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Pedro Martínez Esponda is a Postdoc Researcher at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, working for an ERC-funded project on change in international law and at the Geneva Academy for the ‘Universality of Human Rights: Developing Narratives to Help Overcome Polarization’ project.
Pedro recently concluded his PhD in international law (summa cum laude) at the Graduate Institute, where he also did his master's studies. He is a qualified lawyer in Mexico and has worked for the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) both in Mexico and Geneva. He has also recently collaborated as a guest researcher at the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe - The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline? in Berlin.
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ProjectThis research aims at taking stock of and contributing to a better understanding of the above-mentioned challenges to the principle of universality of human rights while also questioning their validity. It will identify relevant political and legal arguments and develop counter-narratives that could be instrumental to dealing with and/or overcoming the polarization of negotiations processes at the multilateral level.
