Pastora Del Rocio García Álvarez

Pastora Del Rocio García Álvarez is an Associate Professor of Criminal Law at Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain. She holds a PhD from Universidad de Sevilla (1998) with a thesis on La responsabilidad penal de terceros en caso de suicidio and has completed research stays at institutions like Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. Her work spans criminal law theory, hate crimes, gender violence, environmental offenses, and migration law within the Spanish legal system.

Education:

• Doctora en Derecho por Universidad de Sevilla (1998)

Her research focuses on General Part of Criminal Law (authorship, causality, objective imputation) and Special Part (environmental crimes, discrimination/hate crimes, gender violence, sexual offenses, foreigner rights). Google Scholar highlights her recent contributions to debates on Spain's 'Solo Sí es Sí' law, hate crime legislation, and environmental protection reforms.

Scientific Awards:

• Beca FPU PhD Scholarship
• Three research trienniums (2014-2021)
• DOCENTIA-A-UPO Teaching Excellence Mention

She has supervised 1 doctoral thesis, 2 Tesinas, and 12 Master's works, while participating in 7 funded research projects. Her publications include 4 monographs (Tirant lo Blanch), 17 book chapters, and 16 indexed journal articles.