Prof. Carmen Márquez Carrasco

Carmen Márquez Carrasco is Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Seville. She is a member of the Management Committee of COST Action ‘NetSec’ and has led four national research projects, a research network and Work Package 10 of the EU FP7 FRAME project. Her research focuses on international human rights law, international peace and security, and the governance of sustainability. Her interests include hybrid threats, the relationship between climate change and security, restrictive measures and international sanctions, and contemporary forms of coercion under international law. She also has longstanding expertise in business and human rights, with particular attention to human rights due diligence, extraterritorial obligations, global supply chains and the ecological transition. She previously participated in the COST Action ‘The Role of the EU in the UN Human Rights Reform’ and has collaborated with the Global Campus of Human Rights and its predecessor, EIUC, since 2006. She contributed to the development of Spain’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and directs a legal clinic in this field. She has undertaken research stays at institutions including Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and has been invited to serve on the European Research Council’s SH2 panel for the 2021, 2023 and 2025 Consolidator Grant calls.