CURRICULUM VITAE
Maria Victoria Fernandez Molina
Academic training
Doctorate in Human Rights: Ethical, Social and Political Challenges. University of Deust. 2015-2019. Defense 02/24/2019. Tesi: The right to food autonomy of indigenous peoples in Mexico: an interdisciplinary proposal based on the right to food and self-determination.
Master in Advanced Studies in Bioethics and Biolegal. UNESCO Chair. Madrid. 2007-2009. Thesis: Bioethics and the obligation to guarantee Food Safety.
Master in Relations international Y Straight International. Complutense University of Madrid. 2005-2006. Thesis: Reflections on genetically modified organisms.
Professionalization course at the Illustrious Bar Association of León (Spain). 2004-2005.
Law degree. University of Leon, Spain. 1999-2004.
Professional experience
RESEARCHER AT THE INTER-AMERICAN ACADEMY OF HUMAN RIGHTS UADC. (January 2022-…)
MEMBER OF THE LEGAL ADVISORY TEAM (NSHR ROSTER - LEGN FOR A PERIOD OF 3 OF FAO) FOR LATIN AMERICA. (August 2021- August 2024)
FULL TIME PROFESSOR. Law School. Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla. (August 2021-December 2021)
COORDINATOR OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR APPLIED GLOBAL BIOETHICS. PROFESSOR AND RESEARCHER. Faculty of Bioethics. North Anahuac University. Mexico City. (January 2019- January 2022)
I taught the subjects of: biolegal, health legislation, research methodology, thesis integration and current problems of bioethics.
In addition, I participated in the Thesis Committee of the Faculty of Bioethics and led several research projects.
PROFESSOR IN THE DIPLOMA IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY. Autonomous University of Chihuahua.
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS INSTITUTE IN THE SPANISH NETWORK FOR THE OBSERVATORY OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD. UNIVERSITY CARLOS III OF MADRID. 2017-2018.
PROFESSOR OF THE DIPLOMA IN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND FOOD SECURITY. University of Antioquia, Colombia. 2017.
PROFESSOR OF THE SPECIALTY IN HUMANIST HEALTH. PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO. 2016-2017.
DIRECTOR OF THE CHAIR OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND OF THE MEXICAN OBSERVATORY OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD. Faculty of Jurisprudence, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. 2013-2014.
MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT OF THE OBSERVATORY ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN WITHOUT HUNGER ALCH-FAO INITIATIVE. 2010-2014
DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD. PEDREGAL UNIVERSITY. 2010-2012.
CONSULTANT OF THE SENDAS FOUNDATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY, Ecuador. 2007.
LAWYER SPECIALIST IN IMMIGRATION. LAW FIRM JV LAWYERS, Madrid. 2006-2007.
Publications
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. Preliminary proposal of guiding principles for a global bioethics capable of facing today's challenges. Medicine and Ethics Magazine. Vol. 32 No. 4 (2021): Medicine and Ethics, p. 1029-1059.
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. The challenge of food systems in the face of the post-pandemic crisis in Mexico in Miranda Navarro, Lorena and Santinelli, Miguel Ángel. Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Disruption and innovation in the face of changing times. 2021. Universidad Anáhuac México, Faculty of Social Responsibility 2021. ISBN. 9786078566525 (electronic book).
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. Good and bad state practices against COVID-19 in Mexico, in Mejía, Joaquín, The right to Health in the United States, Mexico and Central America in the context of COVID-19. Diakonia, 2021. ISBN. 97899979843 (pp. 249-268)
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. The Right to Food Autonomy of indigenous peoples in Mexico: an interdisciplinary proposal based on the right to food and self-determination. Deusto Human Rights Notebooks. No. 95. Deusto Digital. Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute.
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. Global bioethics: an ethical proposal for counter-hegemonic rights. Saskab. Magazine of philosophical discussions from here, notebook 16 2020, ISSN 2227-5304
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. Global Bioethics. International Documents. Bioethics and Humanism for Pediatrics Volume II. Mexican Society of Pediatrics, AC Mexico City, 2020.
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. The recommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteurship on the rights of indigenous peoples in Honduras in Mejía Rivera, Joaquín A. (Coord.). The International Obligations of the State of Honduras in terms of human rights and natural assets. UAH-IUDPAS, 2018.
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. Prosecutor's letter. People's Court for the Right to Sustainable Lives. Mugarik Gabe. Bilbao 2018. https://www.mugarikgabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Tribunal-Popular-CAS-web.pdf
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. The Voluntary Guidelines ten years after their creation. A methodological proposal, in Restrepo-Yepes, Olga and Molina Saldarriaga, Cesar Augusto (coords.). Human Right to Food: between Public Policies and Judicial Decisions. Editorial University of Medellin, Pontifical Bolivarian University, 2017.
Fernández Molina, María Victoria and Grijalva Eternod, José Rafael, Access to water as a necessary condition to guarantee the right to food in Restrepo-Yepes, Olga and Molina Saldarriaga, Cesar Augusto (coords.). Right to Food in the Latin American context. Publishing University of Medellin and Pontifical Bolivarian University, 2017.
Fernández Molina, María Victoria and Grijalva Eternod, José Rafael. The Use of Force and Security Policies: A critical look at the participation of the Armed Forces in Mexico, in Mejía Joaquín (comp.) Citizen Security and Public Policies against Violence: Sharing Experiences and Visions. UAH-IUDPAS, 2016.
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. The right to food and its recognition and guarantee in the Mexican legal system on the Right to Food, theoretical and practical approaches for its debate. University of Medellin. 2015.
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. The Importance of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Framework of an Epidemiological Alert. Paper published in the proceedings of the VI World Congress of Bioethics. Gijon. 2011.
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. Biofuels Vs. Food Security. Exclusive Realities? Paper published in the proceedings of the II Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Social Sciences. Flacso Mexico 2010.
Fernández Molina, Mª Victoria, Transgenics, Malnutrition and Market. Challenges for Bioethics, at the World Bioethics Congress, International Society of Bioethics, 2009.
Fernandez Molina, Maria Victoria. Hunger vs. Dignity. Bioethics and the obligation to guarantee Food Safety. Research Center for Peace. Argentina.
Guides
COVID19 Prevention Guide to "the new normality". https://www.anahuac.mx/mexico/EscuelasyFacultades/bioetica/sites/default/files/inline-files/Guia_de_Prevencion_Final.pdf
Guide to Good Practices in Food Handling. From the House to the street food stalls. https://www.anahuac.mx/mexico/EscuelasyFacultades/bioetica/sites/default/files/inline-files/Guia_de_Prevencion_Final.pdf
Guide take care of your food, take care of your environment. https://www.anahuac.mx/mexico/EscuelasyFacultades/bioetica/sites/default/files/inline-files/Guia_huertos_urbanos.pdf
scholarships
Scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. January/June 2010. Study on the genetic contamination of maize varieties in Oaxaca.
Research Fellow of the Sylff Program at the Tokio Foundation 2016-2018
Relevant participation in congresses, meetings and seminars
Participation in the Mexican National Academy of Bioethics. “Bioethics and Human Rights: a guide for public policy on inclusion”. Mexico City, September 24, 2020.
Participation in the XIII Anahuac International Congress of Social Responsibility with the presentation: "The Challenge of food systems in the face of the post-pandemic crisis in Mexico". September 2020.
Participation in the Round Table with the paper “The right to food as a guarantee of sustainable development”. XII Solidarity Week UC3M. February 28, 2018
Culture in the right to food. International Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Mexico City, 2017.
Right to food: a multidisciplinary approach. Postgraduate dissertation in Human Rights and Environmental Education. Autonomous University of Mexico City, December 7, 2016.
Food sovereignty and right to food. Observatory Seminar of Human Rights, University of the Cloister of Sor Juana. November 23, 2016.
The right to food. Its recognition and guarantee in the Mexican legal system. Faculty of Economics of the Autonomous University of Coahuila. March 18, 2014.
The Obligations of the State regarding the Right to Food. Human Rights Commission of the Federal District. Mexico City. May 23, 2012.
The Right to Food and people in situations of vulnerability. Commission of
Human Rights of the Federal District. Mexico City. October 24, 2012.
The right to food in the new Constitution of Coahuila. International Seminar. The Constitutional Reform: The Coahuila Pact. Saltillo. October 15, 2012.
The Right to Food and Human Security. Forum on Human Security “An essential bet”. Human Rights Commission of the Federal District and Azcapotzalco Metropolitan Autonomous University. September 20, 2012.
Indicators of the Right to Food for the Construction and Surveillance of the Nutritional and Food Policy. National Forum for the Construction and Surveillance of the Nutritional and Food Policy. Mexico City June 11, 2012.
The monitoring of the obligations of the State regarding the right to food from the FPH. Workshop on the human right to food: the perspectives of civil society. Parliamentary Front Against Hunger: Mexico Chapter. May 28, 2012.
The right to food from an international perspective. Keynote Conference in the Cycle of Conferences called "Human Rights in the 21st Century" organized by the Coahuila State Human Rights Commission and the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Autonomous University of Coahuila. March 14, 2012
Participation in the Academic Workshop "Regional Diploma on the Right to Food 2012: proposals and curricular design" organized by the ALYCSH(FAO) Initiative in Panama City, November 22 and 23, 2011
Reflections: The Importance of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Framework of an Epidemiological Alert. Communication at the VI World Congress of Bioethics. Gijon. 2011
The right to adequate food in Mexico and the challenge of its guarantee. Speaker at "The Lawyer's Week 2010" at the Ciénaga University Center. Ocotlan. Jalisco.
Biofuels Vs. Food Security. Exclusive Realities? Presentation at the II Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Social Sciences. Flacso Mexico 2010.
Transgenics, Malnutrition and Market. Challenges for Bioethics. Communication at the VI World Congress of Bioethics. Gijon. Spain. 2009.
Participation in the presentation of the magazine "Cuadernos de Literatura Jurídica" Number 3. Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez and the Academic Body of Jurisprudence. Oaxaca, 2009. Text published in the Diario Despertar, Oaxaca, on 12/9/2009.
Languages
ENGLISH. Advanced level.
FRENCH. Intermediate level.
