María López Belloso

María López Belloso

Researcher

University of Deusto

Biography

María López (PhD) is a lecturer and researcher at the Social and Human Sciences Faculty at the University of Deusto, qualified as a Private University Professor and Associate Professor by Unibasq and with a six-year research period. She holds a degree in Law from the University of Deusto, MA in Humanitarian Action (NOHA) and a PhD in Human Rights earned at the same University. Her thesis on Truth, justice and reparation processes for victims of forced disappearance in Western Sahara received the Brunet Prize in 2017. Her professional career has been linked to teaching and research. She lectures at the Social and Human Sciences Faculty at the University of Deusto and coordinates the Cluster of Human Rights and New Technologies in the European Master in Human Rights and Democratization and in the module on Legal Analytics in the Master of Laws in International Legal. Her research is especially focused on the interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to human rights violations and gender equality. She has participated in several international research projects such as H2020 Gearing Roles, RESISTIRE or Socio Bee.

Interests
  • Human Rights
  • Transitional Justice
  • Gender Equality
  • New Technologies
Education

  • PhD on Human Rights Ethical, Social and Political Challenges., 2017

    University of Deusto

  • Diploma of Advanced Studies on International Public Law and International Relations, 2007

    UPV-EHU

  • Master’s Programme in International Humanitarian Action (NOHA), 2004

    University of Deusto

  • Bachelor in Law, 2002

    University of Deusto

Skills

Human Rights

90%

Gender Equality

100%

New Technologies

10%

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
EMA Master on Human Rights
University of Venezia
Jan 2019 – Present Italy
  • Coordination of the Cluster on Human Rights and New Technologies
  • Module on Human Right to Health and New Technologies
 
 
 
 
 
Public International Law
University of Deusto
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Bilbao
Social and Human Sciences Faculty.
 
 
 
 
 
On Line Master on Strategies, agents and cooperation for development policies
Public Institutions and NGOS in Cooperation for Development
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Bilbao
Social and Human Sciences Faculty.
 
 
 
 
 
Public International Law Lecturer
UPV-EHU
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Bilbao
Social and Human Sciences Faculty.
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Law Lecturer
UPV-EHU
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Bilbao
Social and Human Sciences Faculty.

Projects

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RESISTIRE
RESISTIRÉ (Responding to outbreaks through co-creative inclusive equality strategies and collaboration) is an EU-funded project that aims to reduce gendered inequalities caused by policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. For two years starting in April 2021, ten European partners and a wider network of national researchers will collect, analyse, and translate extensive data into a new research agenda, advocacy, policy recommendations, and innovative pilot actions to foster a fairer recovery.
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VOICES
VOICES is a COST Action that aims to increase the visibility of inequalities faced by Young Researchers and Innovators (YRIs) from a gender perspective, and to promote a sustainable dialogue between YRIs and stakeholders in the research ecosystem at the systemic level (European & national policy-makers) and at the institutional level (senior researchers, academic managers) by creating a community of gender equality practitioners composed of various stakeholders (YRIs, independent researchers, academic managers, organizations) across Europe.
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Socio-Bee
SOCIO-BEE proposes that community engagement and social innovation combined with Citizen Science (CS) through emerging technologies and playful interaction can bridge the gap between: 1. the capacity of communities to adopt more sustainable behaviours, breaking the cognitive myopia, 2. between the citizen intentions and the real behaviour to act in favour of the environment (in this project, to reduce air pollution). Furthermore, community engagement can raise other citizens’ awareness of climate change and their own responses to it, through experimentation, better monitoring, and observation of the environment.
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GEARING Roles
Gender Equality Actions in Research Institutions to traNsform Gender ROLES (GEARING-Roles) is a strong multidisciplinary consortium of 10 European academic and non-academic partners that will design, implement, and evaluate 6 Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) following the steps described in the GEAR tool (define, plan, act and check) with the firm objective of challenging and transforming gender roles and identities linked to professional careers, and work towards real institutional change.
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Recent & Upcoming Talks

Mar 12, 2021 12:00 AM
Enforced Disappearances in the context of the Western Sahara Conflict
Enforced Disappearances in the context of the Western Sahara Conflict

For the return of our Webinar series, and to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we are receiving María López Belloso. The crime of enforced disappearance has been linked to the Sahrawi issue since its inception. It has been used as a repression tool by the occupying power, Morocco, to try to eliminate the Saharawi identity and the support to the Polisario Front. This presentation will address the magnitude of enforced disappearances in the context of the Sahrawi conflict based on the data provided by the IER (Equity and Reconciliation Committee) and the direct testimonies from the victims.
Nov 11, 2020 3:00 PM
Checklist for Gender Mainstreaming Law Schools' Curricula
Checklist for Gender Mainstreaming Law Schools' Curricula

In the framework of the European Union and Council of Europe joint programme Partnership for Good Governance II under the regional project on Women’s Access to Justice: Delivering on the Istanbul Convention and other European gender equality standards, the Council of Europe is organising the launching webinar of the Checklist on Gender Mainstreaming Law Schools’ Curricula and its interactive online tool. Through a series of interactive online presentations, the event aims:

  • to raise awareness on why gender mainstreaming reinforces access to justice for women - to introduce participants to challenges and good practices on gender mainstreaming in universities. - The event is targeting senior management from Faculties of Law in the Eastern Partnership region as well as other relevant stakeholders from Universities around Europe, with a focus on Law Schools.
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Nov 11, 2020 3:00 PM
Seminario internacional "20 años de la Reforma Procesal Penal en Chile"
Seminario internacional "20 años de la Reforma Procesal Penal en Chile"

Proceso Penal e Inteligencia Artificial
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Oct 7, 2020 4:00 PM
“Sesgos en la tecnología desde una perspectiva interseccional”
“Sesgos en la tecnología desde una perspectiva interseccional”

Sesgos en la tecnología desde una perspectiva interseccional
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Featured Publications

Marı́a López Belloso
January 2020 Deusto Journal of Human Rights
Kasey McCall-Smith, Jan Wouters and Felipe Gómez Isa (eds). 2019. The Faces of Human Rights, Oxford: Hart Publishing. 356 p.
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María López Belloso, Borja Sanz
January 2019 Retos Emergentes de los Derechos Humanos: ¿Garantías en Peligro?Garro Carrera, Enara; Landa Gorostiza, Jon-Mirena
Hic sunt dracones: derechos humanos y big data: análisis de una colaboración inexplorada

Esta obra aglutina contribuciones de un conjunto de expertos de primer nivel que disertan sobre …
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Recent Publications

Dolores Morondo, María López Belloso, Leire Gartzia, Pilar Rodríguez, María Silvestre (2022). Herramientas y actores para combatir las resistencias institucionales a la implementación de los planes de igualdad. El Caso de la Universidad de Deusto.

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María López Belloso, Agostina Allori, Dolores Morondo, Lut Mergaert, Lorena Fernández (2022). Humorarium. Propuesta de utilización del humor feminista para contrarrestar las resistencias a la igualdad de género. XV Congreso de Ciencia Política y de la Administración.

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María López Belloso (2022). Rethinking digitalization technologies through feminist approaches (Panel chair).

María López Belloso, Borja Sanz Urquijo (2022). Law and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: From Principles to Practice and Policy.

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María López Belloso, David Fernandez Rojo, Felipe Gómez Isa (2021). La transversalización de la perspectiva de género en las asignaturas de Derecho Internacional Público. La experiencia de la Universidad de Deusto y del Proyecto GEARING Roles.. Innovación docente y renovación pedagógica en las disciplinas de Derecho internacional (público/privado) y Relaciones Internacionales.

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Social Impact

López Belloso, María
Jun 12, 2022
Claves para entender la decisión de España sobre el Sáhara: ¿qué y quién está detrás?

Artículo publicado en The Conversation
The Conversation
María López Belloso y Ander Gutierrez Solana
Jun 12, 2022
En el conflicto con España, Argelia tiene el derecho internacional de su parte

Artículo publicado en The Conversation
The Conversation
López Belloso, María
Mar 26, 2022
Entrevista La razón: Sáhara: sembrado de renovables iluminaría todo el Magreb

Entrevista en Noticias de Gipuzkoa
La Razón
López Belloso, María
Mar 26, 2022
Entrevista Noticias de Guipuzkoa: "La juventud ha sido un colectivo muy castigado por la opinión pública durante la pandemia"

Entrevista en Noticias de Gipuzkoa
The Conversation
Jan 26, 2021 9:00 AM
Dance your PhD: Truth, Justice and Reparation processes to Sahrawi victims of enforced disappearance
Dance your PhD: Truth, Justice and Reparation processes to Sahrawi victims of enforced disappearance

Dance your PhD is a initiative to promote the innovative scientific knowledge transfer through dance. In this video, we have use choreograpy a powerful social tool where dancers embody critical human rights uses and provide movement to the victims claims.Dance is able to coexist during hardships and violence, a way to connect individuals with people suffering and feelings. We have used movement to portray inequities and as an instrument to reveal the process of truth, justice, and reconciliation for sahrawi victims. The thesis (https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handl…​), that recived the Brunet Award in 2017, delves into the answer provided by the IER to Sahrawi victims.

The curtain behind which the dissapeared dance, that is made with Melhfas (traditional women dresses), represents the silence and opposition that surrounds human rights violations in Western Sahara.

Recorded in January 2021 following all the security measures related to covid-19.

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