Law and pedagogy in authoritarian contexts: the challenge of Venezuelan legal education

Victoria Capriles is a Venezuelan lawyer and  professor She is currently a visiting researcher at the TMC Asser Institute in the Netherlands. She has experience in strategic litigation and advocacy before the Inter-American and Universal Human Rights systems. She practices law in Venezuela and has revalidated her academic credentials in Mexico. She holds a law degree from the Metropolitan University (UNIMET, Venezuela), a master's degree in Legal Sociology from the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (Basque Country, Spain), and a master's degree in Political and Governmental Studies from UNIMET. She is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela). Her email address is vcaprilesm@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7269-1168.

Andrea Santacruz is a Venezuelan lawyer, human rights defender, and professor. She currently teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Metropolitan University. She provides legal advice and assistance to human rights defenders and victims of human rights violations. She graduated summa cum laude with a law degree from the Metropolitan University (UNIMET, Venezuela), and holds a Master's degree in Corporate Tax Management, also summa cum laude (UNIMET, Venezuela). She is a specialist in Criminal and Criminological Sciences (Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela) and a doctoral candidate in Law at the Andrés Bello Catholic University (Venezuela). Her email address is asantacruz@unimet.edu.ve. ORCID: 0000-0003-0059-4788.