Gabriela Echeverría Gutiérrez

Gabriela Echeverria is an international human rights lawyer, academic and writer. She has litigated extensively before international courts and human rights tribunals. Gabriela has also been actively involved in international standards setting. Notably, when working in London as the first International Legal Advisor of REDRESS, she created and led the NGO coalition that supported the drafting and adoption of the “UN Principles on Reparation”. 

While pursuing her PhD on the right to reparation at the University of Essex and working as a Legal Expert for the Open Society Justice Initiative, Gabriela taught Public International Law, Human Rights Law, and International Humanitarian Law. Drawing from her experience in strategic litigation, Gabriela implemented the “Litigation Unit” that consolidated the Essex Human Rights Clinic.   

Gabriela moved to New York City as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School and an Affiliated Researcher at the Human Rights Institute where she completed her PhD. During this period she collaborated with several organizations including Amnesty International; OMCT; and the UNHCHR; furthering her research on access to justice in international law.

While Dr Echeverria has continued to be involved in international litigation, advocacy and academic research, she has also been exploring projects with innovative approaches to promoting human rights, including on the intersection between technology and social impact projects (like the potencial role of crypto currencies and DAOs); business/sports and human rights; and comercial initiatives to advance human rights. She is currently living in Madrid, collaborating in a project on Transitional Justice in Spain and working as an Adjunct Professor at IE Law School. 

Corporate Experience

• Adjunct Professor of Law, IE University, Law School, Madrid, Spain, 2022 - Present 

• Co-Counsel, ReedSmith Pro Bono Litigation (UN peace troops SEA case before the ICHR),  New York, USA/ Madrid, Spain, 2020 - Present 

• Director of Soccer, Truth and Justice Project on transitional justice and sports, ICTJ/ETJN, New York, USA/ Madrid, Spain, 2020 - Present 

• Executive Producer, The Long Hall Film on the Future of HRs, Essex Human Rights Centre/HRitP, New York, USA, 2018 - 2020 

• Visiting Scholar and Affiliated Researcher, Columbia Law School, Human Rights Institute, New York, USA, 2012 - 2017

• Legal Expert, Amnesty International, International Secretariat, London, UK, 2011 - 2012

• Lecturer and Clinical Academic Supervisor; University of Essex, School of Law, Colchester, UK, 2008 - 2011 

• Legal Expert and Litigation Consultant, Open Society Justice Initiative, London, UK, New York, USA, 2004 - 2010 

• International Legal Advisor, The Redress Trust (REDRESS), London, UK 2001 - 2007 

Academic Background

• University of Essex, PhD in Law, April 2017

• Harvard Law School, LL.M., June 2000

• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Law School, L.L.B., August 1999