Manuel Vergara
Professor
Department of Law
IE University
Spain
Biography
Manuel M Vergara Céspedes earned his law degree and diploma in business studies at Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE (Madrid). He is currently the Director of the Legal Department of International Foundation Baltasar Garzón (FIBGAR). Previously he worked as a consultant at the Rule of Law Unit of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Right (UNOHCHR) in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and for the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Jakarta (Indonesia). He has also worked s a lawyer at Martínez-Echavarría Law Firm in Istanbul and Bodrum (Turkey). He has also collaborated with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda both in Arusha (Tanzania) and Kigali (Rwanda). Previously he conducted research and assisted diplomats at the Political Section of the Embassy of Spain in Washington D.C. and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the UN in New York. He has conducted extensive research on Comparative (Criminal, Labour and Procedural) Law. He complemented his academic background with courses and programs in Georgetown University, The Hague Academy of International Law and the US Institute for Peace.
Research Interest
Law
