Daniel Torres Checa

Mr. Torres Checa earned his law degree cum laude from Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City. He holds an LL.M. in Constitutional Law from Escuela Libre de Derecho and an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he graduated with high merit.

With over eight years of experience, he specializes in constitutional and administrative litigation. He has argued three cases before Mexico’s Supreme Court, most notably the landmark ruling that overturned the militarization of civil security and the case that blocked the Chief Justice’s re-election.

In academia, he is a professor of Legal Argumentation in the undergraduate program at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and sits on the Editorial Board of the LSE Journal of Sociology. His research on human rights and democracy appears in peer-reviewed legal journals, edited volumes, and academic articles.

As an analyst, he contributes to specialized magazines and international media, with regular publications in Gatopardo, Nexos, and Letras Libres. His legal and political analysis has been featured in The Economist (UK) and El País (Spain).