Oscar Vieira

Dean of the School of Law at São Paulo of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV Direito SP)

Oscar Vilhena Vieira teaches Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Law and Development. He has a B.A. in law from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo, a LL.M. from Columbia University in New York, a M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of São Paulo, and made his post-doctoral studies at the Centre for Brazilian Studies – St. Antonies College, at Oxford University. He served as state attorney for São Paulo, was executive secretary of the United Nations Latin American Institute in Brazil, executive secretary of the Teotonio Vilela Commission for Human Rights, legal adviser for the Center for the Studies of Violence of the University of São Paulo. He also was founding member of Conectas Human Rights, Pro Bono Institute and former president of Law Schools Global League (LSGL). He has being member of several civil society organizations, including Open Society Foundation – Human Rights board, and Arns Comission for Human Rights (founding member), created to monitor grave human rights abuses in Brazil. Oscar Vilhena Vieira has written several books and academic articles on constitutional law, human rights, law and development, and among his most recent publications are: “Direitos Fundamentais – uma leitura da jurisprudência do STF”, “Direitos Humanos e Vida Cotidiana” and “A Batalha dos Poderes”. Besides, he is columnist at one of the most important newspaper in Brazil – the Folha de São Paulo; and active pro bono lawyer in several human rights cases at the Brazilian Supreme Court.