Quimey Martinez Magarzo ( She/Her )
PhD Candidate
Degrees:
- PhD. Department of Law and Legal Studies. Carleton University. 2024-ongoing.
- Master’s in Criminology and Criminal Law Sociology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 2022-2024. Graduated with a master’s thesis entitled “Institutional gender-based violence against lesbians and travestis in Argentina. The cases of Marian Gómez, Higui and Diana Sacayán”. Tutor: Dr. Lorena Garrido (UAB).
- Master’s in Human Rights and Social Policies, National University of General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2014-2019. Graduated with a master’s thesis entitled “(Dis) encounters in the process of construction of women’s voice in trials for sexual crimes against humanity. La megacausa ESMA 2003/2010” . Tutor: Dr. Catalina Trebisacce (UBA).
- Lawyer. Criminal Law Specialist University of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2007-2013
Website: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4422-3249
Bio:
Quimey Martinez Magarzo is a criminal lawyer from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). She holds a Master’s in Human Rights and Social Policies from the University of General San Martín (Argentina), and a Master’s in Criminology and Criminal Law Sociology from the University of Barcelona (Spain). Her research focused on the judicial system and its production of institutional gender violence against women, lesbians, and travesti-transgender people. She is currently a PhD student in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University and holds a fellowship from the Prison Transparency Project (PTP). She has worked for fifteen years in the Justice of the Argentine Nation and has been an activist in human rights and the feminist movement. She is also a researcher at the University of José C. Paz (Argentina). Her research interests include feminist organizations, the use of law as a tool for social transformation, penal systems, bodies, and confinement.
Supervisor: Dr. Megan Gaucher
Publications:
The “emergence” of women in Argentina’s trials for crimes against humanity.
In Revista Crítica Penal y Poder (Nueva Época) ISSN: 20143753, nº 26 Observatorio del Sistema Penal y los Derechos Humanos Universidad de Barcelona · May 30, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1344/cpyp.2024.26.44932
“Feminist Perspective on Criminal Justice. Limits and possibilities for the protection and efficient response to the conflicts of people in situations of gender violence.” with Piechestein, A.; Monclús, M. & Brigandi, J. In Revista Cálamo no. 19. Accepted 26/VI/2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61243/calamo.19.5
“The habeas corpus requested by the Asociación Civil Colectiva por un Mundo Igualitario (Collective for an Equal World)” In Anitua (Dir.); Sicardi y Gusis (Coord.) La cárcel en pandemia (pp. 179-190). CABA: Editores del Sur. · May 10, 2023. -Book chapter-.
“Organizing to repair. The experience of Chana’s gender violence counseling.” with Méndez, M. & Veliz, S.In Fraga Utges, V. & Santángelo, G. (Comp..), Violencias sexuales, género y sistema penal (pp. 211- 226). CABA: Editores del Sur. May, 2022. -Book chapter-.