Laura Castrejón Violante
PhD Student
Laura holds a law degree jointly by the Universidad Panamericana - México and the Universidad de Navarra - Spain. She worked at the federal public service in Mexico and co-authored the constitutional human rights amendment, presented by Mexican President Vicente Fox to the Mexican Congress on August 5th, 2005. She holds two Master’s degrees, the first one in International Law and Development from the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals - Spain and the second one in Urban Food Systems Planning from the University of British Columbia - Canada. Recipient of the CONACYT scholarship, Laura is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program at the University of British Columbia. She is co-supervised by Professor David Boyd, Professor Navin Ramankutty, and Professor Emeritus Graham Riches.
Amidst our complex global food crisis, questions regarding the role of human rights have been increasing. The potential of the human right to food to secure just, sustainable, and healthy food for all has been widely discussed in academia. Supporting these claims and in compliance with international human rights obligations, 30 countries of the world have explicitly recognized the right to food at the constitutional level.
However, there is scarce research empirically analyzing the implementation and exercise of the right to food beyond its constitutional explicit recognition. Correspondingly, it is unclear whether the right to food has helped alleviate food insecurity and if this fundamental right is delivering the sustainable food system promised. As a result, there is little evidence for how this constitutionalized human right could improve its performance. Laura’s doctoral research focuses on these knowledge gaps using legal and public policy global data.
Blog: https://medium.com/@castrejonviolante.laura
Laura holds a law degree jointly by the Universidad Panamericana - México and the Universidad de Navarra - Spain. She worked at the federal public service in Mexico and co-authored the constitutional human rights amendment, presented by Mexican President Vicente Fox to the Mexican Congress on August 5th, 2005. She holds two Master’s degrees, the first one in International Law and Development from the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals - Spain and the second one in Urban Food Systems Planning from the University of British Columbia - Canada. Recipient of the CONACYT scholarship, Laura is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program at the University of British Columbia. She is co-supervised by Professor David Boyd, Professor Navin Ramankutty, and Professor Emeritus Graham Riches.
Amidst our complex global food crisis, questions regarding the role of human rights have been increasing. The potential of the human right to food to secure just, sustainable, and healthy food for all has been widely discussed in academia. Supporting these claims and in compliance with international human rights obligations, 30 countries of the world have explicitly recognized the right to food at the constitutional level.
However, there is scarce research empirically analyzing the implementation and exercise of the right to food beyond its constitutional explicit recognition. Correspondingly, it is unclear whether the right to food has helped alleviate food insecurity and if this fundamental right is delivering the sustainable food system promised. As a result, there is little evidence for how this constitutionalized human right could improve its performance. Laura’s doctoral research focuses on these knowledge gaps using legal and public policy global data.
Blog: https://medium.com/@castrejonviolante.laura
