Helena María Olea Rodríguez

Helena María Olea Rodríguez is an Adjunct Professor in Criminology, Law and Justice and Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She holds a Juris Doctor from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) and an LL.M from the University of Notre Dame (USA).

• Education: Juris Doctor (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), LL.M (University of Notre Dame, USA)

Her research and teaching focus on human rights, gender studies, immigration, refugee studies, and statelessness, with an emphasis on non-citizen rights and gender discrimination cases in domestic and international litigation. She founded the Immigrants and Refugees Law Clinic at Universidad Diego Portales (Chile) and has extensive advocacy experience with United Nations bodies and the Inter-American human rights system. Her publications include journal articles, book chapters, and the edited volume Derecho y Pueblo Mapuche, Aportes para la Discusión (2013). No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned.