Meet Amanda Rossini Martins
Amanda Rossini Martins is a doctoral researcher at the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University. She is part of the ERC-funded GROUNDOC project, which explores how the language and practices of transitional justice from grassroots actors can serve as tools to resist injustice and challenge the structures and dynamics that sustain harm. Her doctoral research examines the intersection between climate change, ecocide, and transitional justice, focusing on Latin America’s long-standing patterns of environmental degradation and the systematic absence of transitional justice mechanisms in response to socio-environmental harm. Her work seeks to interrogate how historical and ongoing ecological destruction intersects with extractivism, just transition, legal accountability, and colonial legacies in the region.
Amanda has an academic background in Law, with postgraduate specialization in both Environmental and Digital Law in Brazil. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Democratisation from the Global Campus of Human Rights (EMA), where she developed a research focus on climate justice litigation and transnational corporate accountability. Her scholarly work has addressed issues such as forced climate displacement, algorithmic discrimination of migrants, and the legal vulnerabilities of Indigenous peoples.
In parallel to her academic career, Amanda has been actively engaged in grassroots climate justice work. She is one of the general co-coordinators of Latinas por el Clima, a regional collective of Latin American climate activists, and a volunteer at the NGO EmpoderaClima, where she led community-based workshops on disaster preparedness and resilience-building for women.
Her research approach is informed by intersectional and decolonial ecofeminist perspectives, with a strong emphasis on amplifying Global South knowledges, intergenerational justice, and bridging academic inquiry with climate advocacy and legal praxis.
EDUCATION
European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) (2023 – 2024) Venice, Italy | Université de Montpellier, France
Postgraduate Degree in Environmental and Urban Law (2022 – 2023)
Fundação Escola Superior do Ministério Público (FMP) | Porto Alegre, Brazil
Postgraduate Degree in Digital Law (2021 – 2022)
Fundação Escola Superior do Ministério Público (FMP) | Porto Alegre, Brazil
Bachelor of Laws (2015 – 2021)
Fundação Escola Superior do Ministério Público – FMP | Porto Alegre, Brazil
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