The Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (Peru) awarded Rafael Domingo— a University of Navarra law professor, researcher at the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), and associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta (USA)— an honorary doctorate in recognition of his professional and academic achievements. The Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola has given the same award to Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize recipient, the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the former Prime Minister of Spain, José María Aznar, and the journalist Pedro J. Ramirez, among others.

Professor Domingo also received a certificate of honor from the Congress of Peru for his important contribution to law and his close ties to Peru. While delivering the award, the president of Congress, Luis Iberico, highlighted Domingo Oslé’s "valuable contribution" in his publications and studies on global law.

Cultural and social projects in Latin America and Asia

Rafael Domingo is an Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) researcher and professor within the School of Law, of which he was Dean between 1996 and 1999. His research focuses on global law, comparative law, Roman law and the foundations of law.

He directed the Garrigues Chair in Global Law from its inauguration in 2003 until 2009 and was founder and director of The Global Law Collection, which is published by Thomson Reuters Aranzadi. He is a member of prominent academies and has lectured in international academic forums. Domingo is currently the Francisco de Vitoria Senior Fellow at Emory University in Atlanta (USA), where he leads a research project on religious freedom and global law.

Domingo complements his academic work with his work as President of the Maiestas Foundation, which coordinates cultural and social projects in Spain, Latin America and Asia. He is the author of more than a dozen books, most notably The New Global Law (2011) and his new book God and the Secular Legal System (2016), both published by Cambridge University Press.