Biography

Losing my mother shortly before starting law school deepened my empathy for the suffering of others. Paired with a strong sense of justice, it led me to discover my calling in defending human rights. After qualifying as a lawyer in Spain, I pursued an LLM in Public International Law and International Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics, where I began to study the most heinous of international crimes: genocide. I couldn’t stop asking myself: how could states fail to do more to prevent such a devastating crime, one that wounds not only the targeted group but humanity as a whole? Through my PhD research at Cambridge, I aim to enhance state compliance with the duty to prevent genocide by developing a set of criteria for allocating individual state obligations under this collective duty. I also seek to critically assess the Genocide Convention and the role of the UN Security Council, with the goal of helping realise their unfulfilled potential as instruments of genocide prevention and as pillars of the international rule of law. I am deeply honoured to pursue this journey as a member of the Gates Cambridge community, among individuals who, like me, are committed to leaving the world better than they found it.

Previous Education

London School of Economics Master of Laws (Public International Law) 2024
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Master of Access to Legal Practice 2021
Universidad Pontificia Comillas Law and Business Administration 2019