Alba González Rolón
Lawyer, Corte Suprema de Justicia Paraguay
Co-founder, Centre for the Study of Liberty and Authoritarianism
Luiz work has focused on criminal justice reform and drug-related overincarceration, and the legal implications of drug policy and development issues on urban settings. He holds an MSc and PhD in criminal law at the University of São Paulo, and is an associate researcher at the LSE International Drug Policy Unit.
In 2019, he co-founded the Centre for the Study of Liberty and Authoritarianism (LAUT), to observe and monitor the manifestation of authoritarianism in Brazil by generating and sharing knowledge on the quality of rule of law and democracy. He is also a member at the Brazilian Institute for Criminal Sciences and at the Prison Policy Lab (University of Brasília), and a regular contributor for the Institute for Crime and Policy Research at Birkbeck, University of London.
Luiz has held senior positions in the Executive and Judiciary branches in Brazil, such as head of the Secretariat for Drug Policy at the Ministry of Justice, Chief Advisor to the President of the Federal Supreme Court, Chief of Staff at the Secretariat for Human Rights at the São Paulo City Hall, and member of the National Council for Criminal and Penitentiary Policy.
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