Juliana Cesario Alvim Gomes
Professor of Law
julianacesarioalvim@ufmg.br
Supervises doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
ABOUT
Juliana Cesario Alvim Gomes’ primary research areas are human rights and constitutional law, with a focus on themes such as Latin American constitutionalism, gender and sexuality, social mobilization and courts, equality and difference, and strategic litigation for human rights. She is an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and at Central European University (Austria). At UFMG, she coordinates the Human Rights Clinic, supervising undergraduate and graduate students’ activities, including research, advocacy, and strategic litigation at the local, national, and international levels, and co-coordinates the Constitutions Project, on Constitutionalism and Comparative Law. In the past, she taught at UERJ and UFRJ and was a visiting researcher at the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale Law School. She is a member of several national and international research networks and is co-director of the Brazilian Section of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S). Since 2019, she has been part of the team of “Sem Precedentes,” a weekly podcast on the Brazilian Supreme Court and the Brazilian Constitution, which in 2024 received the National Journalism Award of the Judiciary. Juliana has a decade of experience litigating for human rights in national and international courts as a lawyer and legal consultant. Juliana Cesario obtained her doctorate from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Juliana also holds an LL.M. from Yale Law School, a master’s degree from UERJ, and bachelor’s degrees in Law from UERJ and in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
RESEARCH PROJECT
Conducts research and supervises in the project:
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Gender and Sexuality in the Brazilian Supreme Court: Expansion of Rights, Ambivalent Reasoning, and Telling Omissions.
In: Francisca Pou Giménez, Ruth Rubio Marín, Verónica Undurraga Valdés. Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America. Routledge, 2024.
Bridging Past and Future: Transformative Constitutionalism and Directive Constitutions Amidst Authoritarian Challenges.
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee. n. 56, 2023.
They don’t let us speak: Gender, collegiality, and interruptions in deliberations in the Brazilian Supreme Court.
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, v. 1, p. 1-34, 2024.
Constitucionalismo popular e democrático: uma boa ideia em contextos de autoritarismo crescente?
REVISTA DIREITO E PRÁXIS, v. 13, p. 2690-2731, 2022.
Direitos sexuais e reprodutivos ou direitos sexuais e direitos reprodutivos? Dilemas e contradições nos marcos normativos nacionais e internacionais.
REVISTA DIREITO GV (ONLINE), v. 17, p. 1-33, 2021.
Paradoxos do Direito à Igualdade: Discriminação, Diferença e Identidade sob uma Perspectiva Crítica.
Revista Direito Público, v. 18, p. 551-588, 2021.
Cancelas Invisíveis: Embargos Auriculares, Legitimidade Ativa e a Permeabilidade Social Seletiva do Supremo Tribunal Federal.
REVISTA ESTUDOS INSTITUCIONAIS, v. 6, p. 55-82, 2020.
Confidentiality and treatment refusal: conservative shifts on reproductive rights by Brazilian medical boards.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS, v. 1, p. ijgo.13510, 2020.
Nas encruzilhadas: limites e possibilidades do uso do litígio estratégico para o avanço dos direitos humanos e para a transformação social.
REVISTA DIREITO E PRÁXIS, v. 10, p. 389-423, 2019.
Gênero e Comportamento Judicial no Supremo Tribunal Federal: os ministros confiam menos em relatoras mulheres?
Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas, v. 8, p. 855-876, 2018.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Fundamental Rights, Human Rights, Strategic Litigation, Social Mobilization of Law, Gender and Sexuality, Equality and Difference.
LINKS OF INTEREST
Google Scholar | Academia Edu | ORCID
Clínica de Direito Humanos da UFMG | Constituições – Constitucionalismo e Comparativismo
PRODUCTION AND SUPERVISION INDICATORS
MAILING ADDRESS
Faculdade de Direito da UFMG
Avenida João Pinheiro, 100
11º andar do Edifício Villas-Boas
Centro, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-180