Ricardo Díaz-Alarcón
LL.M., Harvard Law School (2023)
LL.B. cum laude, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (2020)
B.A. cum laude in Literature, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (2017)
Overview
Ricardo Díaz-Alarcón is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto. His research interests are in animal law, comparative law, and legal theory, particularly the ways in which animal law intersects with the rights of nature and Indigenous legal orders.
Before joining the University of Toronto, Ricardo was awarded a Public Interest Fellowship from Harvard Law School to work at Animal Outlook, and has since served as a Legal Fellow at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Prior to that, he worked for two years as a legal and policy adviser for the city council in Bogotá, where he worked on legal reforms related to the use of animals.
Areas of Interest
- Animal Law
- Comparative Law
- Constitutional Law & Theory
- Legal Theory
Selected Publications
Andrea Padilla Villarraga and Ricardo Díaz-Alarcón, "Colombia", in The Oxford Handbook of Global Animal Law, eds. Anne Peters, Kristen Stilt, and Saskia Stucki. Oxford University Press. (Forthcoming).
Ricardo Díaz-Alarcón, “Narrating War: Odysseus’ Lies and Weeping as a Means to Resist Oblivion”, in To Ithaca from Guaviare: A Voyage to the Colombian Post-Conflict from Homer’s Poems [“Narrar la guerra: el llanto y la mentira de Odiseo como formas de resistir el olvido”, en A Ítaca desde el Guaviare: viaje al post-conflicto colombiano desde los poemas de Homero], ed. Rodrigo Verano. Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes, 2019.
Ricardo Díaz-Alarcón, “Thirty Years of a Constitution Without Animals: Why and How to Solve It?” [Treinta años de una Constitución sin animales: ¿por qué y cómo remediarlo?], El Espectador, 2021.
Selected Honours and Awards
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Award
Connaught International Scholarship for Doctoral Students
JD Hadley Family Foundation Doctoral Award
Harvard Law School's Public Service Venture Fund Fellowship