José Jans
Carretero Pardo
Lawyer (LL.M.) · PhD student in Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago · Research on Justice, Criminal Politics & Peacebuilding.
Comparative research, strategic litigation, and clinical teaching on courts, accountability, and rights.
Research
The politics of transitional justice institutions, state accountability for macro-criminal violence, and rights mobilization in post-conflict settings.
Advocacy & Consulting
Strategic litigation and amicus curiae briefs before Colombian high courts, the Inter-American system, and the ICC — and consulting for human-rights organizations and transitional justice institutions.
Teaching & Training
Constitutional theory, human rights research methods, and clinical legal education — grounded in a decade of public-interest litigation and civil society knowledge production.
I am a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and a Fulbright–MinCiencias Scholar (2025–2030). My work is amphibious — it moves between the archive and the courtroom, between constitutional theory and empirical fieldwork, between Colombia and Chicago — and draws on mixed methods, pairing qualitative research (archives, ethnography, case comparison) with quantitative analysis. After a decade of frontline legal practice at the intersection of transitional justice, human rights, and public-interest litigation, I now take up the theoretical questions that practice forced me to ask.
Peer-reviewed articles, policy reports, and research datasets.
Peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, policy reports, and empirical datasets on transitional justice, state accountability for macro-criminal violence, criminal governance, and rights mobilization in conflict-to-peace transitions.
View full section →- The Systemic Research Approach: How accountability institutions’ design enables investigating state-criminal networks
- Colombia at Risk of Impunity: Blind spots of transitional justice regarding international crimes
Thirty-plus amicus curiae briefs and constitutional interventions.
Thirty-plus amicus curiae briefs and constitutional interventions filed before Colombian high courts, the Inter-American system, and the International Criminal Court. Available for consulting, expert reports, and training.
View full section →- Victims’ rights in the JEP Procedure Law: C-590/2019, C-050/2020
- Freedom of speech and Indigenous rights: T-087/2023, SU-545/2023, SU-546/2023
- Drug policy as a public health matter: case 201800444
Clinical, constitutional, and methodological teaching.
Founding coordinator of the Carlos Gaviria Díaz Strategic Litigation Legal Clinic at UIS. Courses on Constitutional Law and Research Methods. TA and RA fellowships at Universidad de los Andes.
View full section →- Founding Coordinator, Carlos Gaviria Díaz Strategic Litigation Legal Clinic
- Research Methodologies in Human Rights
- TA & RA fellowships · Centre for Sociolegal Research (CIJUS)
Where to next?
Research & Publications
Peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, policy reports, and works in progress.
Litigation
Thirty-plus amicus curiae briefs and constitutional interventions before Colombian high courts, the Inter-American system, and the ICC.
Teaching
Constitutional Theory, Research Methods, and clinical legal education at UIS and Universidad de los Andes.
Opinion & Media
Op-eds, press appearances, radio, and podcasts on transitional justice and human rights.
Curriculum Vitae
Full academic CV, education, grants, research experience, publications, and service.
Contact
Research collaborations, consulting briefs, expert testimony, speaking invitations, or press inquiries.
Notes on Law, Politics & Social Change
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Welcome to the new josejans.com
A short note on why I rebuilt this site as an academic home for the research I'm doing at UIC.
Let’s talk.
Research collaborations, consulting briefs, expert testimony, speaking invitations, or press inquiries — this inbox is open.
Or write directly: jcarr74@uic.edu