Fabián Sánchez Matus holds a Juris Doctorate from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and a Master’s Degree in International Human Rights Law from the University of Notre Dame. He also possesses a Diploma in Human Rights and Democratization Processes from the University of Chile and a Diploma in Access to Justice from the Iberoamerican University.
Prior to his current role, Fabián served as a lawyer and executive director of the Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos. He founded and directed i(dh)eas, a strategic litigation organization specializing in human rights.
Throughout his career, Fabián has provided consulting services to various national and international institutions, including the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District, the World Bank, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mexico Office, the International Center for Transitional Justice, and the Organization of American States.
Fabián Sánchez Matus has co-authored and edited publications on human rights, including “Mexico’s Experience before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights” and “Strategic Litigation in Mexico: The Application of Human Rights at the Practical Level.” He has held a professorship in the Department of Law at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). His academic achievements include being a Fulbright scholar at the American University Washington College of Law, a cooperating lawyer at The International Human Rights Clinic at George Washington University, and a University of Notre Dame fellow at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. He is also an Ashoka Fellow. Currently, he independently litigates cases before the Inter-American human rights system and serves as the executive director of the civil association Laboratorio de Litigio Estructural.
During his tenure at the University of Notre Dame, he will engage in research on the topic of reparations for human rights violations.
Fabián Sánchez Matus is a policy practitioner affiliated with the Kellogg Institute’s Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab).