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 qualitative 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 also collaborate frequently with Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic.

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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. I also run the "Huellas del Autogobierno" blog.

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