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This book reflects on the relationship between Chile and the Inter-American Human Rights System, focusing on an interdisciplinary and detailed examination of the consequences of recent cases decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights against the Chilean state. These cases illustrate central challenges in the areas of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex rights, as well as shedding light on torture and indigenous rights in Chile and the Americas as a whole.

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Karinna Fernandez holds a law degree from the Valparaíso University, a Master’s in International Public Law from the University of Chile and a LLM in International Human Rights at the University of Essex. She has wide ranging experience in litigating human rights cases at the national and international level. She has served as an advisor on matters of international penal cooperation and extradition to Chile’s Public Prosecutor’s Office and as a legal advisor to the Interior Ministry. She is also an Associate Fellow of UCL’s Institute of the Americas. Sebastian Smart holds a law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a Master’s in Human Rights from University College London (UCL) and is currently pursuing a MPhil/PhD at UCL. He also holds a Diploma in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Henry Dunant Institute) and Territorial Development (Universidad Alberto Hurtado). He has worked for the NGO TECHO both in Chile and Haiti. He has also worked as consultant for different international organisations and NGOs such as the IDB, the permanent Mission of Chile at the United Nations and the law firm Deighton, Pierce & Glynn.

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