A unit whose mission is to strengthen democracy and promote human rights in Peru. In practice, it carries out this work through academic education and professional training, applied research, the creation of spaces for dialogue and debate, and the promotion of public policies within civil society and the government. Furthermore, a gender perspective serves as a cross-cutting theme in all of its activities.
Authorities
Dr. Miguel Giusti
Senior professor in the Department of Humanities at PUCP, where he has served as director of the Center for Philosophical Studies, chair of the Department of Humanities, and editor-in-chief of the journal *Areté*. He is currently director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights at PUCP. He is vice president for Latin America at COMIUCAP. He served as president of the Inter-American Society of Philosophy from 2004 to 2009. He studied philosophy at universities in Peru, Italy, France, and Germany. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tübingen and was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He specializes in the history of ethics, contemporary ethics, and the philosophy of German idealism, topics on which he has written or edited several books and published numerous articles.
