Doctorate in Law
Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, París
2011-2018
Master’s degree in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, París
2010-2011
Bachelor of Law (Summa cum laude)
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
2005-2010
Universidad de Monterrey
Full Professor
2017
Comisión Estatal de Derechos Humanos de Nuevo León, México (State Commission for Human Rights of Nuevo León, Mexico)
Advisor
2012-2015
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva, Switzerland)
Consultant
2012
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH; Paris, France)
Consultant
2011
Research Award 2017
Universidad de Monterrey
2017
Recognition as one of the best 10 books of 2017
Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
2017
Cantú Rivera, H. (Coord.). (2017). Derechos Humanos Y Empresas: Reflexiones Desde América Latina (Human Rights and Companies: Reflections from Latin America) San José, Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos.
Cantú Rivera, H. (2017). Negotiating a Business and Human Rights Treaty: The Early Stages. UNSW Journal, 40(3).
Cantú Rivera, H. (Ed.). (2015). The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Cambridge: Intersentia.
International
Cantú Rivera, H. (February 28, 2018). Planes de Acción Nacional sobre empresas y derechos humanos: ¿Efectividad o espejismos? (National Action Plans on Companies and Human Rights: Effectiveness or Illusions?) Presented at the 167th Ordinary Session of the Inter American Commission for Human Rights at CIDH, Bogota, Colombia.
Cantú Rivera, H. (November 28, 2017). Challenges for the domestic public law regime of developing countries in the field of business and human rights. Presented at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights at the UN Office, Geneva, Switzerland.
Cantú Rivera, H. (October 25, 2017). The Elements Paper and Legal Liability. Presented at the 3rd session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights at the UN Office, Geneva, Switzerland.