[1] Between 1997 and 1998 he furthered his studies at the University of Oxford, where he obtained a Magister Juris in European and Comparative Law.
[2] There, he also was involved in preparing the Costa Rican defense against Nicaragua in the case about the invasion of Calero island before the ICC.
[5] Since 2019,[1][5] he is an associate professor of international law at the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) in San Jose, Costa Rica.
[3][7] Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez was also a contributor the newspaper La Nacion in Costa Rica.
[1] On 21 December 2020, Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez was elected in the fourth round to the International Criminal Court by the Assembly of States Parties.