LLB Javeriana, University (Colombia), MA Essex University, PhD Essex
Senior Lecturer, Director of LLM International Human Rights Law, School of Law

Clara Sandoval is a qualified lawyer and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Essex University, Director of the LLM in International Human Rights Law, member of the Human Rights Centre and Co-Convenor of the Essex Transitional Justice Network. She teaches and researches on areas related to the Inter-American System of Human Rights, Legal Theory, Business and Human Rights and Transitional Justice. Most of her recent scholarship has been focused on reparations for gross human rights violations in processes of transitional justice or post-conflict by the State and by TNCs. She was a visiting professional at the International Criminal Court in 2005, providing the Court with analysis on the award of reparations for gross human rights violations by regional human rights courts, and was part of the research carried out by the ICTJ on reparations for the next of kin of victims of gross human rights violations under international law. Besides her academic commitments, Clara also engages in human rights litigation, training and capacity building with organisations such as the IBA, REDRESS and Amnesty International. In 2007 she was a member of the IBA-FCO mission to Colombia that assessed the implementation of the Justice and Peace Law/demobilisation and prosecution process in the country, and the role played by international cooperation in the process.