Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights at the São Paulo Catholic University ; professor of Human Rights of the post-graduate programs at the São Paulo Catholic University, the Paraná Catholic University and Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain) ; visiting fellow of the Human Rights Program at the Harvard Law School (1995 and 2000) ; São Paulo state attorney ; member of the National Council in Defence of the Rights of the Human Person and of CLADEM (Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights).