Marcia Condoy Truyenque

Marcia is a Peruvian lawyer and currently a doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law at the University of Helsinki, where she investigates the topic of “Animal Legal Agency” as part of the “Agency in Law” ERC project. She is also a member of the Helsinki Animal Law Centre. Her research focuses on applying Legal Theory to animal cases and exploring the relationship between Human Rights Law and Animal Law.

Marcia earned a master’s degree with honors in Animal Law from Lewis & Clark Law School. Additionally, she completed master's courses in International Law and International Human Rights Law at the Université Catholique de Louvain. Since 2021, Marcia has directed the Animal Law area of Preston+ Law Firm, the first law firm in Peru to specialize in Animal Law, achieving milestones in strategic litigation for animals.

In 2022, Marcia founded Derecho Animal en Perú, an organization that promotes and develops Animal Law within Peruvian academia and conducts constitutional strategic litigation for animals (www.derechoanimalenperu.org).