Maria Elena Rodriguez
PhD in Sociology at IESP-UERJ, she holds a law degree from the University of Antioquia (Colombia, 1988) and a Master’s degree in Development Law from the Université de Génève (Switzerland, 1996). She is a PHd student of Sociology at IESP-UERJ (formerly IUPERJ), working on the topic Law and Society. Is working in Brazil and Colombia, mainly in the following subjects: social rights, human rights, constitutional rights, access to justice, judicial activism and enforceability of rights. She also has a long history with organized civil society in the area of interaction between Social Rights and Public Policies, with special attention to the advocacy of fundamental rights and human rights education. As part of his PhD, she conducted field research in New Delhi, India, between 2009 and 2011 on comparative aspects of access to justice and judicial activism.
Programas
Cooperation and Financing for Development
BRICS +
G20
G20
Projetos
Development Banks and Safeguards
The BRICS Policy Center in partnership with the Mott Foundation launched the project "Strengthening the Safeguards of New Development Banks" (“Fortalecendo as Salvaguardas dos Novos Bancos de Desenvolvimento”). The project...
Publicações
Guide to Understanding BRICS
The Handbook for Understanding the BRICS is the result of the BRICS Policy Center's (BPC) commitment to democratizing knowledge about world politics and promoting dialogue between different sectors - governments,...
Comments on the XVI BRICS Summit – Kazan 2024
Between October 22 and 24, the BRICS countries met for the grouping's XVI Summit, held in Kazan, Russia, under the motto “Strengthening multilateralism for fair global development and security”.
The Political Economy of South-South Relations: A Comparative Analysis of...
The BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – began to emerge as a political and economic platform in the late 2000s. The rise of the BRICS reinforced...
Critical Studies on Trade and Investment Treaties in Latin America...
Trade and investment treaties have been signed en masse on a global scale over the past three decades, marking a particular form of economic insertion of Latin American and Caribbean...
BNDES and Financing the Energy Transition (2016-2023)
In recent years, there have been intense debates about climate change, global warming and environmental issues in general. In the context of international governance, the Paris Agreement, signed on December...
Chinese Investments and Financing in the Pan-Amazonian Countries in Comparative...
The aim of this factsheet is to analyze, from a comparative perspective, the main projects involving Chinese investment and financing in five countries in the region that share the Amazon...
The New Development Bank’s Contribution to the Energy Transition Process...
Considering the growing relevance of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in the task of financing the global energy transition process, it is important to understand the efforts of these institutions...
The Role of The Inter-American Development Bank in Financing Energy...
In recent years, much has been discussed about climate change, global warming, and environmental issues in general. In the realm of international governance, the Paris Agreement, sealed on December 12,...
Chinese Investments In Brazil: Investment Data, Public Policies For Investment...
The focus of this report is Chinese investments in Brazil. We begin by presenting data on the evolution and main characteristics of Chinese investments from 2010 to the present day,...
Chinese Companies’ Operations Abroad: Outlook on Chinese Government’s Guidance for...
In both the Going Global Strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the presence of Chinese companies and investments across the world has increased in the past two decades...
The Brazilian model of Investment Agreements and Socio-environmental Safeguards
This Quarterly Brief seeks to analyze similarities and differences between the new Brazilian CIFAs and traditional bilateral investment agreements - as well as to evaluate them in light of alternative...