CURRICULUM VITAE
Jose Luis Valdes Rivera
Professional activity
Current
From February 2019 to date.- Researcher at the Center for Human Rights Education of the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights.
Previous
From January 2017 to January 2019.- Director of the crime area of the State Executive Commission for Attention to Victims of Coahuila.
From April 2015 to December 2016.- Legal Advisor of the State Executive Commission for Attention to Victims of Coahuila.
From September 2013 to March 2015.- Legal assistant in the criminal area of the State Institute of Public Defender of Coahuila.
Academic training
Doctoral student
Since November 2019 doctoral student at the Università degli Studi di Palermo in Italy, within the Human Rights doctoral program.
master's degree
October 6, 2017.- Presentation of the thesis exam "The coexistence of guidelines contained in the national code of criminal procedures and in the criminal code of Coahuila to individualize the prison sentence" within the master's program in law of the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Autonomous University of Coahuila.
October 1, 2017.- Master in oral litigation by the California Western School of Law with the honorable mention "magna cum laude".
Specialty: April 11, 2016.- Presentation of the exam of the "Specialty in rights of disappeared persons and their families" of the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Autonomous University of Coahuila.
Bachelor's degree
November 2013.- Professional degree in law from the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Autonomous University of Coahuila.
courses
January 14 and 15, 2017.- 12-hour training for academic advisors and captains in preparation for the Second National Competition for Oral Trial and Preliminary Hearings, in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, given by ACCESO Capacitación and the California Western School of Law.
February 12 to 16, 2016.- 36-hour course in "Litigation Skills" by the California Western School of Law, in San Diego, California.
January 9 and 10, 2016.- 13-hour training for academic advisors and captains in preparation for the Second National Competition for Oral Trial and Preliminary Hearings, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, given by ACCESO Capacitación and the California Western School of Law.
September 7 to 11, 2015.- "Specialized course for legal counsel with a focus on Attention to People in a Victim Situation" with a duration of 40 hours, in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, taught by USAID and the Technical Secretariat of the Coordination Council for the implementation of the Criminal Justice System.
January 18, 2015.- 8-hour training for academic advisors in preparation for the First National Competition for Oral Trial and Preliminary Hearings, in Mexico City, given by ACCESO training and the California Western School of Law.
July 14 to August 1, 2014.- training in the workshop "Awareness and training for public defenders" of the New Criminal Justice System in Coahuila, with a duration of 120 hours, by the Executive and Judicial Power of the State of Coahuila , in Saltillo, Coahuila.
Acknowledgments and Awards
Acknowledgments
June 2, 2018.- For having managed to take a team to the National Phase of the National Oral Trial Competition and Preliminary Hearings, granted by ACCESO Capacitación and the California Western School of Law on more than one occasion.
September 29, 2014.- For having obtained the third place in the examination of candidates for public defender of the state of Coahuila, the foregoing based on the agreement of the Council of the Judiciary of the Judicial Power of Coahuila C-194/2014.
Awards
April 26, 2015.- For having obtained the Second National Place as academic advisor to the team from the Autonomous University of Coahuila that participated in the First National Contest for Oral Trial and Preliminary Hearings organized in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, by ACCESO Training and the California Western School of Law.
June 13, 2013.- For having obtained the First National Place as a participating student in the First National University Contest "CONATRIB" of Oral litigation: Accusatory Criminal System. Held in the state of Durango and organized by the National Commission of Superior Courts of Justice of the United Mexican States.
Main Publications
Chapters of books
Estrada Marún, José Antonio, Valdés Rivera, José Luis, and Zamora Valadez, Carlos (2020): "The participation of the victim in the criminal process: the right to appeal the ruling", in The rights of victims in the Inter-American System Protection of Human Rights. On comprehensive reparation of damage, UNAM, UABC, Mexico (In press).
Díaz Rendón, Sergio and Valdés Rivera, José Luis (2020): “The violation of
right to privacy from hidden video surveillance” in , Ríos Vega, Luis Efrén and Spigno, Irene (dirs.), Tirant lo blanch, México, 167-191.
Valdés Rivera, José Luis (2020): "The crime of disappearance of persons, its application and difference with other criminal types" in The rights of disappeared persons and their families. An agent in debate, Ríos Vega, Luis Efrén y Spigno, Irene (dirs.), Tirant lo blanch, México, 129-153.
Valdés, José and Zamora, Carlos (2017): "Innocent project, teaching of the accusatory penal system through legal clinics" in Proceedings of the CEEAD Congress on Legal Education 2016, Escamilla Cerón, Sandra and Rivera Villegas, Hedilberto (coords.) , CEEAD, Mexico, 97 – 102. Available at: https://congresoceead.mx/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/assets/pdfs/171207_Memorias_CC16.pdf
newspaper columns
1. “The Importance of Disagreement.” February 7, 2021, in Vanguardia, available at: https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/la-importancia-del-desacuerdo.
2. “Criminal system and fundamental rights”. January 26, 2020, in Vanguardia, available at: https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/sistema-penal-y-derechos-fundamentales.
3. “Convict the innocent or acquit the guilty?” April 20, 2019, in Vanguardia, available at: https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/condenar-inocentes-o-absolver-culpables.
Jurisprudential comments
1. Valdés Rivera, José Luis (2019): "The investigation and search in cases of forced disappearance: comments on the case of Alvarado Espinoza and others vs. Mexico of the Inter-American Court" in Revista Akademía, Ríos Vega, Luis Efrén and Spigno, Irene (dir.) vol. II. No. 1, 239-255.
teaching
classes taught
May 19 and 20, 2021.- Teaching of the module "Vulnerable groups" within unit 8 "Rights of victims of forced disappearance and their families", in the Master's Degree in Human Rights with International and Comparative Perspective, offered by the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights.
From November 16 to 21, 2020.- Teaching the class on universal justice in the Master's Degree in Advanced Studies offered by the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights of the UAdeC.
From December 2018 to January 2019.- Teaching the class of "Criminal Procedural Law" within the master's program in oral litigation offered by the Instituto Universitario del Norte in Monclova, Coahuila
December 2018.- Teaching of the "National Regulations" module in the "Specialty in Rights and Guarantees of Disappeared Persons and their Families" offered by the Postgraduate and Training Center of the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights in Saltillo, Coahuila.
December 1, 2017.- Teaching the module "The rights of the disappeared persons and their relatives" within the "Diploma in Rights of the Disappeared Persons and their relatives" offered by the Postgraduate and Training Center of the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights .
courses
April 22 and 23, 2021.- Participation as a teacher in the "Specialization Course on Labor Justice Reform" with the subject "Adequate Defense", taught by the Federal School of Judicial Training, with a duration of 10 hours.
September 9, 2020.- Participation as a teacher in the virtual course "Training on Comprehensive Reparation for the staff of the Human Rights Commission of the State of Coahuila de Zaragoza", taught by the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights, with a duration of of 9 hours.
June 11 to October 5, 2018.- Participation as a speaker in the training on "Human Rights" to elements of the Municipal Police Academy in Saltillo, Coahuila. Provided by the Postgraduate and Training Center of the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights.
Thesis direction
Thesis tutor to obtain a specialist degree in the Specialty in Right to Information, Oversight and Fight against Corruption, of the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights.
academic courts
May 26, 2021.- Participation as synodal in the degree exam of the specialty in Rights and Guarantees of Victims of Disappearance, offered by the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights.
December 3, 2019.- Participation as synodal in the degree exam of the specialty in Rights and Guarantees of Victims of Disappearance, offered by the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights.
Congresses, Conferences and Seminars
October 17, 2017.- I participated as a speaker in the "Magisterial Conference on Accusatory Criminal Law", in the Facilities of the House of Legal Culture, in Saltillo, Coahuila.
August 2020 to July 2021.- Academic coordination of the Workshop "Judging with a human rights perspective-criminal section". Organized by the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights and the Judicial Branch of Coahuila.
Participación en medios
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10 septiembre 2022. “La prisión preventiva oficiosa”, José Luis Valdés Rivera en programa de televisión “cambios” de multimedios Saltillo. https://fb.watch/fsFFB-QZJS/
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27 agosto 2022. “¿Por qué se retoma la jurisprudencia de la Corte IDH para analizar la prisión preventiva oficiosa?, José Luis Valdés Rivera en programa de radio “en contexto” de la 101.1 de Hermosillo, Sonora. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjbuGPW1eyw
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3 noviembre 2021. “Diálogo sobre seguridad y justicia en Coahuila”, José Luis Valdés Rivera, en la mesa de diálogo con titulares de diferentes poderes en Coahuila organizada por México Evalúa.
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(1:35:18 – 1:49:32)
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31 octubre 2022. “Hallazgos desde lo local 2021. “Seguimiento y evaluación del sistema de justicia penal en Coahuila”, José Luis Valdés Rivera, en la mesa de diálogo con titulares de diferentes poderes en Coahuila organizada por México Evalúa.
Talleres académicos
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Coordinador del “Taller juzgar con perspectiva de derechos humanos”, organizado por la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Poder Judicial de Coahuila y la Academia Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.
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Coordinador del club de debate y argumentación dirigido a estudiantes de la licenciatura en derecho con perspectiva de derechos humanos de la Academia Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.
Investigation groups
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December 2018 to May 2019.- Member of the human rights working group of the Center for Studies on the Teaching and Learning of Law, AC (CEEAD), which was in charge of preparing the Human Rights Guidelines for the evaluation and training of the operators of the Criminal Justice System in Mexico.
Areas of interest
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, Theory of crime, Probative reasoning
and Human Rights
Languages
Intermediate English
Italian, intermediate
