María Elósegui

Born on 7 December 1957 in San Sebastián, Spain

  • B.A. in Philosophy, University of Navarre, 1980
  • Master in Philosophy, University of Navarre, 1986
  • Doctor in Philosophy, University of Navarre, 1987
  • Master in Philosophy, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1989
  • Master in Law, University of Saint-Louis, Brussels, Belgium, 1994
  • Doctor in Law, University of Navarre, 2002
  • Degree in Law, University of National University of Distance Education, Madrid, 2007
  • Teacher of Philosophy, Bilbao, from 1982 to 1988
  • Research Associate, University of Glasgow, from 1988 to 1990
  • Professor Assistant of Philosophy of Law, University of Saragossa, from 1991 to 1993
  • Full Professor of Philosophy of Law, Human Rights and Legal Theory, Law Faculty, University of Saragossa, from 1994 to 2010
  • Full Professor of Philosophy of Law, Human Rights and Legal Theory, Law Faculty, University of Saragossa, from 2010 to 2018
  • Researcher of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, Faculty of Law, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, 1996-1997, 1998, 2012
  • Research visit to the Directorate of Human Rights at the Council of Europe, 2012
  • Academic observer for UN World Conference, Beijing 1995, New York 2000
  • Coordinator of the doctoral program of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, University of Saragossa, from 1999 to 2018
  • Direction of a legal academic journal Aequalitas on Legal equality of opportunities between women and men, from 1999 to 2017
  • Expert in the elaboration of the draft Organic Law of Guarantee of Equality between women and men at the request of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, 2005
  • Prize « Luis Portero » on Human Rights, Academy of jurisprudence and legislation, Grenada, 2008
  • Expert of the Commission against the Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe (ECRI), Strasbourg, from 2013 to 2017
  • Expert and Vice-President of the Bioethics Committee of Aragon, from 2013 to 2018
  • Member of the Secretariat of the Commission to supervise PhD students, University of Saragossa, from 2013 to 2018
  • Visiting professor at the Max Planck Institute for comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany and the Faculty of Law of the University of Heidelberg, 2017
  • Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 15 March 2018.
María Elósegui