Please join the Center for Constitutional Governance for a lunchtime talk with Oscar Vilhena Vieira, Dean of the School of Law at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/SP). The discussion will examine how constitutional frameworks endure and adapt in the face of illiberal challenges and will consider the importance of constitutional barriers to contain authoritarian cycles, with insights from the experiences of Brazil during the Bolsonaro administration.

Oscar Vilhena Vieira is the Dean of the School of Law of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/SP), where he teaches Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Law and Development. Previously, Oscar Vilhena Vieira was legal adviser for the Center for the Studies of Violence at the University of Sao Paulo (1990-1996) and executive secretary of the Teotonio Vilela Commission for Human Rights (1989-1991). He served as state attorney for Sao Paulo (1993-2003) and as executive secretary of the United Nations Latin American Institute in Brazil (1997-2002). In 2000, he founded and directed Conectas Human Rights and the Pro Bono Institute. He has written several books and academic articles on constitutional law, human rights and law and development, and has also been active as a pro bono lawyer, including in several human rights cases before the Brazilian Supreme Court. 

Lunch will be provided to registered guests. This event is only open to Columbia affiliates.