Stella Maris Martínez is the Chief Public Defender (Public Defender’s Office of Argentina) since July 2006. Official Public Defender before the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación), from 2001 to 2006. PhD in Law from the University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca), Spain. Lawyer and graduate in Criminology from the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires). She was director of the Master’s Program in Criminology at the National University of Lomas de Zamora (Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora) and Professor of graduation and post-graduation at the University of Buenos Aires (Universidad de Buenos Aires), National University of Lomas de Zamora (Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora), University of Belgrano (Universidad de Belgrano) and University of the Argentine Social Museum (Universidad del Museo Social Argentino). She is the author of numerous articles on Bioethics (topic on which her doctoral thesis was based, published under the title “Manipulación genética y Derecho Penal”, Editorial Universidad). Former General Secretary of the Inter-American Association of Public Defenders (Asociación Interamericana de Defensorías Públicas – AIDEF). General Coordinator of the Bloque de Defensores Públicos Oficiales del MERCOSUR (BLODEPM) and Nacional Coordinator of the Reunión Especializada de Defensores Públicos Oficiales del MERCOSUR (REDPO). General Secretary of the Federal Council of Defenders and General Advisors of the Argentine Republic (Consejo Federal de Defensores y Asesores Generales de la República Argentina). She was part of the Committee of the “Reglas de Brasilia sobre Acceso a la Justicia de las Personas en Condiciones de Vulnerabilidad” of the Cumbre Judicial Iberoamericana. She has given numerous lectures both locally and internationally.
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