About me
Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Buenos Aires UBA, LLM Master in International Law at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2019 and 2023 graduate of the Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands, Fellow of the United Nations International Law Program 2023 and attorney at the Universidad de San Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia. Her expertise includes international law, human rights, international politics, and critical peace studies.
Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), a visiting professor in ITESO and Ibero Puebla, Mexico, a consultant in international law and human rights, Dean for the Degree in International Relations at PUCE between 2015 and 2019, and a collaborating member abroad of the Commission for the Clarification of the Truth of Colombia and currently part of the Support Group for the Legacy of Peace. Evaluator of the Council for Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Ecuador, expert for validating public international law and human rights standards in the Attorney General's Office of Ecuador.
Member of the Board Committee of the Colombia Potencia de la Vida, from which she coordinates actions related to memory, pedagogy, and knowledge production with the Colombian diaspora in the Latin American region.
Member of regional research groups. She is the Leader of the Latin America Diaspora Node for the Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) of UNESCO from the Colombia National Chapter, an active member of the Colombian Network of International Relations (REDINTERCOL), a member of the Expert Group of the International Science Council (ISC) and Secretary General of the Network of Political Science and International Relations (CIPRI) 2022-2024.
Degrees:
2. Téllez, I. et al. (2024). Colombia in the Post-Agreement Era. In Chinas, C. & Molina, C. (Eds.), Communication, Memory and Peace (Vol. II), pp. 191–210. ISBN 978-9978-55-224-7. Quito: CIESPAL.
3. Téllez, I. (2024). International Human Rights Standards: From Mapiripán to Atala. ISBN 978-9942-10-857-9. Quito: Corporación de Estudios y Publicaciones (CEP).
4. Téllez, I. (2024). Slavery in the 21st Century: The Gap Between International Law and Reality. Agenda Estado de Derecho, Feb. 28, 2024. https://agendaestadodederecho.com/esclavitud-en-el-siglo-xxi/
5. Téllez, I. (2022). Colombia, a Low-Intensity Democracy Analyzed from Exile. Revista de Ciências do Estado, 7(2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.35699/2525-8036.2022.41122.
6. Téllez, I. (2022). Modern Slavery: Analysis of the Human Rights Situation of Women on Plantations in Ecuador. Religación, 7(33), e210954. https://doi.org/10.46652/rgn.v7i33.954.
7. Téllez, I., et al. (2022). The Renegotiation of the Foundations for a Non-Speciesist Animal Law. In Mujeres Juristas del Ecuador. ISBN 978-9978-77-555-4. Quito: Tirant Lo Blanch.
8. Téllez, I. (2021). Colombia’s Government and Necropolitics as State Policy. International Journal of Social Sciences: Current and Future Research Trends, 11(1), 80–90. ISSN: 2313-4410.
9. Téllez, I. (2021). Human Rights: Challenges and Prospects. 75th Anniversary of PUCE. ISBN 978-9978-77-553-0.
10. Téllez, I. & Mora, D. (2021). Reflections on Ethnic Inequality, Recognition, Distributive Justice and Participation in Latin America. RFJ 9 Especial 75 años PUCE, pp. 179–196. ISSN: 2588-0837.
11. Téllez, I. (Co-Editor). (2021). Notes on the History of Law in Ecuador. ISBN 978-9978-77-517-2.
12. Téllez, I., López, M., Mora, D., Cruz, J. & Carrillo, A. (2021). Ecuador Chapter. In Crisis and Disenchantment with Democracy in Latin America. ISBN 978-980-439-019-7.
13. Téllez, I. (2020). Academic Editorial Coordinator, REVISTA PUCE No. 110, ISSN 2528-8156
14. Téllez, I. (2020). Law, Violence and Exclusion in Forced Migration: Arendt and Mbembe in the Venezuelan Case. In Derecho, Enfoques y Métodos: Una Retrospectiva. ISBN 978-9942-38-218-4.
15. Téllez, I. & Yerovi, S. (2018). The International Human Rights System and the Lawfare Issue. RFJ, 4, ISSN 2588-0837.
16. Téllez, I. (2018). Transitional Justice in the Colombian Peace Agreement as a Mechanism for Social Reconciliation. Reflexiones Jurídicas, Vol. 4, ISBN 978-9978-77-333-8.
17. Téllez, I. (2016). Reclaiming Feminine Consciousness. Revista Ciencias Sociales, Ecuador, ISSN 0252-8681.
18. Téllez, I. (2015). God’s Hand in the Laboratory: What Does Human Rights Law Have to Offer? Revista PUCE, No. 101, ISSN 1012-389.
19. Téllez, I. (2014). The interiorization into the domestic would suit the capital internationalization. Revista PUCE, No. 99, ISSN 1390-7719.