Angel Cabrera-Silva
Angel Cabrera-Silva
Legal Scholar, Activist, Clinician
I am an SJD candidate at Harvard Law School and expert in international human rights law. I conduct qualitative research on social movements, and am especially interested in excavating the creative uses of human rights at the grassroots. I specialize on indigenous rights and the Inter-American Human Rights System. My work has appeared (or is forthcoming) in the Harvard Human Rights Journal, Harvard Int'l Law Journal and the Mexican Law Review. Currently, I am working on a dissertation about the right of indigenous peoples to self-government and financial autonomy in Mexico.
I am also passionate about clinical legal education. I have worked as a Clinical instructor at Boston University School of Law and designed the academic curriculum at the International Human Rights Clinic of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. I also collaborate frequently with Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic.
Besides academia and teaching, I represent indigenous communities through "Emancipaciones Lawyer's Collective" and occasionally collaborate with other civil society organizations. I also run the "Huellas del Autogobierno" blog.
