Prizes and Honors

2022 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad de Granada, Spain.

2022 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Université Paris 8, France.

2022 - Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award by the Caribbean Philosophical Association.

2020 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Perú.

2019 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) and Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Brazil.

2019 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Brazil.

2019 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.

2019 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica.

2018 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina.

2018 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidade de Roskilde, Denmark.

2018 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidade da Corunha, Spain.

2018 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidade Federal de Pelotas and Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Brazil.

2017 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

2017 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidade La Salle, Canoas, Brazil.

2017 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil.

2017 - Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.

2016 - Doctor Honoris Causa by the La Plata University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2016 - Docor Honoris Causa by the University of Córdoba, Argentina.

2016 - Title of Citizen of Porto Alegre, from the City Hall of Porto Alegre, Brazil.

2014 - Doctor Honoris Causa by the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

2014 - Doctor Honoris Causa by the Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil.

2012 - Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Brasilia, Brazil.

2012 - Doctor Honoris Causa by the Law School of the University of McGill, Montreal, Canada.

2012 - "Sócrates", by the Law School of the University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.

2011 - Harry J. Kalven Jr. 2011, by the Law and Society Association, USA.

2010 - Mexico Ciencia y Tecnologia Prize 2010, by the Science Consulting Council of the Presidency of the Republic of Mexico.

2010 - Fundación Xavier de Salas Prize, Spain.

2010 - “Libertador ao Pensamento Crítico -2009", Venezuela.

2009 - “Gran-Cruz da Ordem do Mérito Cultural de 2009”, by the Governement of the Federal Republic of Brazil.

2009 - Adam Podgórecki Prize, from the International Sociological Association.

2007 - “Libertador ao Pensamento Crítico -2006", Venezuela.

2006 - Ezequiel Martínez Estrada Essay Prize, from Casa de las Américas (Cuba).

2005 - “Reconocimiento al Mérito” Prize, from the Universidad Veracruzana (México).

2004 - Euclides da Cunha Prize from the União Brasileira de Escritores do Rio de Janeiro(Brazil).

2001 - JABUTI Prize (Brazil) – Humanities and Education.

1998 - Bordalo Press Prize for Science – 1997 (Portugal).

1996 - Gulbenkian Foundation Prize of Science (Portugal).

1996 - Grand Official Order of Rio Branco, given by the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil.

1996 - Title of Citizen of São Paulo, from the City Hall of São Paulo (Brazil).

1996 - Grand Official of the Military Order of Sant'iago de Espada, given by the President of the Portuguese Republic.

1994 - Pen Club Portuguese Prize (Essay).