Adolfo Lara

Adolfo is a consultant to the Legal Program for Latin America. He supports legal and strategic actions before the Inter-American Human Rights System and the United Nations System.

Prior to joining Race and Equality, Adolfo worked at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for almost five years on the merits, supervising compliance with judgments, provisional measures and an advisory opinion. Prior to that, he worked at the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica in the processing of protection, habeas corpus and constitutionality actions.

His experience also includes internships at the Electoral Advisory and Promotion Center of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights and at the Attorney General’s Office of Costa Rica.

He holds a law degree from the University of Costa Rica and has studies in International Public Law from The Hague Academy of International Law, in Politics and Democracy from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences and in Human Rights from the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights.

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