Rosario Figari Layús

Rosario Figari Layús has a researcher position in social sciences at the University of Konstanz (project sponsord by the European Research Council). She earned her PhD in Political Science at the University of Marburg (Germany). Her thesis research focused on the role of national criminal trials in Argentina. She holds a degree in sociology from the University of Buenos Aires and a MA in Social Sciences from the Humbodlt University of Berlin. She worked as research assistant at the Department of Poltical Sciences of the Free University of Berlin (2008-2009). Her research areas are human rights policies, Transitional Justice in Latin American, national and international prosecutions for human rights crimes. She is also a member of the Argentine Human Rights organization Permanent Assembly for Human Rights.

Rosario Figari Layús
Rosario Figari Layús, 2012