Héctor Fix-Zamudio

Héctor Fix-Zamudio (24 September 1924 – 27 January 2021) was a Mexican jurist.

Education Born in the downtown quarter of Mexico City, Fix-Zamudio studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1956 and his doctorate (magna cum laude) in 1972. He also received honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Seville (Spain), the University of Colima (Mexico), the Universidad Externado de Colombia, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, the University of Puebla (Mexico), the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), Los Andes Peruvian University (Peru), and the Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo del Estado de Michoacán (Mexico). In 1986 he was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education, and he later served on the jury for that prize for four years from 1988 to 1991.

In recognition of his work in the field, the UNAM's Legal Research Institute currently awards the annual Héctor Fix-Zamudio International Prize for Legal Research.

Death Héctor Fix-Zamudio died at the age of 96 of heart failure on 27 January 2021.

Publications Fix-Zamudio published 20 books and 250 articles on legal topics, including amparo, constitutional law and human rights.