Staff profile

Jinu is a doctoral researcher at Durham Law School. Prior to joining Durham University in 2018, he studied Law (LL.B) and Philosophy (B.Phil) at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, he did postgraduate studies in Public Policy and Development (PgDip) at the same university, and graduated with Distinction from the MA in Human Rights at University College London (UCL). Jinu has legal experience working on constitutional law, human rights, public policy and criminal analysis related to the armed conflict in Colombia. First, as a judicial clerk at the Special Supervisory Chamber for the Protection of Displaced Population of the Constitutional Court, and later, as a policy advisor at the Public Policy Division of the Prosecution Office. 

Working at the Constitutional Court and the Prosecution Office in Colombia, Jinu became interested in the investigation and prosecution of serious crimes in the context of generalised violence, the implementation of transitional justice, and the legal interaction between domestic and international courts. He, therefore, focussed his master’s dissertation on analysing the interactions between the national and international legal frameworks for the protection of human rights. This motivated him to pursue a PhD at Durham with the supervision of Dr Annika Jones and Dr Matthew Nicholson, from the School of Law, and Prof David Byrne, from the Sociology Department.

Current research

Jinu’s investigation is focused on understanding the international legal framework for the protection of human rights and the prosecution of international crimes as a complex system. Throughout the analysis of cross-referencing and the interactions between national and international courts in the prosecution of serious violations of human rights and the concession of amnesties, his research aims to explore how new ways of understanding, interpreting and applying human rights emerge. Overall, his research seeks to explain to what extent the international legal system for the protection of human rights and the interactions between courts in different jurisdictions can be understood as a complex system; and to what extent complexity theory offers the potential for a better understanding of the principle of legal certainty.

Research Groups

Awards

• International Criminal Law
• International Human Rights Law
• International Law
• Complexity Theory
• Judicial Cross-referencing

Chapter in book

• Luna, A., Carvajalino, J., & Sierra, J. (2018). De la Incapacidad a la Diversidad: Analisis y evaluacion de la Politica Publica de Discapacidad en Colombia. In J. A. Pineda (Ed.), Analisis de Politicas Publicas en Colombia: Enfoques y Estudios de Caso (43-100). Ediciones Uniandes

Journal Article

• Carvajalino, J. (2013). Solidaridad de intereses: la transformacion del derecho social como dominacion en Lorenz von Stein. Revista de estudios sociales (Bogotá. 2005. En línea), 46, 74-85. https://doi.org/10.7440/res46.2013.08