PSVF Fellow: Silvia Ruiz (J.D. '17)
Silvia will work at Dejusticia in Bogotá, Colombia, where she will be a part of the litigation team. She will work on local and international human rights cases at the local and international level. At HLS, Silvia was a clinical student with the Human Rights Clinic for three semesters, where she worked on a case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding prisoners’ rights in Brazil and on a Torture Victims Protection Act case regarding events in Bolivia in 2003.