Miguel Sarre
Professor, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM ) in Mexico City
Member, United Nations  Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Peace Scholar in Residence

September 11 - 24, 2011

Miguel Sarre holds a law degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and a LLM from Notre Dame Law School. After practicing law and working for an NGO for several years, Sarre developed Mexico’s first ombudsman experience, which took place in the State of Aguascalientes from 1988 to 1990. Once Mexico’s National Ombudsman Office was created, he joined it and served on its directive posts from 1991 to 1996. In 2003 he was one of the four selected consultants who drafted the Diagnostic on the Human Rights Situation in Mexico on behalf of the Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Starting in 1977, he has been a professor at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM ) in Mexico City, where he teaches Civil and Human Rights as well as Criminal Law. At ITAM he also conducts a watchdog program on the National Ombudsman Office with a grant from MacArthur Foundation. He is currently a member of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. His main fields of research and commitment are Human Rights, law & order issues, performance of local courts, and the development of a fair and efficient criminal justice system in Mexico.