DILMAR VILLENA FERNÁNDEZ BACA

I am a Constitutional Law specialist with proven experience and interest in Law and Technology. As Executive Director at Hiperderecho, I've deepened my legal expertise in key areas like online free speech, data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and spyware. A core aspect of my professional ethos is resilience and a steadfast dedication to promoting equality.

Academic Research

• Thesis titled “Redefining the Right to Access Public Information in Peru: New Dimensions in Light of ICT and Digital Constitutionalism”, awarded Summa cum laude for the degree of Lawyer, 2020, https://tesis.pucp.edu.pe/repositorio/handle/20.500.12404/17762

Professional Research

• "Crime of Terrorism Apology in Peru and its Enhancement: Peruvian Legislation and its Impact on Freedom of Expression on Internet" (SPA), 2023, https://shorturl.at/uCHZ3
• "Reports and Transparency in Social Media Advertising Expenditure" (SPA), 2022, https://shorturl.at/mnsxZ
• "Restrictions on Electoral Propaganda on Social Media" (SPA), 2021, https://shorturl.at/gtBNW
• "Personal Data and Elections" (SPA), 2021, https://shorturl.at/tKOU2
• "After the Law: Seeking Gender Justice for Women and LGBTQ+ Individuals Facing Online Gender-Based Violence in Peru" (SPA), 2020, https://shorturl.at/pBKN1

Publications in specialized journals

• "The Digital Constitution in Peru: Reflecting on Thirty Years" (SPA), Gaceta Constitucional, October 2023, pp. 228-244, https://t.ly/7kMRq
• "The Habeas Data Process in the New Constitutional Procedural Code: Legitimation, Special Requirements, and Protected Rights – An Uncoordinated Regulation?" (SPA), IDEC Revista Digital, 2021, pp. 19-26, https://t.ly/MKWX3
• "Fundamental Right of Access to the Internet: A Preliminary Approach" (SPA), Gaceta Constitucional, July 2021, pp. 194-204, https://t.ly/fzvMu
• "State of Emergency and COVID-19: A Constitution Designed for the 20th Century?" (SPA), Gaceta Constitucional, April 2020, pp. 58-66, https://t.ly/f9BK8
• "The Constitutional Transcendence of Net Neutrality" (SPA), THĒMIS-Revista de Derecho, 2016, pp. 223-246, https://t.ly/bexdR

Publications on Specialized Web Portals 

• "Is There a Right to Anonymity on the Internet?" (SPA), EnfoqueDerecho.com, June 2018, https://rb.gy/w4l2vb

• Digital apologism and civic space: the peruvian case, Internet Governance Forum Kyoto-Japan, 2023
• Net neutrality & Covid-19: trends in LAC and Asia Pacific, Internet Governance Forum Kyoto-Japan, 2023
• The Use of the Internet in the Criminalization of Speech, 11th Edition of the Workshop of the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Buenos Aires-Argentina, 2023
• New Technologies and their impact on the Rights To Freedom Of Expression, Privacy, And Political Participation, Discussion panel organized by IDEH-PUCP, Lima-Peru, 2023
• The Access to the Internet and Digital Rights: Public Utility, Inequalities, and Opportunities, Workshops organized by Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli-Italy (virtual), 2023

• Assistant Lecturer in the Constitutional Law 1 Course at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, semester 2023-1.
• Assistant Lecturer in the Information Society Course at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, semester 2020-2.
• Teaching Assistant in the Constitutional Law 1 Course at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú semesters 2012-2, 2013-1 and 2014-1.

• Constitucionalismo Crítico, 2019, Present
• Perspectiva Constitucional, Founding Member, 2015, Present