A native of Colombia, Luz Estella Nagle-Ortiz's own research interests are in the area of humanitarian law, organized crime, corruption, human trafficking and forced servitude, drug trafficking and interdiction, national security and judicial reform. She received a three-year juris doctor degree from the College of William & Mary, where she served as the Dorothea Buck fellow. She obtained a master of arts in Latin American studies magna cum laude and a master of laws from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a doctor of laws from the Universidad Pontificía Bolivariana. A judge in Medellín, Colombia until death threats compelled her to relocate to the United States, she teaches international criminal law, public international law, and Latin American business law at Stetson University College of Law. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Universidad de los Andes, and is External Researcher with the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. She holds elected memberships in L’Association Internationale de Droit Pénal and the Academia Mexicana de Derecho Internacional Privado y Comparado.
Articles
Selling souls: the effect of globalization on human trafficking and forced servitude, Wisconsin International Law Journal (2008)
The opening of trade barriers and the emergence of new regional and global markets has...
Algunos aspectos de la lucha contra el crimen organizado internacional en América Latina, Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico (2007)
A pesar de mucho discurso, del esfuerzo y la promulgacion de mecanismos multilaterales y domesticos,...
Prosecuting the Use of Anti-personnel Mines by Illegal Armed Groups: The Colombian Situation, Oregon Review of International Law (2006)
Global Terrorism in Our Own Backyard: Colombia’s Legal War against Illegal Armed Groups, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems (2005)
Colombian Asylum Seekers: What Practitioners Should Know About the Colombian Crisis, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal (2004)
Books
Contributions to Books
La Cenicienta del gobierno: reforma a la justicia en América Latina, Independencia Judicial: Diseños Institucionales y Balances Históricos (2006)
Protección del medio ambiente imponiendo una responsabilidad civil, Responsibilidad civil de profesionales y empresarios (2006)
Unpublished Papers
Colombia’s Incursion into Ecuadorian Territory: Justified Hot Pursuit or Pugnacious Error? (2008)
On March 1, 2008, Colombian military forces launched a cross-border airstrike and ground operation into...