Antonia Rivas Palma (born 1 March 1982) is a Chilean lawyer, anthropologist and university academic, affiliated with the political party Social Convergence (CS). She was a member of the Expert Commission created to draft a preliminary constitutional text during the 2023 Chilean constitutional process.
Antonia Rivas | |
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| Expert Commissioner for the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 23 January 2023 – 7 November 2023 | |
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| Born | 1 March 1982 |
| Party | Social Convergence |
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| Occupation | Academic |
| Profession | Lawyer Anthropologist |
Biography
editEarly life and education
editShe was born in Santiago in 1982. She studied law at Diego Portales University, obtaining her bachelor’s degree and later qualifying as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Chile.[1]
In 2017 she earned a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley with the thesis Ono Tupuna, the richness of the ancestors. Multiple Landscapes Relationalities in Contemporary Indigenous Rapa Nui.[1][2]
Professional career
editSince 2016 she has worked as a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, specializing in legal anthropology and indigenous peoples’ rights.[1]
She was an advisor to the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2021–2022), collaborating with former constituent Tiare Aguilera Hey, representative of Rapa Nui.[3]
In June 2022, she was appointed Head of the Research and Coordination Unit at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Chile).[1]
On 23 January 2023, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile confirmed her nomination, sponsored by Social Convergence, as a member of the Expert Commission for the 2023 Chilean constitutional process.[3]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Antonia Rivas Palma". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ↑ "Ono Tupuna, the richness of the ancestors. Multiple Landscapes Relationalities in Contemporary Indigenous Rapa Nui" (PDF). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- 1 2 "Comisión estará encargada de redactar el anteproyecto de nueva Constitución". El Mercurio. Retrieved 7 March 2023.