Biography
Professor Octavio Ferraz is a Professor of Law. He holds an LLB and MPhil in Law (University of São Paulo), an MA in Medical Ethics & Law (King's College London, prize Benjamin Geijsen) and a PhD in Law (University College London).
Before joining King's he was a senior research officer to the UN special rapporteur for the right to health, Professor Paul Hunt, at the University of Essex, and then moved to Warwick Law School, where he was an Assistant and then an Associate Professor for 8 years.
Before moving to academia, he practiced law in Sao Paulo, Brazil, mostly in the fields of corporate public law and medical law for over ten years. He is still a member of the Brazilian Bar and contributes regularly to the Brazilian press.
Research interests
Professor Ferraz's research interests are in the field of human rights and development, especially the role and impact of law and courts in poverty, equality and social justice. He adopts mostly comparative, transnational and international perspectives, and an interdisciplinary approach, engaging with political philosophy, economics, sociology and political sciences and combining empirical methods and theoretical inquiry in his projects.
Teaching
- Public Law
- Human Rights Law in International and Transnational Perspective
- Inequality, Human Development and the Rule of Law in Transnational perspective
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Motta Ferraz, O. L., 13 Dec 2022, Law and Social Policy in the Global South: Brazil, China, India, South Africa. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 16-38 23 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003242826-2
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Ferraz, O. L. M., 1 Jan 2020, Human Dignity and International Law. Brill, p. 87-99 13 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004435650_010
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Ferraz, O. L. M., 1 Jan 2021, Constitutionalism: Old Dilemmas, New Insights. Oxford University Press, p. 202-236 35 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192896759.003.0011
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King, J., Ferraz, O. L. M. & Jones, A., 15 Jan 2022, In: The Lancet. 399, 10321, p. 220-222 3 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02873-7
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Motta Ferraz, O. L., Jun 2018, In: Health and human rights. 20, 1, p. 67-77 11 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Ferraz, O. L. M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: King's Law Journal. 32, 1, p. 109-121 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/09615768.2021.1885329
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Ferraz, O. L. M., 12 Apr 2019, Children's Rights and Sustainable Development: Interpreting the UNCRC for Future Generations. Cambridge University Press, p. 78-113 36 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Norheim, O. F., Abi-Rached, J. M., Bright, L. K., Bærøe, K., Ferraz, O. L. M., Gloppen, S. & Voorhoeve, A., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Medicine. Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-01204-6
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Ferraz, O., 17 Dec 2020, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 333 p. (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108678605
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Ferraz, O. L. M., 2 Sep 2019, In: King's Law Journal. 30, 3, p. 349-355 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/09615768.2019.1676961