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Email

vaf31@cam.ac.uk

Education CV

PhD in Law, University of Cambridge - 2024 - ongoing

Master of International Law, University of Cambridge - 2021-22 - First Class with Honours

LL.B. (Bachelor of Law), Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2006-10 - First Class with Honours

Professional Qualifications

Federal Prosecutor, Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service - 2016 - ongoing

Judge, Mato Grosso State Court, Brazil - 2015-2016

Selected Scholarships and Prizes

Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2024 - ongoing

Chevening Scholarship 2021-22

Cambridge Trust Scholarship 2021-22

Platinum Award, Cambridge Pro Bono Project, 2025

Jennings Award for performance at the LL.M., Wolfson College, 2022

Gold Award, Cambridge Pro Bono Project, 2022

Partial Scholarship for Postgraduate Diploma, Fundação Escola Ministério Público de Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2012

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant ( LLM Paper 20, Law of Armed Conflict, and LLM Paper 25, International Human Rights Law, Graduate Workshop), University of Cambridge (2025 – )

Volunteer Lecturer at the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2018-19

Relevant research experience

Research Assistant to Dr Lena Holzer - 2025

Other Academic Experiences

Managing Editor, Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ), 2025 -

Executive Director, Cambridge Pro Bono Project - 2024 -2025.

Project Manager of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Project, Cambridge Pro Bono Project, 2021-22

Fields of research

International Humanitarian Law, Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law.

 

Supervisors

Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran

Start Date

Oct 2024

Selected publications

 

Blog Posts

Conference Papers

"The (under)protection of sexual orientation and gender identities in armed conflicts" (Brazilian International Law Conference, Aug 2025)

Conference:
Brazilian International Law Conference
Published: Aug 2025