Camila Teixeira

Research

Title of research:

Struggle and Law: social movements in Brazil and Colombia and their mobilization for social transformation through human rights law

Brief overview of research topic:

My research will explore the role of two social movements – involved in local struggles for racial and ethnic equality in Colombia and Brazil – in promoting social transformation through legal mobilization that draws on human rights law.

Qualifications

I'm a specialist in international development, human rights and child rights, with 15+ years of experience with the United Nations, development agencies and other international organizations, having worked in Brazil, USA, Jordan, Mauritania, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Germany. I specialize in analysis, research and strategic planning related to development, human rights, including child rights.

Master’s in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge

Master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford.

I speak English, French, Spanish and Portuguese fluently, as well as a bit of German.

Publications

• Teixeira, Camila. 2019. "Priority, agency and cooperation: how international human rights law helps fulfil the economic and social rights of the most vulnerable". International Journal of Human Rights, 24. 
• Teixeira, Camila, Laurence Chandy, and Amanda Marlin. 2021. Understanding child subjective well-being: A call for more data, research and policymaking targeting children. New York City: UNICEF.
• Teixeira, Camila, Erica Moret, and Zöe Pelter. 2022. Sanctions and their impact on children - An assessment of the harm to which children are subjected in heavily sanctioned countries. New York: UNICEF.