Julio Henriquez

Biography

Julio Henríquez joins Boston University School of Law’s faculty as a part-time Lecturer in the International Human Rights Clinic. He is a human rights and immigration lawyer. He serves as the International Legal Coordinator of Foro Penal, a Venezuelan NGO that operates as a network of criminal defense attorneys. In this role, Mr. Henríquez represents victims of human rights violations before international bodies, including the Inter-American human rights system, the UN human rights mechanisms, and the International Criminal Court. Based in Boston, Mr. Henríquez runs his own immigration law practice, focusing mostly on removal defense and various humanitarian forms of relief. He also participates in Stanza Law, PC, based in New York, a small practice on refugee law, international human rights, and international criminal law. With admissions to practice law in New York and Venezuela, he holds an LLM degree from New York University with a concentration in justice and human rights, as well as another LLM degree from the National University of Singapore, with a concentration in international and comparative law. He earned his law degree from the University of Carabobo, in Venezuela. Mr. Henríquez can be reached at julioch@bu.edu.