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Dr Par Engstrom

Email: p.engstrom@ucl.ac.uk

Dr Par Engstrom is Lecturer in Human Rights of the Americas at the UCL Institute of the Americas. His current research interests focus on regional human rights institutions both comparatively and with a particular reference to the Inter-American Human Rights System. Further research interests include the relationship between human rights and democratization; judicialization of politics; transitional justice; the international relations of the Americas; human rights, humanitarianism, and foreign policy; theories of international relations, particularly relating to international law and institutions; and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of human rights. To date, his country-specific research has focused primarily on Argentina, but also Brazil and Chile. In addition, he is currently involved in human rights research related to Colombia and Mexico.

Dr Engstrom is also co-chair of the London Transitional Justice Network (LTJN). He was previously Lecturer at the Human Rights Consortium, University of London, and has taught human rights, International Relations theories and International Security at various Oxford colleges, and at Oxford Brookes University, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and at Warwick University. He studied International Relations (DPhil) at Oxford University; Latin American politics (MSc) at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London; and Philosophy and Economics (BA) at University College London. Prior to his doctoral research Dr Engstrom worked at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva on issues relating to the freedom of religion or belief, and the human rights of migrants, respectively.

For more information on Dr Engstrom’s research including his publications, please visit his webpage and his SSRN Author page.

At the Institute of the Americas Dr Engstrom currently teaches two courses on the Politics of Human Rights in Latin America: Transitional Justice, and Challenges to Democratization, respectively. During autumn term 2012/13 he is also teaching the International Human Rights Standards and Institutions course at UCL Department of Political Science.

Dr Engstrom is happy to supervise students in any area of his research expertise. Any prospective student is welcome to email him with a short research proposal and a CV.