Ecab Amor Vázquez

Education:

IE University - Madrid, Spain: Doble Máster en Acceso a la Abogacía y Asesoría Jurídica de Empresas - Sept 2022-Feb 2024

IE University - Segovia & Madrid, Spain: Dual Bachelors in Comparative Law and International Relations -  Sept 2017 - Jul 2022

• Undergraduate Thesis in Law: “GIVING JUDGES A SHIELD : On The Emergence of The Subjective Right of Judicial Independence in the Case Law of The ECtHR”

• Undergraduate Thesis in International Relations: “The Open Wound: Center-Periphery Conflict in Catalunya 2008-2019”

Languages:

English (Native). Spanish (Native). French (Advanced Proficiency). German (lol I’m getting there). Japanese (Anime level of Proficiency)

Experience:

Research Assistant to Judge Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot - Madrid, Spain: Oct 2023 - Present                                                                                                               

• Actively aids Judge Mac-Gregor in the research, ideation and drafting of academic production centered on human rights. 

• Areas of research: human rights, transitional justice, climate change, enforced disappearances, remedies and guarantees of non repetition. 

Member of the Legal Advocacy Taskforce - World’s Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ) - Remote: May 2023 - Present

• Actively collaborated in the research, ideation and drafting of the legal submissions in International Human Rights Law, Public International Law, and International Environmental Law. 

• Drafted and published the blog post “Carême v. France: Setting the Bar too high?”. 

• Collaborated in the elaboration of writing guides for blog posts and legal memoranda. 

Internship Trainee STATERA Legal Partners - Madrid, Spain: Sept 2023 - Feb 2024

• Areas of law: Public law, Civil Law, the law of Professional Associations, Human Rights law, Spanish Constitutional Law.

Virtual Assistant to the Secretary of the Interamerican Court Human Rights - Remote: Jun 2022 - Sept 2023

• Drafted informative reports on a variety of topics including the following: the jurisprudential dialogue between the IACtHR and the Human Rights Committee; the effects which Artificial intelligence systems have on the effective enjoyment of human rights; specific investigations on the right to a healthy environment.                     

Visiting professional to the IACtHR - Remote-  Feb 2023 - Jun 2023 

Research Collaborator- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Case Law and Commentary - Remote:   Jul 2022 - Jul 2024

• Collaborated for the most recent edition of "The Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Case Law and Commentary" by Amaya Úbeda de Torres and Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen

• Examined and evaluated the changes in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in topics ranging from Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (with a special emphasis on the rights of workers and indigenous peoples) to the right to due process and an effective remedy.

• Drafted 18 chapters specifying the changes in the Court's approach to Human Rights protection.

Research Assistant for Professor Oscar Martinez Tapia IE University SGPA - Madrid, Spain: Sept 2020-Sept 2022

• Translating (Spanish - English) book “Los Problemas no Resueltos de la Democracia” and updating previous editions through additional research and analysis of Spanish democracy.

• Preparation and administrative management of five undergraduate courses (111 Students) and two masters courses (41 Students) in fall semester; five undergraduate courses (105 Students) during spring semester.

• Design and implementation of assignments used to evaluate student performance.

Senior Research Associate: ReSeT - Centre for Research on Security and Transnational Governance -Madrid, Spain: May 2020 - Sept 2020

• Researched and analyzed data for publication on geopolitical implications of COVID-19 pandemic; special focus on Chinese legal system and corollary statistical rise of China as a major political actor.

Contributor and Research Assistant: Team Populism - “The Guardian” Sponsored Project - Segovia, Spain:  Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

• Investigated and evaluated discourse practices of Latin American heads of state (Mexico and Honduras).

• Drafting of thorough reports on the populist discourse of Mexican political candidates to be used in a piece by “the Guardian”.