Dr 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. He has a BA in law from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo; a LLM from Columbia University in New York; a MA and PhD in political science from the University of Sao Paulo, and made his post-doctoral studies at the Centre for Brazilian Studies, at Oxford University. Oscar Vilhena Vieira was legal adviser for the Center for the Studies of Violence of the University of São Paulo (1990-1996) and executive secretary of the TeotonioVilela Commission for Human Rights (1989-1991). He served as state attorney for São 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. Oscar is member of several civil society organisations and academic programmes' advisory boards, including OSI - Human Rights board, Pro Bono Institute, ANDI (National Agency for the Rights of Children), and Law School ́s Global League (co-president). Oscar Vieira has also been an active pro bono lawyer in several human rights cases at the Brazilian Supreme Court.