Juan Sebastián Villamil Rodríguez

Of Counsel

Bogota Office

Contact.

Juan Sebastián is an attorney at Villamil Portilla Abogados in Colombia, and Of Counsel in Heredia and Uvalle Consultoría Estratégica. He specializes in Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Strategic Human Rights Litigation, Guardianship Action and Environment.

Juan Sebastián is a Lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario in Colombia, holds an Official Master's Degree in Fundamental Rights and Public Freedoms from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, a specialization degree in Substantive Law and Constitutional Litigation, from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia and is a Ph.D candidate in Law, Government and Public Policies, from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. He has been a speaker at academic conferences in Chile, South Korea, Indonesia, Russia, Spain, Peru and Colombia. He has published in the magazine Direito Internacional, UNICEUB (Brazil); State Law, Autonomous University of Chile; "World Constitutional Law Review", International Association of Constitutional Law; “Constitutional Review”, Constitutional Court of Indonesia, “Rethinking education in international law”, Universidad del Rosario, and Constitucionalismo 2030, Universidad Externado de Colombia; he is a professor at the National University and the Universidad del Rosario; and he has also been an advisor to the Attorney General's Office.

Juan Sebastián is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

Experience.

Lawyer of the law firm Villamil Portilla Abogados Bogotá, Colombia.
Advisor I and Coordinator of the group of Anti-Corruption “Bolsillos de Cristal” Attorney General's Office Bogotá, Colombia.
Professional Visitor of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights San José, Costa Rica
Investigating Lawyer in processes for violation of the free competition regime. Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, Bogotá, Colombia.
Professor of the environmental constitutionality course, Master in Public Law Universidad de Caldas. Manizales, Caldas.
Professor of constitutional guarantees of the process. Specialization in Procedural Legal Institutions. National University of Colombia. Bogota Colombia.
Professor of Constitutional Guarantees of the Process. Specialization in Procedural Legal Institutions, University of Nariño in collaboration with the National University of Colombia, Pasto, Colombia.
Professor of Constitutional Guarantees of the Process. Specialization in Procedural Legal Institutions, Industrial University of Santander in collaboration with the National University of Colombia. Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Professor of the area of constitutional Law of the Faculty of Jurisprudence University Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario Bogotá, Colombia.

Education.

Ph.D. Candidate in Law, Government and Public Policy, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2020.
Global and Intensive Program for Young Constitutionalists. International Association for Constitutional Law (IACL / AIDC) Seoul, Korea, 2018.
M.A Master in Electoral Law, University of Castilla La Mancha Ciudad Real, Spain, 2016.
M.A. Official Master's Degree in Fundamental Rights and Public Freedoms University of Castilla La Mancha Toledo, Spain, 2015.
Specialization in Substantive and Contentious Constitutional Law, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá, Colombia, 2014.
Lawyer, Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario Bogotá, Colombia, 2013.

License.

Authorized to practice law in Colombia.

Publications.

Juan Sebastián Villamil R. The De-internationalization of Constitutional Law: The National Margin of Appreciation in Colombian Jurisprudence. Editorial of the Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). ISBN 9789587845143 https://editorial.urosario.edu.co/gpd-repensar-la-educacion-en-derecho-internacional-en- america-latina.html
Uday Shankar and Juan Sebastián Villamil R. Specialized Courts for the Environment in Asia, in the Book Climate Emergency: From crisis to transformation: Perspective 2030. Editorial of the Externado University (Colombia). December, 2020. Admitted.
Juan Pablo Díaz F. and Juan Sebastián Villamil R. “The other side of the coin: Constitutional protection of the company, entrepreneurship and free competition. Analysis of Chile and Colombia”. Magazine of Direito Internacional (Brazil). Vol. 17, No 1, April 2020. https://doi.org/10.5102/rdi.v17i1.615
Juan Sebastián Villamil R. “Legal Pluralism and Transitional Justice in Colombia” World Constitutional Law Review (Coréa del Sur), Vol. 26, No 1, April 2020. http://scholar.dkyobobook.co.kr/searchDetail.laf ? barcode = 4010027910581
Juan Sebastián Villamil R. “The Internationalization of Judicial Review in the Colombian High Courts” Constitutional Review (Indonesia), Vol. 5, No 1, May 2019. P- ISSN: 24600016. https://doi.org/10.31078/consrev511. Pg. 1-39
Juan Sebastián Villamil R. "Decision C-111 of 2019" Justice and Law Magazine (Chile). Vol. 2, no. 1 (2019): 141-151. Autonomous University of Chile. http://dx.doi.org/10.32457/rjyd.v2i1.275

Lectures and Seminars.

October 2020: XXI Conference on Constitutional Law, Universidad Externado de Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Presentation: Rights of Nature and the theory of globalized legal good. https://www.uexternado.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cronograma-jornadas-10oct- 1 pm-1.pdf
October 2020: Intensive Program for Young Constitutionalists. Korean Chapter International Association of Constitutional Law (AICL) Seoul, Corea Lecture: Legal Pluralism and Transitional Justice.
September 2020: Forum on Conventionality, international guarantee and due process. Colombian Institute of Procedural Law. Bogota Colombia.
March 2020: Speaker at Forum IV of Comparative Law University of Vigo Vigo, Spain Presentation: Constitutional Control and global challenges.
November 2019: Speaker at the Third International Symposium of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. Constitutional Court of Indonesia Bali, Indonesia Lecture: Structural Judgments and Environmental Protection. https://mkri.id/index.php?page=web.Berita&id=16016&menu=2&lang=eng
November 2019: Speaker at the Redial Conference 2019: Rethinking Education in International Law in Latin America. Universidad del Rosario Bogotá, Colombia Presentation: "Rethinking international law education from a cosmopolitan constitutionalism" https://www.urosario.edu.co/Eventos-UR/Facultad-de-Jurisprudencia/Conferencia- REDIAL-2019-Repensando-la-Educacion-de /
July 2019: Annual Conference International Society of Public Law / International Society of Public Law - ICON-S Universidad Católica de Chile. Lecture: Political rights, territorial autonomy and the right to a healthy environment, co-authored with Professor Manuel Fernando Quiche Ramírez. https://www.icon-society.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ICON-S- Program_28062019.pdf
October 2018: Speaker at the Second International Symposium of the Indonesian Constitutional Court. Constitutional Court of Indonesia Yogyakarta, Indonesia Presentation: The internationalization of jurisdictional control in Colombia.
June 2018: Speaker at the X World Congress of Constitutional Law International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL / AIDC), Ministry of Justice of Korea and Constitutional Court of Korea Seoul, South Korea Presentation: Post-nationalism in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace.
March 2018: Speaker at the XVI Congress Blischenko Russian University of Friendship of Peoples Moscow, Russian Federation Presentation: The Environment and the legal protection of world legal rights. http://www.glawcal.org.uk/events/the-implementation-of-sustainable-development-goals- in-europe-and-the-relationship-with-b-hr-2
October 2017: Speaker at the Congress of Administrative Law, State Contracting and Arbitration. Lima Bar Association and University of Castilla La-Mancha Lima, Peru.
September 2014: Speaker at the Thirteenth Anniversary of the Faculty of Law, Political Science and International Relations. Technological University of Peru. Lima Peru.
September 2014: speaker at the IV International Congress of Lawyers of Peru Lambayeque Bar Association Lambayeque, Peru.
September 2013: speaker at the III International Congress of Lawyers of Peru Lima Bar Association Lima, Peru Presentation: Fundamental Rights and Criminal Policy. http://www.cal.org.pe/pdf/decanato/2013/congreso_abogados/programa_II_congreso.pdf
June 2010: delegate of the Universidad del Rosario for the XXVIII Model of the General Assembly of the OAS for Universities of the hemisphere Organization of American States Lima, Peru.