Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni
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Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni (born in Buenos Aires
, 1940) is an Argentine
lawyer
. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina.
in Law and Social Sciences from Universidad Nacional del Litoral, awarded in 1964. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He serves as President of the Advisory Committee of the Instituto de Políticas Públicas (Public Policy Institute) and Vice President of the Scientific Committee of the International Association of Penal Law. He has been awarded OEA and Max Planck Stiftung fellowships and won the Stockholm Prize in Criminology
in 2009. He holds honorary degrees from universities in Latin America, Spain, and Italy.
. He represented the Front for a Country in Solidarity
in the assembly that drew up the 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution
. He was a member of the Buenos Aires
Chamber of Representatives in 1997, and Director of the National Institute Against Discrimination during 2000-2001.
Zaffaroni has been called a garantista, a supporter of the individual rights guaranteed in the Constitution of Argentina
. He is close to critical criminology
and has criticized the War on Drugs
.
(1991), and Ecuador
(1992). He has written 25 books, including Manual de Derecho Penal, Tratado de Derecho Penal in five volumes, En busca de las penas perdidas and Estructuras judiciales. He co-authored Derecho Penal: General with Alejandro Slokar and Alejandro Alagia. He has published extensively in scholarly journals.
Buenos Aires
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, 1940) is an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina.
Academic career
Zaffaroni holds a Ph.D.Ph.D.
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in Law and Social Sciences from Universidad Nacional del Litoral, awarded in 1964. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He serves as President of the Advisory Committee of the Instituto de Políticas Públicas (Public Policy Institute) and Vice President of the Scientific Committee of the International Association of Penal Law. He has been awarded OEA and Max Planck Stiftung fellowships and won the Stockholm Prize in Criminology
Stockholm Prize in Criminology
The Stockholm Prize in Criminology is an international prize awarded annually for achievements in research in the field of criminology. The annual prize ceremonies, which began in June 2006, are held in conjunction with the Stockholm Criminology Symposium. Winners are selected by an independent...
in 2009. He holds honorary degrees from universities in Latin America, Spain, and Italy.
Legal career
Zaffaroni served two decades on the Federal Penal Court of Buenos Aires City. Then he was the General Director of the Instituto Latinoamericano de Prevención del Delito, a branch of the United NationsUnited Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. He represented the Front for a Country in Solidarity
Front for a Country in Solidarity
The Front for a Country in Solidarity was a political party in Argentina. It was formed in 1994 out of the Great Front , which had been founded mainly by progressive members of the Peronist Justicialist Party who denounced the policies and the alleged corruption of the Carlos Menem administration;...
in the assembly that drew up the 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution
1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution
The 1994 amendment to the Constitution of Argentina was approved on 22 August by a Constitutional Assembly that met in the twin cities of Santa Fe and Paraná...
. He was a member of the Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
Chamber of Representatives in 1997, and Director of the National Institute Against Discrimination during 2000-2001.
Zaffaroni has been called a garantista, a supporter of the individual rights guaranteed in the Constitution of Argentina
Constitution of Argentina
The constitution of Argentina is one of the primary sources of existing law in Argentina. Its first version was written in 1853 by a Constitutional Assembly gathered in Santa Fe, and the doctrinal basis was taken in part from the United States Constitution...
. He is close to critical criminology
Critical criminology
Critical criminology is a theoretical perspective in criminology which takes a conflict perspective, such as marxism, feminism, political economy theory or critical theory. The focus of critical criminology is the genesis of crime and nature of ‘justice’ within a structure of class and status...
and has criticized the War on Drugs
War on Drugs
The War on Drugs is a campaign of prohibition and foreign military aid and military intervention being undertaken by the United States government, with the assistance of participating countries, intended to both define and reduce the illegal drug trade...
.
Writings
Zaffaroni has drafted penal legislation for Argentina (1991), Costa RicaCosta Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
(1991), and Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
(1992). He has written 25 books, including Manual de Derecho Penal, Tratado de Derecho Penal in five volumes, En busca de las penas perdidas and Estructuras judiciales. He co-authored Derecho Penal: General with Alejandro Slokar and Alejandro Alagia. He has published extensively in scholarly journals.