Provisional PhD Thesis Title: Migrant Deportations in Latin America. Between a Rights-based Approach and State Opacity.
Supervisor : Vincent Chetail
Expected Completion Date : 2027
Ignacio Odriozola is a PhD researcher specialising in International Law. He holds a law degree oriented to International Law from the University of Buenos Aires and a master's degree in Migration and Mobility Studies from the University of Bristol. Ignacio has worked as a legal officer at the Migrant’s Commission within the National Public Defenders Office in Buenos Aires and as a human rights consultant at the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in Washington DC. He has provided expert opinion to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and different national and regional institutions on issues related to human mobility. His research interests encompass international migration, refugee law, statelessness, nationality law, human rights, and the link between human displacement induced by climate change, with a particular focus on Latin America.