A professor of Philosophy of Law at the Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M),[3] specialized in human rights,[4] she has also worked a researcher at the Institute of Genre Studies and the Institute of Human Rights "Bartolomé de les Casas" in the UC3M.[5] Self-described as "feminist" and "ecologist",[5] she was one of the 60 scholars signataries of a manifesto claiming for a reform of the Spanish Constitution aiming to promote a "federal political project" in June 2018.[6]
In March, following the announcement of the resignation of Pablo Bustinduy to run as leader of the Unidas Podemos candidacy to the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain, Podemos and Bustinduy presented Rodríguez Palop as his replacement.[7] Rodríguez Palop, described then by Bustinduy as a "political and moral mainstay",[8] had previously provided advisory services to the Podemos parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies.[9]
Works
Rodríguez Palop, María Eugenia (2002). La nueva generación de derechos humanos. Origen y justificación. Madrid: Dykinson.[10][11]
Rodríguez Palop, María Eugenia (2011). Claves para entender los nuevos derechos humanos. Madrid: Catarata.[12]
Rodríguez Palop, María Eugenia (2019). Revolución feminista y políticas de lo común frente a la extrema derecha. Icaria.[13]
Barranco Avilés, María del Carmen (2003). "Rodríguez Palop, María Eugenia: La nueva generación de derechos humanos. Origen y justificación". Anuario de Filosofía del Derecho. Madrid: Ministry of Justice & Boletín Oficial del Estado & Sociedad Española de Filosofía Jurídica y Política: 399–402. ISSN0518-0872.
Rey Pérez, José Luis (2002). "María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop la nueva generación de derechos humanos. Origen y justificación". Revista Derechos y Libertades. 7 (11): 681–687.