Verónica García de Cortázar

Bio:

Verónica García de Cortázar, PhD (UCL), specialises in human rights and constitutional law, with a focus on policy development and institutional reform. Her research centres on international human rights frameworks (such as the Inter-American and CEDAW systems) and examines how the obligations derived from them can be applied to the State to address violence against women in childbirth. As a Legal Adviser to Chile’s General Secretariat of the Presidency, she participated in the legislative process of constitutional reforms and helped draft submissions to domestic high courts and international courts. Later, as a Senior Researcher at the Universidad de Chile Centre on Regulation & Competition, she coordinated a systematic review of health regulation and collaborated on projects in competition law, economic regulation, and renewable energy. Veronica’s work bridges academic research with governance, integrating legal scholarship with practical policy impact.