Salvador Herencia-Carrasco
@sherencia77.bsky.social
Human rights and international law. Part-time prof. section de Droit Civil, uOttawa. Member Human Rights Research and Education Centre.
Sistema Interamericano, #BizHumanRights, academic freedom, Perú, América Latina, metal, papá.
Sistema Interamericano, #BizHumanRights, academic freedom, Perú, América Latina, metal, papá.
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Legislative overview of #AcademicFreedom: Fabian Salvioli pointed out its ties to #UniversityAutonomy, #Democracy & #HumanRights. Vannie Lau noted AF is not protected by Canada’s Charter. Moderated by @sherencia77.bsky.social, a long-standing HRREC member and Legal Advisor (CAFA).
October 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Legislative overview of #AcademicFreedom: Fabian Salvioli pointed out its ties to #UniversityAutonomy, #Democracy & #HumanRights. Vannie Lau noted AF is not protected by Canada’s Charter. Moderated by @sherencia77.bsky.social, a long-standing HRREC member and Legal Advisor (CAFA).
#BizHumanRights: This new book, "Contested Consultation in the Extractive Industries", addresses theorical and practical challenges to consultation around the world.
I co-wrote a chapter on consultation in the case law of the IACtHR.
Book is open-access, here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
I co-wrote a chapter on consultation in the case law of the IACtHR.
Book is open-access, here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
October 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#BizHumanRights: This new book, "Contested Consultation in the Extractive Industries", addresses theorical and practical challenges to consultation around the world.
I co-wrote a chapter on consultation in the case law of the IACtHR.
Book is open-access, here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
I co-wrote a chapter on consultation in the case law of the IACtHR.
Book is open-access, here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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Canada must respect Indigenous self-determination in Guatemala & support closing the Escobal mine.
Join us to hear directly from Xinka leaders visiting Ottawa ➡️
September 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm
FSS Building, uOttawa
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
🚫 #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
Join us to hear directly from Xinka leaders visiting Ottawa ➡️
September 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm
FSS Building, uOttawa
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
🚫 #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
September 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Canada must respect Indigenous self-determination in Guatemala & support closing the Escobal mine.
Join us to hear directly from Xinka leaders visiting Ottawa ➡️
September 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm
FSS Building, uOttawa
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
🚫 #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
Join us to hear directly from Xinka leaders visiting Ottawa ➡️
September 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm
FSS Building, uOttawa
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
🚫 #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
#DDHH: Es un placer compartir este artículo analizando la OC de emergencia climática de la Corte IDH.
Aquí me centro en la importante sección sobre el d° a la ciencia y la necesidad de políticas basadas en evidencias empíricas.
Pueden leer el artículo, aquí: agendaestadodederecho.com/la-opinion-c...
Aquí me centro en la importante sección sobre el d° a la ciencia y la necesidad de políticas basadas en evidencias empíricas.
Pueden leer el artículo, aquí: agendaestadodederecho.com/la-opinion-c...
August 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
#DDHH: Es un placer compartir este artículo analizando la OC de emergencia climática de la Corte IDH.
Aquí me centro en la importante sección sobre el d° a la ciencia y la necesidad de políticas basadas en evidencias empíricas.
Pueden leer el artículo, aquí: agendaestadodederecho.com/la-opinion-c...
Aquí me centro en la importante sección sobre el d° a la ciencia y la necesidad de políticas basadas en evidencias empíricas.
Pueden leer el artículo, aquí: agendaestadodederecho.com/la-opinion-c...
#DDHH: Es un placer compartir este artículo en el que analizamos los principales desarrollos de la Opinión Consultiva de la Corte IDH sobre emergencia climática y DDHH, centrándonos en #BizHumanRights y acuerdos internacionales de inversión.
Link: agendaestadodederecho.com/la-opinion-c...
Link: agendaestadodederecho.com/la-opinion-c...
La Opinión Consultiva sobre Emergencia Climática: un avance para el ambiente y los derechos humanos y las empresas - Agenda Estado de Derecho
¿Qué rol deben asumir las empresas frente a la emergencia climática? La Corte IDH responde en su Opinión Consultiva OC-32/25, trazando obligaciones estatales y responsabilidades corporativas en clave ...
agendaestadodederecho.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#DDHH: Es un placer compartir este artículo en el que analizamos los principales desarrollos de la Opinión Consultiva de la Corte IDH sobre emergencia climática y DDHH, centrándonos en #BizHumanRights y acuerdos internacionales de inversión.
Link: agendaestadodederecho.com/la-opinion-c...
Link: agendaestadodederecho.com/la-opinion-c...
#HumanRights: The landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency and Human Rights of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is now available in English and Portuguese. It looks like, soon, it will also be available in French.
You can download the Opinion, here: corteidh.or.cr/tablas/OC-32...
You can download the Opinion, here: corteidh.or.cr/tablas/OC-32...
July 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#HumanRights: The landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency and Human Rights of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is now available in English and Portuguese. It looks like, soon, it will also be available in French.
You can download the Opinion, here: corteidh.or.cr/tablas/OC-32...
You can download the Opinion, here: corteidh.or.cr/tablas/OC-32...
#HumanRights: The IACtHR has released its Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency and Human Rights.
AO focuses on state duties to adapt and mitigate impact of climate change under a human rights and environmental lens.
Read the Opinion, in Spanish, here: jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10849...
AO focuses on state duties to adapt and mitigate impact of climate change under a human rights and environmental lens.
Read the Opinion, in Spanish, here: jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10849...
July 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
#HumanRights: The IACtHR has released its Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency and Human Rights.
AO focuses on state duties to adapt and mitigate impact of climate change under a human rights and environmental lens.
Read the Opinion, in Spanish, here: jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10849...
AO focuses on state duties to adapt and mitigate impact of climate change under a human rights and environmental lens.
Read the Opinion, in Spanish, here: jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10849...
I, along with 412 colleagues from Canada, signed this letter calling the Canadian government to do its part to enforce international law.
Bombing schools, hospitals, and targeting children is illegal. No exceptions.
www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...
Bombing schools, hospitals, and targeting children is illegal. No exceptions.
www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...
Prime Minister Carney must take decisive action to end genocide in Gaza — Alex Neve: Moving Rights Along
We write because of the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month, which is broadly understood by international law experts and leading human rights organ...
www.alexneve.ca
June 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I, along with 412 colleagues from Canada, signed this letter calling the Canadian government to do its part to enforce international law.
Bombing schools, hospitals, and targeting children is illegal. No exceptions.
www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...
Bombing schools, hospitals, and targeting children is illegal. No exceptions.
www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...
#AcademicFreedom: This is a powerful piece, published a few weeks ago @nature.com, about the role of states to protect scientists fleeing from their home countries.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Science saved my life’ — and it must save other at-risk scholars
The global scientific community must do more to offer safety and support to displaced academics and others.
www.nature.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#AcademicFreedom: This is a powerful piece, published a few weeks ago @nature.com, about the role of states to protect scientists fleeing from their home countries.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Chile: "Es cierto que este problema de incompetencia burocrática y ministerial se viene arrastrando desde hace tiempo, lo que está impactando en el financiamiento de todos los instrumentos y proyectos." #ciencia #libertadacademica
Opinión | "Ya es hora de que Chile y sus gobernantes se interesen en este tipo de crisis, la que ciertamente carece de espectacularidad ante el cúmulo de escándalos de corrupción que han estallado por estos días"
🖋 Alfredo Joignant dozz.es/hljtl4
🖋 Alfredo Joignant dozz.es/hljtl4
La ciencia bajo asedio | Opinión
Ya es hora de que Chile y sus gobernantes se interesen en este tipo de crisis, la que ciertamente carece de espectacularidad ante el cúmulo de escándalos de corrupción que han estallado por estos días
dozz.es
May 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Chile: "Es cierto que este problema de incompetencia burocrática y ministerial se viene arrastrando desde hace tiempo, lo que está impactando en el financiamiento de todos los instrumentos y proyectos." #ciencia #libertadacademica
Last week, I got a chance to attend a workshop hosted by the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Spain.
We discussed the regression of rights and democracy, including attacks to academic freedom.
We look forward to publishing our research next year.
We discussed the regression of rights and democracy, including attacks to academic freedom.
We look forward to publishing our research next year.
May 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last week, I got a chance to attend a workshop hosted by the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Spain.
We discussed the regression of rights and democracy, including attacks to academic freedom.
We look forward to publishing our research next year.
We discussed the regression of rights and democracy, including attacks to academic freedom.
We look forward to publishing our research next year.
#Canada: Agradecido con el programa "Primera Página" del canal Globovisión por haberme invitado a comentar las elecciones federales canadienses y mencionar algunos de los retos de un cuarto gobierno consecutivo del Partido Liberal.
Pueden ver la entrevista, aquí:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMty...
Pueden ver la entrevista, aquí:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMty...
Canadá: Los desafíos de Mark Carney frente al nuevo gobierno liberal | Salvador Herencia-Carrasco
YouTube video by José Enrique Robles
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
#Canada: Agradecido con el programa "Primera Página" del canal Globovisión por haberme invitado a comentar las elecciones federales canadienses y mencionar algunos de los retos de un cuarto gobierno consecutivo del Partido Liberal.
Pueden ver la entrevista, aquí:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMty...
Pueden ver la entrevista, aquí:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMty...
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2nd day of the Academic Freedom conference hosted by UQAM, with @sherencia77.bsky.social and Amy Kapit from @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
2nd day of the Academic Freedom conference hosted by UQAM, with @sherencia77.bsky.social and Amy Kapit from @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
One of the greatest Latin American writers of all time has passed away. Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian native, leaves a vast amount of work, ranging between novels, plays, and essays. He won the Nobel Prize of Literature in 2010.
Descanse en Don Mario y gracias por todo.
Descanse en Don Mario y gracias por todo.
April 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One of the greatest Latin American writers of all time has passed away. Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian native, leaves a vast amount of work, ranging between novels, plays, and essays. He won the Nobel Prize of Literature in 2010.
Descanse en Don Mario y gracias por todo.
Descanse en Don Mario y gracias por todo.
#HigherEd: Interesting piece focusing on political pressure by the U.S. federal government to silence protests on U.S. universities.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/21/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/21/t...
Trump’s Deportations Come to Campus
Palestine has taken center stage in the U.S. leader’s crackdown on students.
foreignpolicy.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#HigherEd: Interesting piece focusing on political pressure by the U.S. federal government to silence protests on U.S. universities.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/21/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/21/t...
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Very enriching exchanges during today’s event. Thank you to our partners at @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social and the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) for your engagement and continued interest in this work. #academicfreedom @uottawahrrec.bsky.social @sherencia77.bsky.social
In collaboration with the Law Commission of Canada, the Office of the Vice Provost, Equity, Diversity and Inclusive Excellence, and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, we're thrilled to bring together scholars and advocates to discuss academic freedom in Canada and globally.
March 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Very enriching exchanges during today’s event. Thank you to our partners at @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social and the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) for your engagement and continued interest in this work. #academicfreedom @uottawahrrec.bsky.social @sherencia77.bsky.social
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Constitutional lawyers, including our own David Rabban say:
“The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.”
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
“The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.”
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole
We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
www.nybooks.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Constitutional lawyers, including our own David Rabban say:
“The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.”
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
“The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.”
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
#HigherEd: It will be a pleasure to participate in this workshop, as a member of the HRREC, and discuss int'l developments for the protection of academic freedom.
More information, here:
www.uottawa.ca/faculty-law/...
More information, here:
www.uottawa.ca/faculty-law/...
In collaboration with the Law Commission of Canada, the Office of the Vice Provost, Equity, Diversity and Inclusive Excellence, and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, we're thrilled to bring together scholars and advocates to discuss academic freedom in Canada and globally.
March 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
#HigherEd: It will be a pleasure to participate in this workshop, as a member of the HRREC, and discuss int'l developments for the protection of academic freedom.
More information, here:
www.uottawa.ca/faculty-law/...
More information, here:
www.uottawa.ca/faculty-law/...
La universidad de Columbia, quien por 40 años tuvo a Edward Said como profesor y creó el primer Centro de Estudios Palestinos en USA, ha expulsado a estudiantes que participaron en protestas contra la Guerra en Gaza el año pasado.
Medios indican que lo hicieron para no perder fondos del gobierno.
Medios indican que lo hicieron para no perder fondos del gobierno.
March 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
La universidad de Columbia, quien por 40 años tuvo a Edward Said como profesor y creó el primer Centro de Estudios Palestinos en USA, ha expulsado a estudiantes que participaron en protestas contra la Guerra en Gaza el año pasado.
Medios indican que lo hicieron para no perder fondos del gobierno.
Medios indican que lo hicieron para no perder fondos del gobierno.
#DDHH: Ayer, la Corte IDH publicó su primera sentencia sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas en aislamiento voluntario.
Este es la primera vez que Corte IDH desarrolla el ámbito de protección de los grupos indígenas más vulnerables.
Link del fallo: jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10496...
Este es la primera vez que Corte IDH desarrolla el ámbito de protección de los grupos indígenas más vulnerables.
Link del fallo: jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10496...
March 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#DDHH: Ayer, la Corte IDH publicó su primera sentencia sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas en aislamiento voluntario.
Este es la primera vez que Corte IDH desarrolla el ámbito de protección de los grupos indígenas más vulnerables.
Link del fallo: jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10496...
Este es la primera vez que Corte IDH desarrolla el ámbito de protección de los grupos indígenas más vulnerables.
Link del fallo: jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10496...
This is my first Blue Sky post. I'm a Peruvian-Canadian academic lawyer working on #humanrights, #BizHumanRights, TWAIL, academic freedom and public interest litigation. Main focus is Latin America and the Inter-American System.
I believe in the power of law and the healing power of metal music.
I believe in the power of law and the healing power of metal music.
March 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is my first Blue Sky post. I'm a Peruvian-Canadian academic lawyer working on #humanrights, #BizHumanRights, TWAIL, academic freedom and public interest litigation. Main focus is Latin America and the Inter-American System.
I believe in the power of law and the healing power of metal music.
I believe in the power of law and the healing power of metal music.