Ariel E. Dulitzky
- Clinical Professor
- Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Ariel Dulitzky is a professor of law, director of the Latin America Initiative at Texas Law, and formerly the director of the Human Rights Clinic. An expert in the inter-American human rights system, he has served on the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and as Assistant Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Professor Dulitzky is an honors graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, with an LLM from Harvard Law School. His research and publications focus on human rights, racial discrimination, and the rule of law in Latin America, sports and human rights and Judaism and human rights.
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Presentation of the new book Enforced Disappearances: On Universal Responses to a Worldwide Phenomenon
Ariel Dulitzky is a Clinical Professor, Director of the Human Rights Clinic and Director of the Latin America Initiative. He is also an affiliated faculty member of several interdisciplinary centers at the University of Texas, including the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. Professor Dulitzky is widely regarded as a leading expert on the inter-American human rights system, with decades of experience as a scholar, practitioner, and international human rights advocate.
In 2010, Professor Dulitzky was appointed to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, one of the UN’s core special procedures addressing grave human rights violations worldwide. He was elected Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group from 2013 to 2015, a role in which he provided global leadership on issues related to enforced disappearance, state accountability, and victims’ rights. Prior to joining the University of Texas, he served as Assistant Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), one of the principal human rights bodies of the Organization of American States, where he played a central role in advancing regional human rights standards and mechanisms.
Professor Dulitzky is an honors graduate of the University of Buenos Aires School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Law Review. He received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School in 1999 and was an editor of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. Early in his career, he served as a law clerk for a Federal Circuit Court in Argentina, grounding his academic work in practical judicial experience.
A native of Argentina, Professor Dulitzky has devoted his professional life to the promotion and protection of human rights through both scholarly research and legal practice. His expertise is rooted in sustained, hands-on engagement with human rights advocacy, particularly in the Americas and in international litigation. He has directed or participated in the litigation of more than 100 cases before the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, representing victims of serious human rights violations and contributing to landmark jurisprudence.
Professor Dulitzky’s scholarly work spans a wide range of topics, including international and inter-American human rights law, enforced disappearances, sports and human rights, Judaism and human rights, racial discrimination, Afro-descendant and Indigenous collective rights, and the rule of law in Latin America. He has taught at leading academic institutions in the United States and abroad, including the University of Buenos Aires, Tulane University, Tel Aviv University, and the Washington College of Law at American University.
In recognition of his distinguished career, Professor Dulitzky received the Gary Bellow Public Service Award from Harvard Law School in 2007. He is a member of the International Human Rights Committee of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. His advisory work includes assisting in the creation of the IACHR’s Special Rapporteurship on the Rights of Afro-Descendants, contributing to Amnesty International’s Fair Trial Manual, and serving on the advisory panel for the revision of the UN Manual on the Prevention and Investigation of Extralegal, Arbitrary, and Summary Executions.
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Mecanismos formales e informales para el reconocimiento de nuevos derechos y la disfuncionalidad del sistema interamericano de derechos humanos
Ariel E. Dulitzky, Karina G. Carpintero. “Mecanismos formales e informales para el reconocimiento de nuevos derechos y la disfuncionalidad del sistema interamericano de derechos humanos.” In 20 Iuris Dictio, Page 19 (December 2017). View online. -
Book Chapter
Enforced Disappearances: Latin America's Contributions
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Enforced Disappearances: Latin America's Contributions” In Mélanges en l’honneur du Professeur Emmanuel Decaux Réciprocité et universalité - Sources et régimes du droit international des droits de l'homme, Page 337 ( November 20, 2017). -
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Presentation of the book "Derechos Humanos en Latinoamérica y el Sistema Interamericano. Modelos para (des)armar”
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Presentation of the book "Derechos Humanos en Latinoamérica y el Sistema Interamericano. Modelos para (des)armar”” at Universidad Iberoamericano de la Ciudad de México, School of Law, Mexico City (November 7, 2017). -
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Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Invited Speaker” at Senate of the Republic of Mexico, Commission on Human Rights (November 6, 2017). -
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Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Interviewee” at CNN Español (October 25, 2017). View online. -
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Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Interviewee” at Americas Program: A new world of action and communication for social change (October 10, 2017). View online. -
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Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Presentation” at Tlachinollan Centro de Derechos Humanos de La Montaña in Guerrero, Mexico (August 8, 2017). -
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Desapariciones Forzadas: Las Contribuciones de América Latina y de José Zalaquett
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Desapariciones Forzadas: Las Contribuciones de América Latina y de José Zalaquett.” (2017). View online. -
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Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Interviewee” at CNN Español (July 1, 2017). View online. -
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Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Presenter” at Mexico City (June 21, 2017). View online. -
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Presentation: “Ariel Dulitzky: Reflexiones sobre su experiencia en contra de las desapariciones forzadas”
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Presentation: “Ariel Dulitzky: Reflexiones sobre su experiencia en contra de las desapariciones forzadas”” at Museum of Memory and Tolerance, Mexico City (June 21, 2017). View online. -
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Chair of Panel Discussion
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Chair of Panel Discussion” at Mexico City (June 21, 2017). -
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Amazon Network of Human Rights Clinics: Organizing Committee Member, Panelist, Coordinator, Speaker
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Amazon Network of Human Rights Clinics: Organizing Committee Member, Panelist, Coordinator, Speaker” at University of Brasília School of Law (June 6-8, 2017). -
Book
Derechos humanos en Latinoamérica y el Sistema Interamericano, Modelos para (des)armar
Ariel E. Dulitzky. Derechos humanos en Latinoamérica y el Sistema Interamericano, Modelos para (des)armar ( Instituto de Estudios Constitucionales del Estado de Querétaro, June 2017). View online. -
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Moderator: Domestic courts and International bodies in the fight against impunity
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Moderator: Domestic courts and International bodies in the fight against impunity” at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C. (May 19, 2017). View online. -
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Interviewee
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Interviewee” at Texas Public Radio, "The Source," Austin, Texas (May 15, 2017). View online. -
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Provided briefing on conditions in TDCJ death row confinement
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Provided briefing on conditions in TDCJ death row confinement” at Texas Capitol (May 4, 2017). -
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Workshop Chair, Session Organizer, and Panel Discussant
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Workshop Chair, Session Organizer, and Panel Discussant” at XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association in Lima, Peru (April 29-May 1, 2017). View online. -
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Invited commentator
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Invited commentator” at Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos, Lima, Peru (April 28, 2017). -
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Interviewee
Ariel E. Dulitzky. “Interviewee” at Texas Standard (April 26, 2017). View online.
spring 2027
- Business and Human Rights Law
- Latin American Law