Bárbara Zamora López is an outstanding figure in the legal and social sphere of Mexico. A graduate of the UNAM Faculty of Law, she has distinguished herself not only for her legal excellence, but also for her commitment to social justice and human rights. In 1991 she founded the Tierra y Libertad Law Firm, which she still presides. She was very active as an advisor to the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in the San Andrés dialogues. She has defended important causes of international impact: the case of the Italian citizens—artists, politicians and activists—expelled from the country for life for observing the situation of indigenous communities in Chiapas; the six Basque citizens and one Mexican who were requested for extradition by the Kingdom of Spain; the CGH students wrongly accused of terrorism for the 1999 strike at UNAM; the social leaders imprisoned during the repression in Atenco; indigenous people recognized as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International. She has defended countless indigenous communities and ejidos throughout the country in litigation for the dispossession of land, water and natural resources against mining companies, real estate companies, developers, automobile companies and local bosses, for which she has been the object of threats and acts of intimidation. Her professional activities led the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to dictate measures to protect her safety. She has been recognized with the oldest and most prestigious human rights award, the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize 2003, awarded by all the bars and colleges of lawyers of the European Union. She has also been awarded the Medal of the Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine, in France. In Mexico she has received the Don Sergio Méndez Arceo Human Rights Award in 2005 and the Los Dorados Medal, awarded by the Francisco Villa Popular Front in 2003.