Angel Cabrera Silva

Angel Cabrera Silva

I am an Assistant Professor on International Law and Human Rights at University of Washington,Tacoma. I hold an SJD'24, and an LLM'16 degree from Harvard Law School. As an expert in international human rights law, I conduct research on social movements. I am especially interested in excavating the creative uses of human rights at the grassroots. I specialize on indigenous rights and the Inter-American Human Rights System. My work has appeared (or is forthcoming) in the Journal of Human Rights, Harvard Human Rights Journal, Harvard Int'l Law Journal and the Mexican Law Review. Currently, I am working on a book project about the right of indigenous peoples to self-government and financial autonomy in Mexico.

I am also passionate about experiential learning and clinical education. I have worked as a Clinical instructor at Boston University School of Law and designed the academic curriculum at the International Human Rights Clinic of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. I have also been guest lecturer at Harvard Human Rights Clinic, the University of San Francisco's Human Rights Clinic and Georgia State University. 

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Besides academia and teaching, I represent indigenous communities through "Emancipaciones Lawyer's Collective" and occasionally collaborate with other civil society organizations.

Most recently, I submitted an Amicus Curiae to the Inter-American regarding the Advisory Opinion on the Right to Democracy. ​