary, Secretary in charge of processing and sentencing a table of Amparo Trials, as well as Project Secretary of the Collegiate Court. I held this last position for six years. Show less
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Education
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2006 - 2008
University of Nottingham
Master of Laws - LLM, Public International Law -
Escuela Libre de Derecho
Bachelor, Law
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