Por Nicolás Carrillo Santarelli
Desde que lo vi, siempre me llamó la atención el libro que publicó hace un par de años la American Society of International Law titulado «International Law: 100 Ways it Shapes our Lives», que puede descargarse aquí. Ciertamente, el derecho internacional puede parecer remoto o demasiado distante para muchos, incluidos estudiantes de derecho y abogados. Sin embargo, ese derecho tiene un gran impacto en nuestras vidas, como demuestra el hecho de que hay organizaciones internacionales, incluso antiguas, que se ocupan de cuestiones técnicas o de comunicaciones, como la Unión Postal Internacional, constituida en el siglo XIX. Incluso la posibilidad de otorgar o no amnistías o penas alternativas depende de que se respete el derecho internacional y, en consecuencia, no haya violaciones graves de derechos humanos y de que las sanciones, en el segundo supuesto, sean proporcionadas a la violación y no un mero eufemismo y una forma de impunidad encubierta: si un Estado no respeta esto, en el futuro pueden criticarse normas internas y quienes implementan el derecho internacional, sean autoridades internacionales o estatales ejerciendo jurisdicción extraterritorial, pueden terminar juzgando a los responsables (algo importante en contextos como el colombiano, como se discute aquí y aquí).
Por estos motivos, me es grato anunciar que en la Universidad de La Sabana se realizará un Foro sobre «El Derecho Internacional en la Vida Cotidiana» el próximo 16 de marzo (2016), cuyo afiche adjunto a este texto. A continuación transcribo la descripción del Foro:
«El foro que da inicio a este nuevo año académico del Programa de Maestría en Derecho Internacional, propone una reflexión académica sobre preguntas fundamentales que ponen de presente la utilidad y vigencia actual del Derecho internacional: ¿a quienes está dirigido el Derecho Internacional? ¿en qué medida puede mejorar nuestras vidas? ¿de qué modo el Derecho Internacional actual promueve el desarrollo? ¿cuáles son los usos, beneficios y límites del Derecho Internacional para diversos actores como grupos organizados de la sociedad civil, empresas, jueces, inversionistas, funcionarios encargados del diseño de políticas públicas, entre otros?
Así, uno de los objetivos centrales de este Foro es generar un espacio en el que se evidencie el panorama amplio que ofrece el Derecho Internacional contemporáneo y sus múltiples actores e interlocutores».
La información sobre contacto e inscripciones (gratuitas) se encuentra en este link.
The Academy of European Law’s 2014 Summer Courses in Human Rights and European Law offers another great program this year. The General Courses will be presented by Harold Koh (human rights) and Stephen Weatherill (European Law), and there will be distinguished lectures by Bruno Simma, Joseph Weiler and Marta Cartabia. The themes of the specialized courses are Freedom of Religion, Secularism and Human Rights, and EU Legal Acts.
The program is here and all the information may be consulted here.
The Venice Academy of Human Rights will take place from 7-16 July 2014. The theme of this year’s academy is «Judicial Legitimacy and the Rule of Law». As usual, the programme includes great names: Paul Mahoney (European Court of Human Rights), Gráinne de Búrca (NYU), Philip G. Alston (NYU), Andreas Føllesdal (University of Oslo), Geir Ulfstein (University of Oslo), Jeremy Waldron, (NYU and Oxford), and Michael Zürn (Free University Berlin).
Seminario de Derecho Internacional con el Profesor Alexander Orakhelashvili
diciembre 10, 2013
Les recuerdo que mañana a las 17:00 horas, en el seminario VII de la cuarta planta de la Facultad de Derecho de la UAM tendremos al Profesor Alexander Orakhelashvili para una discusión académica sobre «Responsibility and Immunities: Similarities and Differences between States and International Organisations».
vía Seminario de Derecho Internacional con el Profesor Alexander Orakhelashvili.
Becas para el Curso de Derecho Internacional de la OEA 2014
diciembre 5, 2013
La Fundación de la FIA ofrece becas para el Curso de Derecho Internacional-OEA 2014
En el marco del Convenio de colaboración entre la Federación Interamericana de Abogados (FIA) y la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), se ofrecen 4 becas para el curso de Derecho Internacional-OEA 2014.
El curso se impartirá durante el mes de agosto de 2014 en Río de Janeiro (Brasil), donde se encuentra la sede del Comité Jurídico Interamericano de la OEA, y abarcará cuestiones de derecho internacional público y privado, siendo la temática principal la Resolución de Controversias Internacionales.
Se ofrecen dos tipos de becas:
1) Beca para un abogado profesor “ad honorem” para impartir uno de los módulos del curso. El plazo de presentación de candidaturas finaliza el 2 de mayo de 2014.
2) 3 becas para participar en el curso. El plazo de presentación de candidaturas finaliza el 15 de Abril de 2.014.
Oskar Kokoschka, Die Wiener Staatsoper, 1956. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
The call for papers or posters for the ESIL Vienna Conference on 4-6 September 2014 includes:
Agora 7: International law and History: The Return of the Past?
International law has developed a distinctively historical and historiographic turn in the last 15 years, rediscovering a historical approach to the study of international law and international lawyers which had largely faded from view since 1945. In part it has been revitalized by a renewed preoccupation with understanding the political and normative foundations of international law, its relationship with empire and colonialism, and as part of the search for clues about the origins of the present. But it has also been revitalized by the resurgence of intellectual history, postcolonial history and international history, which are reinvigorating the study of ‘classical’ figures in international political and legal thought, and trying to understand the origins of the political, social and economic foundations of the contemporary international legal order. Along with groundbreaking work in the history of international law in general, recent years have seen new studies in the history of the laws of war, renovations of the legal thought of classical figures such as Gentili and Vattel, and new histories of international institutions such as the League of Nations.
This agora will bring together intellectual historians, historians of law and historians of international thought to consider the ways in which new research into the history of international law is changing our understanding of past and present.
The deadline for proposals for papers or posters is 15 January 2014.
The call for papers or posters for the ESIL Vienna Conference on 4-6 September 2014 includes:
Agora 6: International law and Feminism: Anything New Under the Sun?
In the 1990s an intense debate on feminism and international law started to permeate journals and learned societies. Core concepts of international law were critiqued and de-constructed from a feminist perspective. Most recently, the ILA re-established a committee on ‘Feminism and International Law’ in 2010 focusing on the economic empowerment of women and the possible contribution of international law. Other initiatives, like the journal ‘Feminist Legal Studies’, continue; others were recently revived, such as the ‘IntLawGrrls’ blog.
Feminist methodological approaches to international law include the detection of silences in the law and the question of how to respond to the many (cultural, linguistic, religious, ethnic, economic) differences among women. Feminist international lawyers have added to the understanding of international law in various ways, e.g. through a feminist perspective on international criminal law and on women in armed conflicts.
These issues will be discussed in this agora, including questions such as: What is the current status of the debate? Is there still momentum in international law and feminism? What are the fields where international law and feminism might best contribute to the development of international law?
The deadline for proposals for papers or posters is 15 January 2014.
ESIL Conference 2014 in Vienna: Call for Papers on International Law and Literature
octubre 30, 2013
The call for papers or posters for the ESIL Vienna Conference on 4-6 September 2014 includes:
Agora 5: International Law and Literature
Law and literature has become an established research interest and has found its way into a number of law school curricula. Obviously both academic fields are primarily about the interpretation of texts. But there are many other overlaps between the two fields, from lawyers turning novelists to novelists pushing legal change. However, international law seems to have been rather on the fringe of these developments. Even so, issues central to international law have been reflected in literature (e.g. terrorism, from Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel ‘The Secret Agent’ to the 2006 book ‘Terrorist’ by John Updike). Though more rarely, international lawyers have even become protagonists in literature like Frederic Martens in Jan Kross’ 1984 novel ‘Professor Martens’ Departure’, depicting the 19th century international lawyer already torn between apology and utopia. Conversely, international lawyers have taken a closer look at literature and studied the reflection of international law in Shakespeare’s plays like Theodor Meron in his 1994 study on ‘Henry’s Wars and Shakespeare’s Laws’ followed by his 1998 book ‘Bloody Constraint: War and Chivalry in Shakespeare’.
Building on this interest of international lawyers in literature, this agora will address general issues: Is there anything that law and literature can learn from each other? Is there a deeper overlap in the methodology? How would a lawyer cope with the prevailing subjectivist approach to art? Can writers adapt to the stringent interpretative canons of (international) lawyers? To what extent should lawyers draw on the methodology developed in the context of literary studies, e.g. as regards text analysis or interpretation?
The deadline for proposals for papers or posters is 15 January 2014.
The call for papers or posters for the ESIL Vienna Conference on 4-6 September 2014 includes:
Agora 4: International Law and Economics
‘Law and economics’ has become an established branch of interdisciplinary research. Many fields of the law have been analyzed from a ‘law and economics’ perspective (assuming rational behaviour and using economic tools) and also from a ‘behavioural law and economics’ perspective (a joint enterprise between economists and psychologists). However, international law appears to have been analyzed to a lesser extent although it is an especially interesting topic due to the missing centralized enforcement power. It thus appears worthwhile to investigate whether ‘(behavioural) law and economics’ approaches could be applied more widely to core issues of international law ranging from treaty negotiation to treaty compliance, the development of customary law, the design of international institutions, international dispute settlement, and so on.
This agora welcomes all contributions on international law using a (behavioural) economics approach, including empirical studies on international law.
The deadline for proposals for papers or posters is 15 January 2014.
Cuarto Seminario Brasileño sobre Cortes y Tribunales Internacionales
octubre 28, 2013
La Asociación Brasileña de Derecho Internacional (ABDI) y el Núcleo de Estudios en Tribunales Internacionales de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de São Paulo (USP), tienen el honor de invitarles al Cuarto Seminario Brasileño sobre Cortes y Tribunales Internacionales, que tendrá lugar los días 18 y 19 de noviembre en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de São Paulo (USP), Largo São Francisco, São Paulo, Brasil. Más información en www.netiusp.org o escribiendo al correo: netiusp@gmail.com.
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