Luz Orozco

Luz Helena Orozco y Villa

Nonresident Scholar, Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico

Biography

Luz Helena Orozco y Villa is a nonresident scholar at the Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico and a DPhil candidate at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the intersection of constitutional law and emerging technologies, specifically the constitutionalization of the digital environment and content moderation on online platforms. She is a research assistant at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and a teaching assistant at the Oxford Internet Institute.

Before joining Oxford, Orozco y Villa served as a career clerk for the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice and as a research advisor at the Gender Equality Program of the Federal Judicial Council. She has taught international human rights law, philosophy of human rights, family law, and gender justice to undergraduate and graduate students at various universities.

Orozco y Villa earned a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School as a Fulbright grantee and Bretzfelder scholar. She holds a law degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.

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Mexico flag with statue of lady justice, constitution and judge hammer on black drapery. Concept of judgement.
Unpacking the Rhetoric Behind Mexico’s Judicial Reform
In September 2024, Mexico passed a constitutional reform to significantly reshape its judiciary. Yet, some narratives used by the country’s ruling party may have oversimplified or obscured the process and timeline. In this issue brief, nonresident scholars Luz Helena Orozco y Villa and Mariana Velasco Rivera examine the key rhetorical strategies employed by the ruling party to pass the reform and the constitutional overreaches the reform may entail.
Luz Helena Orozco y Villa, Mariana Velasco-Rivera April 30, 2025