​Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

2024

XX Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Judge Fausto Pocar (Italy)

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Ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

President of the International Criminal Court (2005 - 2008)

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Topic discussed: “Diversity as Cultural Heritage of Humankind and Minorities’ Identity”

• Minister Edson Fachin (Brasil)

Minister of the Supreme Federal Court

Vice-President of the Supreme Federal Court

President of the Superior Electoral Court (2022)

Minister of the Superior Electoral Court (2018 - 2022)

Topic discussed: “Controle de convencionalidade à luz de julgamentos do STF”

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• João Miguel Ferreira De Serpa Soares (Portugal)

Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs

Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal (2008 - 2013)

Legal Advisor at the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union (REPER) (1999 - 2008)

Topic discussed: “O papel dos juristas nas organizações internacionais - 10 anos de experiência como jurisconsulto das Nações Unidas”

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• Dr. Bimal N. Patel (India)

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Member of the UN International Law Commission

Chairman of the Working Group on Succession of States in respect of State Responsibility

Professor and Vice-Chancellor at the Rashtriya Raksha University

Topic discussed: “Treaty Law and Practice in India in the context of BRICS+”

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• Dr. Etienne Henry (France)

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Professor of International Humanitarian Law at the University of Neuchâtel Associate Legal Advisor at the International Court of Justice (2019 - 2024)

Topic discussed: “Observations on recent trends in public interest litigation at the

International Court of Justice”​

• Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia)

Judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

President of the International Court of Justice (2018 - 2021)

Vice President of the International Court of Justice (2015 - 2018)

Topic discussed: “International Law and the Public Law of Africa”

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• Leonardo Cardoso Magalhães (Brasil)

Federal Public Defender General

Regional Human Rights Defender of the Federal District

Inter-American Public Defender

Member of the Superior Council of the Federal Public Defender's Office

Topic discussed: “Justiciabilidade dos Direitos Econômicos, Sociais, Culturais e Ambientais do Protocolo de São Salvador”

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• Professor Photini Pazartizis (Greece)

Professor of International Law and Director of the Athens Public International Law Center

Vice-Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee ICCPR

President of the European Society of International Law

Member of the ESIL Board

Topic discussed: “Adjudicating State Responsibility for Climate Change”

• Judge María Tereza Infante Caffi (Chile)

Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Ambassador of Chile to the Netherlands

Topic discussed: “Regional contributions to international law”

• Pedro Sloboda (Brasil)

Diplomat and professor of International Law

General Coordination of BRICS at Itamaraty

Topic discussed: “O princípio do patrimônio comum da humanidade e o tratado sobre biodiversidade marinha em áreas além da jurisdição nacional (BBNJ)”

• Judge Graciela Gatti Santana (Uruguay)

President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Judicial member of the Mechanisms Rules Committee

Topic discussed: “IRMCT at a crossroads - achievements and challenges”

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• Professor Lorena Bastianetto (Brasil)

Professor of International Law and Civil Procedure

Topic discussed: “Imunização das Decisões e o Direito Internacional Privado”

• Sir Michael Wood (United Kingdom)

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Legal Adviser to the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth

Office Member of the UN International Law Commission

Honorary Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Topic discussed: “Recent developments in the UN Security Council”

• Ambassador Antonio Patriota (Brasil)

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Brazilian ambassador to the United Kingdom, having also been ambassador to Egypt and Eritrea, Italy, Malta and San Marino and the United States

Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Topic discussed: “Democracia, Sustentabilidade e Paz”

• Daniel Muller (France)

Attorney of Public International Law

Topic discussed: “Intervening in proceedings before international courts and tribunals: Rules, practice, and usefulness”

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• Judge Socorro Flores Liera (Mexico)

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Judge of the International Criminal Court

Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva

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Topic discussed: “Current challenges to international criminal justice”

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• Judge Kriangsak Kittichaisaree (Thailand)

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Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Member of the UN International Law Commission

Chairman of the Working Group on the Administration of Justice at the UN

President of the 25th Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Conciliator under Annex V

Arbitrator under Annex VII to the 1982 Convention

Topic discussed: “ITLOS' Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law”

• Felipe Franco (Colombia)

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Human Rights Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

Colombia Project Coordinator for the “Rule of Law for Latin America” Program

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Topic discussed: “Corruption and Human Rights”

• Ambassador João Mendes Pereira (Brazil)

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Ambassador of Brazil to Belgium and Luxembourg

Director of the ALADI Department and Economic Integration

General Economic Coordinator for South, Central America and the Caribbean

Topic discussed: “Brasil e Bélgica frente aos desafios internacionais contemporâneos”

• Professor Juan Pablo Terminiello (Argentina)

Teaching Assistant in International Refugee Law at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires

Topic discussed: “Forced Displacement in Latin America: Regional Trends and Challenges. Mixed Movements: Towards a New Coordinated Approach to Migration and Displacement”

• Professor Mayra Thais Andrade (Brazil)

PhD and Master in Public Law, Human Rights, Process of Integration and Constitutionalization of International Law

Member of the Human Rights Commission of the OAB/MG, of the Portal Direito Internacional Sem Fronteiras (DISF) and of the Study Group of the Inter-American System of Human Rights (GESIDH)

Lawyer

Topic discussed: “As famílias internacionais e a importância das inovações no direito internacional privado”

• Professor Tatiana Cardoso Squeff (Brazil)

Brazilian expert appointed by the Ministry of Justice/SENACON to work with the Hague Conference on Private International Law

Member of ASADIP, Ila - Brazil and ABRI

Researcher at the Center for International Courts - NETI/USP

Co-coordinates the Legal Advisory for Migrants at UFU (AJESIR), Coordinates at the Moot Courts Center

Topic discussed: “Direito Internacional Descolonial”

• Christina Leb (Austria)

Senior Counsel at the Environment and International Law Department (LEGEN) of the World Bank

Senior Water Resources Specialist at the Water Global Practice

Topic discussed: “Implementation of the Duty to Cooperate under International Water Law”

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• Mohamed Helal (Egypt)

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Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

Member of the African Union Commission of International Law

Topic discussed: “Of Force & Non-Intervention: An Historical Inquiry on the Meaning of Coercion”

• Ambassador Guilherme Patriota (Brazil)

Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Worked with regional and multilateral institutions such as the Organization of American States, Mercosul, the WTO and the World Intellectual Property Organization Ambassador of Brazil to New Zealand

Deputy advisor on international affairs to former President Dilma Rousseff

Topic discussed: “Diplomacia Cientifíca e Tecnológica”

• Patrícia Galvão Teles (Portugal)

Member of the United Nations International Law Commission

Professor of International Law Autonomous University of Lisbon

Senior Legal Consultant at the Department of Legal Affairs

Topic discussed: “A Comissão de Direito Internacional da ONU no seu 75° Aniversário”

• Paula Baldini (Brazil)

Legal Counsel Permanent Court of Arbitration

Deputy Executive Director (Publications) International Council for Commercial Arbitration

Topic discussed: “125 Anos da Corte Permanente de Arbitragem na Resolução de Conflitos”

• Frida María Armas Pfirter (Argentina)

Member of the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Professor of Public International Law

Legal Officer of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Republic

Topic discussed: “Advisory Opinions at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea”

• Mohamed Sameh Amr (Egypt)

Professor of International Law, Cairo University

Member of the Board of Trustees of Cairo Regional Center of International

Commercial Arbitration

Member of ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators

Member of the National Council of Human Rights (Egypt)

Former Ambassador of Egypt to UNESCO

Former President of UNESCO’s Executive Board

Topic discussed: “International Investment Law and Adjudication”

• Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado (Brazil)

Ambassador Extraordinary for Climate Change

Ambassador of Brazil to Qatar, Portugal and the United States

Minister of Foreign Affairs Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations

Topic discussed: “O Direito Internacional da Mudança do Clima"

• Masahiko Asada (Japan)

Professor of International Law at Doshisha University

Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University

Member of the International Law Commission

Topic discussed: “The Tlatelolco Protocol II revisited: Legal consequences of declarations made to a treaty prohibiting reservations”

• Abiola Idowu-Ojo (Nigeria)

Executive Secretary at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Commission’s Acting Executive Secretary

Topic discussed: “Overview of the Mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights”

2023

XIX Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez (Costa Rica)

Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Peace in Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s Ambassador to the Netherlands (2014 - 2018)

Vice-President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (2016 - 2016)

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Topic discussed: “25 Anniversary of the Rome Statute”

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• Professor Lauri Mälksoo (Estonia)

Professor of International Law at the University of Tartu in Estonia

Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague

Member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission)

Director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute (2013 - 2017)

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Topic discussed: “The Rise and Fall of Regionalism in International Law of Post-Soviet Eurasia”

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• Professor Raphael Pangalangan (Philippines)

Legal Advisor to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the United Nations Human Rights Office

Professor at Jindal Global Law School

Fellow for the Center for International Law of the Philippines

Topic discussed: “International criminal accountability in the situation in the Philippines”

• Professor Péter Kovács (Hungary)

Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Head of the Department of Human Rights & Minority Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1999 - 1998)

Judge of the Hungarian Constitutional Court (2005 - 2014)

Topic discussed: “The International Criminal Court and third states”

• Professor Karima Bennoune (United States/Algeria )

Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Michigan

UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights (2015 - 2021)

Expert for the International Criminal Court (2017)

Topic discussed: “The International Obligation to Counter Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan”

• Professor Pierre d’Argent (Belgium)

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Professor at the University of Louvain (Belgium) and visiting professor at the University of Leiden (Netherlands)

Member of the International Law Institute (IDI)

Vice-President of the European Society of International Law

First Secretary of the International Court of Justice (2009 - 2011)

Topic discussed: “Nullity of interstate arbitral awards”

• Professor Catalina F. Carter (Chile)

Professor of International Law at University of Chile

Head of the Department of the Universal Human Rights System at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile

Topic discussed: “Enforcement of International Criminal Law in Latin America”

• Professor Hanqin Xue (China)

Judge of the International Court of Justice

Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (2018 - 2021)

Vice-President and Board member of the Chinese Society of International Law

Topic discussed: “The value of fundamental principles of International Law”

• Professor Miguel Ángel Barboza-López (Peru)

Project coordinator at the Rule of Law Programme for Latin America (KAS) in Colombia

Lawyer at the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2015 - 2016)

Topic discussed: “Due Diligence in Business and Human Rights: an approach in the case of indigenous peoples”

• Professor Luísa Helena Cruz (Brazil)

Project Coordinator (Interagency Coordination) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Deputy Chief Advisor in the International Affairs Office of the Supreme Federal Court

Advisor of  National Council of Justice (2016 - 2018)

Topic discussed: “O Direito Internacional das Migrações e o Pacto Global para uma Migração Segura, Ordenada e Regular”

• Professor Matiangai Sirleaf (United States)

Professor of Law and of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland

Member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law

Topic discussed: “White Health as Global Health”

• Professor Geraldo Vidigal (Brazil)

Assistant Professor of International Trade Law and Public International Law at the University of Amsterdam

Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Panelist of the WTO and the European Union for dispute settlement

Topic discussed: “Os Meios de Sanção das Obrigações Internacionais e o Papel dos Tribunais Internacionais”

• Professor Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (France)

Judge of the International Criminal Court

Head of the French Foreign Ministry’s Legal Division (1994 - 1998)

Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2005 - 2011)

Topic discussed: “Reparations for the victims of major crimes in the ICC: achievements and challenges”

• Professor Dalia Visinskyte (Lituania)

Associate Legal Officer of the International Court of Justice

Legal Expert of the European Commission

Topic discussed: “Indirect Expropriation in Investment Arbitration”

• Professor Irene Vida Gala (Brazil)

Deputy Head of the Itamaraty Representation Office in São Paulo

President of the Association of Women Diplomats of Brazil (AMDB)

Ambassador of Brazil to the Republic of Ghana (2011 - 2017)

Topic discussed: “Mulheres e Diplomacia. No mundo e no Brasil”

• Professor Sagnik Das (India)

Assistant professor at Jindal Global Law School

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Topic discussed: “Human Rights-ification of International Law: How International Courts Shaped the Law and Discourse of International Human Rights”

• Professor Gocha Lordkipanidze (Georgia)

Judge of the International Criminal Court

Minister (2020 - 2021) and Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia (2012 - 2020)

Deputy permanent representative of the Permanent Mission of Georgia to United Nations

Topic discussed: “The Rome Statute as an interplay of International Criminal Law and International Law”

• Professor Chang-ho Chung (Coreia do Sul)

Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

United Nations International Judge of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (2011 - 2015)

Legal Advisor and Korean Delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Permanent Mission in Vienna, Austria (2008 - 2009)

Topic discussed: “Recent Developments at the International Criminal Court”

• Professor Mamadou Hébié (Burkina Faso)

Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Leiden Law School)

Special Assistant to the President of the International Court Justice (2018 - 2021)

Topic discussed: “Rethinking the International Law of State Responsibility: a Systemic Perspective”

2022

XVIII Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Rashida Manjoo (South Africa)

Professor Emeritus at University of Cape Town, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and its causes and consequences (2009-2015), Former Parliamentary Commissioner of the Commission on Gender Equality - South Africa

Topic discussed: “Normativity without legality: The practice of the UN on violence against women”

• Professor Paul Stephan (United States)

Distinguished Professor of Law at University of Virginia

Special Counsel to the General Counsel in the U.S. Department of Defense (2020-2021)

Counselor on International Law in the U.S. Department of State (2006-2007)

Topic discussed: “The Future of International Dispute Resolution”

• Professor Stefan Talmon (Germany)

Professor of Public Law, Public International Law and European Union law at the University of Bonn

Director of the Institute of Public International Law at the University of Bonn

Supernumerary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford

Topic discussed: “Standing Before the ICJ”

• Professor Marcelo Kohen (Argentina)

Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva

Member of the Institut de Droit International and its Secretary General since 2015

Founder of the Latin American Society of International Law and its First Director-General

Topic discussed: “Judicial Settlement of Disputes in Times of International Crisis”

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• Professor John Dugard (South Africa)

Honorary Professor, University of Pretoria (Centre for Human Rights)

Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice

Member of the International Law Commission (1997-2011)

Member of Institut de Droit International

Topic discussed: “The Choice Before Us: International Law or a ‘Rules-Based International Order’ ”

• Professor Aniruddha Rajpud (India)

Member of the United Nations International Law Commission (2017-2021)

Chairperson of the Drafting Committee of the International Law Commission at its 69th Session in 2017

Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law

Topic discussed: “Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflict: Present and Future”

• Professor August Reinisch (Austria)

Professor of International and European Law at the University of Vienna

Member of the International Law Commission

Served as arbitrator in investment cases under ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules

Topic discussed: “Potential Multilateral Investment Court”

• Professor Alina Miron (France)

Professor of International Law at the University of Angers (France), co-director of the Master of International and European Law and a partner at FAR Avocats

Counsel and Advocate in a number of cases before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and before arbitral tribunals

Topic discussed: “Sea-level Rise and the Law of the Sea”

• Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy (France)

Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris (Panthéon-Assas)

Professor at the European University Institute - Florence (2000-2008)

Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (2008-2012)

Lecturer at the General Course of International Law at The Hague Academy of International Law in 2000

Topic discussed: “Is the Universality of International Law Challenged by the War in Ukraine?”

• Professor Bruno Simma (Germany)

Judge of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Judge of the International Court of Justice (2003-2012)

Member of the UN International Law Commission (1997-2002)

Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1987-1996)

Professor of Law at the University of Munich

Topic discussed: “Dispute Settlement by the ICJ versus Settlement by Arbitration”

• Professor Hervé Ascensio (France)

Professor of International Law at the University of Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Director of the Master 2 degree in Global Business Law and Governance

Counsel of the French Government in proceedings before the International Court of Justice

Arbitrator in one ICSID Tribunal

Topic discussed: “State-to-State Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in the New Generation of Regional Trade Agreements”

• Professor Marc Bungenberg (Germany)

Director of the Europa-Institut

Professor of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law at Saarland University, Germany

Member of the scientific advisory to the International Investment Law Centre in Cologne

Topic discussed: “Economic Sanctions in Times of War”

• Professor Pierre Klein (Belgium)

Professor of International Law at the Université libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.)

Visiting Lecturer and Professor at the University of Ottawa, McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université Catholique de Louvain, Université D’Abomey-Calavi (Bénin), and at The Hague Academy of International Law

Topic discussed: “The Chagos Archipelago Saga: Unlocking the Potential of International Law?”

• Professor Jean-Marc Thouvenin (France)

Secretary-General of The Hague Academy of International Law

Professeur agrégé at the University Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense

Topic discussed: “Res Judicata, Res Interpretata, Res Deliberata”

• Professor Mareike Fröhlich (Germany)

Head of the SEE/EU Cluster of Excellence in European and International Law

Research Associate and Project Coordinator of International Research Teaching Projects at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University

Topic discussed: “Gender Perspectives in International Economic Law”

• Professor Giulia Aravantinou-Leonidi (Italy)

Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, EU Law and Public Administration at the European Law and Governance School (ELGS)

Professor ofEuropean Political Institutions at University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy)

Member of the International Society of Public Law

Topic discussed: “Presidentialism and its Evolution: Is the American Presidency Still Shaping the International Agenda?”

• Professor William Schabas (United Kingdom)

Professor of International Law at Middlesex University in London

Emeritus Professor of International Criminal Law and Human Rights at Leiden University

Visiting faculty at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po

Officer of the Order of Canada

Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Topic discussed: “The Colour Line in International Law”

• Professor William Torres Laureano da Rosa (Brazil)

Senior Protection Assistant of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) - São Paulo

PhD in International Relations - University of Sussex (United Kingdom)

Visiting Professor at PPGRI San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP)

Researcher at UNICAMP

Topic discussed: “International Refugee Protection and Access to Rights: the Brazilian experience in 25 years of the Brazilian Refugee Law”

• Professor Nikolas Vougaris (Greece)

Head of the Treaty Division at the European Public Law Organization

Lecturer at the European Law and Governance School - Greece

Former soldier of the Greek Army

Topic discussed: “Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’ in and against Ukraine and the Rules on the Use of Force (Jus ad Bellum)”

• Professor Thomas Heidar (Iceland)

Vice-President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Director of the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland

Topic discussed: “The Law of the Sea Convention: A living instrument at the Fourty”

• Professor Valentina Rita-Scotti (Italy)

Lecturer in ‘Gender Discrimination and Law” and Constitutional Law at Koç University Law School, Istanbul, Turkey

Permanent Visiting Associate Professor at Academia Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico

Qualified as Associate Professor by the Italian Minister of Higher Education

Topic discussed: “Protecting and Promoting Gender Equality: A dialogue between National and Supranational Courts”

• Professor Roman Kolodkin (Russia)

Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Member of the Institute of International Law

Advisor on Public International Law of the International and Comparative Law Research Center

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Topic discussed: “ITLOS - 25 years later”

• Professor Aurélien Raccah (France)

Associate Professor of EU Law - Catholic University of Lille

Vice Dean in charge of the International Development Catholic University of Lille

Co-Director of the International and European Law School (IELS)

Lawyer at ELEA AVOCAT - Paris

Topic discussed: “EU Actions Towards the Conflict in Ukraine”

• Professor Donald M. MacRae (Canada)

Judge ad hoc of the ICJ (Guatemala v. Belize case)

Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Common law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa

Member of the International Law Commission (2007-2016)

Member of the Institut de Droit International

Topic discussed: “Conciliation in International Dispute Settlement”

• Professor Joanna Korner (United Kingdom)

Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Senior Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (1999-2004 and 2009-2012)

Former Judge of the Crown Court of England and Wales

Senior Legal Adviser to the Chief Prosecutor in the country’s State Prosecutor’s Office (2004-2005)

Topic discussed: “Ecocide: A crime to be added to the Rome Statute?”

• Professor Edgardo Buscaglia (United States of America)

Senior Scholar in Law and Economics at Columbia University Law School (USA)

Professor at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Senior Visiting Academic at Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy)

Director of the International Law and Economics Development Center (USA)

Topic discussed: “Law and Economics of Complex Crimes: a counteracting Human Rights Approach”

2021

XVII Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Alain Pellet (France)

Former Professor of International Law at the Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University

Director of the University's Center for International Law (1991-2001)

Member of the International Law Institute (IDI)

Topic discussed: “Practising International Law”

• Professor Bruno Simma (Germany)

Former Judge of the International Court of Justice

Former Dean of the Munich Faculty of Law

Founding President of the European Society of International Law

Topic discussed: “The International Court of Justice and Human Rights”

• Professor Francisco Rezek (Brazil)

Former Judge of the International Court of Justice

Professor at the University of Brasilia

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Topic discussed: “Sovereignty, Democracy and Authority of International Jurisdiction: Emerging Problems”

• Professor Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (Switzerland)

Professor and Director of the Department of International Law and International Organizations at the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva - Switzerland Former Legal Adviser to the World Bank

Topic discussed: “International Environmental Law in Light of the Forthcoming 50th Anniversary of the Stockholm Conference”

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• Professor Sylvia Steiner (Brazil)

Former Judge of the International Criminal Court

Topic discussed: “Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts”

• Professor Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu (Cameroon)

Head of the University of Manchester Law School

Professor of International Economic Law

Topic discussed: “Rule of Law and International Trade Law in an era of Delegalisation”

• Professor Laurent Sermet (France)

Professor of International Law – Aix-Marseille Université (France)

Topic discussed: “The Responsibility Principle in Public International Law”

• Professor Michael Wood (UK)

Member of the United Nations International Law Commission

Former legal advisor to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Topic discussed: “General Principles of Law as a Source of International Law”

• Professor Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto (Colombia)

Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Topic discussed: “Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Public Policies Regarding Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”

• Professor Laurent Sermet (France)

Professor of International Law – Aix-Marseille Université (France)

Topic discussed: “Traditional Medicine in International Law”

• Professor Hélène Ruiz Fabri (France)

Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – Paris

Topic discussed: “The Power of Procedure in International Adjudication”

• Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice (Poland)

Holds a Chair in Public International Law at the Department of Law at Queen Mary University of London

Associate Member of the Institut de Droit International

Topic discussed: “Contemporary Questions of Whailing”

• Professor Ida Caracciolo (Italy)

Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Topic discussed: “Freedom of navigation at sea: Law and Practice”

• Professor Maria Teresa Infante Caffi (Chile)

Professor at the University of Chile

Co-Director of the Master's Program in International Law at the University of Chile/University of Heidelberg

National Director of Borders and Limits of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Associated with the Institute of International Law

Topic discussed: “Natural Resources in Common Spaces: New Developments and Regimes”

• Professor Philippe Gautier (Belgium)

Registrar of the International Court of Justice

Topic discussed: “The International Court of Justice: New Challenges and Contribution to Development of International Law”

• Professor André Beirão (Brazil)

Doctor in Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

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Topic discussed: “International Law and Maritime Safety Issues”

• Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles (Portugal)

Assistant Professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon

Member of the United Nations Commission on International Law

Topic discussed: “The International Law Commission and the Development of International Law”

2020

XVI Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Attila Massimiliano Tanzi (Italy)

Professor of International Law at the University of Bologna

Associate Member of 3VB Chambers in London

Topic discussed: “On Sovereignty in Contemporary International Law”

• Professor Alain Pellet (France)

Former Professor of International Law at the Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University

Director of the University's Center for International Law (1991-2001)

Member of the International Law Institute (IDI)

Topic discussed: “Crisis or Collapse of International Law?”

• Professor Laurent Sermet (France)

Professor of International Law – Aix-Marseille Université (France)

Topic discussed: “Indigenous peoples' rights in International and regional American Law”

• Professor Jorge Miranda (Portugal)

Former Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon

Topic discussed: “Relationship between Internal Law and International Law: a Portuguese perspective”

• Professor Michael Wood (United Kingdom)

Member of the United Nations International Law Commission

Former legal advisor to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Topic discussed: “The International Law Commission and the sources of International Law”

• Professor Francisco Rezek (Brazil)

Former Judge of the International Court of Justice

Former Minister of the Federal Supreme Court

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Topic discussed: “The Rule of Law and the Art of Diplomacy: Crisis in Brazilian Foreign Policy”

• Professor Gilberto Saboia (Brazil)

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Former Ambassador for Brazil in The Netherlands

Former member of the International Law Commission

Topic discussed: “Sea Level Rise and International Law”

• Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles (Portugal)

Assistant Professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon

Member of the United Nations Commission on International Law

Topic discussed: “The United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and its contribution to the development of international law”

• Professor Jean-Marc Thouvenin (France)

Secretary General of the Hague Academy of International Law

Professor at the Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense University

Member of the Center for International Law (CEDIN-France)

Member and former General Secretary of the French Society of International Law

Topic discussed: “Articulation between International Economic Sanctions”

• Professor Concepción Escobar Hernández (Spain)

Professor of Public International Law at the National University of Distance Education

Topic discussed: “Immunity of State officials in International Law”

• Professor Philippe Gautier (Belgium)

Registrar of the International Court of Justice

Topic discussed: “The ICJ and the Settlement of International Disputes: new challenges”

• Professor Pierre Bodeau-Livinec (France)

Professor of Public Law at Paris Nanterre University

Topic discussed: “The Evolution of Universal Multilateralism in light of the Covid-19 Crisis”

• Professor Maria Teresa Infante Caffi (Chile)

Professor at the University of Chile

Co-Director of the Master's Program in International Law at the University of Chile/University of Heidelberg

National Director of Borders and Limits of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Associated with the Institute of International Law

Topic discussed: “Biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions: regime emergence in the law of the sea”

• Professor Sylvia Steiner (Brazil)

Former Judge of the International Criminal Court

Topic discussed: “The International Criminal Court - General Aspects”

• Professor Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (Switzerland)

Professor and Director of the Department of International Law and International Organizations at the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva - Switzerland Former Legal Adviser to the World Bank

Topic discussed: “Access to water in international law: where do we stand?”

• Professor Misabel Derzi (Brazil)

Jurist, Professor at Federal University of Minas Gerais

Topic discussed: “Minimum Income Tax and taxation on the distribution of profits and dividends. Tendencies”

• Professor Pierre D´Argent (Belgium)

Professor at the University of Louvain (Belgium) and visiting professor at the University of Leiden (Netherlands)

Member of the International Law Institute (IDI)

Topic discussed: “International Obligations”

• Professor Bruno Simma (Germany)

Former Judge of the International Court of Justice Former Dean of the Munich Faculty of Law

Founding President of the European Society of International Law

Topic discussed: “The International Court of Justice and Human Rights”

• Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy (France)

Law Professor at Panthéon-Assas University

Topic discussed: “Twenty Years Later: How has International Law evolved as a legal order?”

2019

XV Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Luciana Diniz (Brazil)

Professor of International Law at PUC-Minas.

Topic discussed: “Refuge and Tolerance”

• Professor Jean Cristophe Martin (France)

Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis / University Côte d'Azur

Topic discussed:“Addressing Security Issues at Sea”

• Professor Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (Brazil)

Former Legal Consultant at the International Court of Justice

Professor of International Law at UFMG

Director of the Faculty of Law of the Faculdade CEDIN

President of the Center for International Law (CEDIN)

Topic discussed: “International Law in Transition”

• Professor Lucas Lima (Brazil)

Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Topic discussed: “Nuclear Weapons before International Courts”

• Professor Jefrey Dunoff (USA)

Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law

Topic discussed: “Taking International Courts Seriously”

• Professor Nerina Bochiero (Italy)

Professor of International Law at the University of Milan

Topic discussed: “Public Health and Sustainability”

• Professor Maria de Lourdes Albertini (Brazil)

Professor of International Law at PUC Minas

Topic discussed: “The commercial war USA X China”

• Professor Riccardo Pavoni (Italy)

Associate Professor of International and European Law in the Department of Law of the University of Siena

Topic discussed: “International Legal Protection”

2018

XIV Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Eugênio Vargas Garcia (Brazil)

Former Head of the United Nations Division (DNU) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Topic discussed: “Artificial Intelligence, Peace and Security: Challenges for Humanitarian International Law”

• Professor George Galindo (Brazil)

Legal Adviser at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Topic discussed: “On the continuing relevance of the inviolability of the locations of diplomatic missions”

• Professor José Estanislau do Amaral Souza Neto (Brazil)

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Former General Director of the Rio Branco Institute

Topic discussed: “The training and role of the diplomat in the contemporary world”

• Professor Maurizio Arcari (Italy)

Professor of International Law at the Università degli Studi di Milano Biccoca

Topic discussed: “International Responsibility of States”

• Professor Catherine Gauthier (France)

Professor at the Université de Bordeaux

Topic discussed: “International Human Rights Law: the example of the European Court of Human Rights in parallel with the interamerican system”

• Professor Patrick Luna (Brazil)

Diplomat at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Topic discussed: “Contemporary Challenges to the Prohibition of the Use of Force”

• Professor Baptiste Tranchant (France)

Professor at Université Toulouse I Capitole

Topic discussed: “Investment Law”

• Professor Valério Mazzuoli (Brazil)

Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT)

Topic discussed: “Control of constitutionality and conventionality of foreign law in Brazilian Private International Law”

• Professor Maitê de Souza Schmitz (Brazil)

Diplomat at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Topic discussed: “The Contemporary Challenges of the International Criminal Court”

• Professor Ximena Fuentes (Chile)

Professor at the University of Chile

Topic discussed: “The obligation to prevent environmental damage and the development of procedural obligations in international environmental law.”

• Professor Túlio Di Giacomo Toledo (Brazil)

Legal advisor and Representative of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Republic of Mauritius

Topic discussed: “International Arbitration and the Role of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the resolution of international disputes”

2017

XIII Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Affef Ben Mansour (France)

Doctor in International Law – Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (France)

Topic discussed: “Implementation and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards in International Investment Matters”

• Professor Beatrice Bonafè (Italy)

Professor of International Law – Università Sapienza di Roma (Italy) Doctor in International Law – Istituto Universitario Europeo (Italy)

Member of the Italian Society of International Law (SIDI) and the Secretariat of the Institut de Droit International (Napoli Section – Italy)

Topic discussed: “Terrorism in the litigation of International Courts”

• Professor Bérangère Taxil (France)

Professor of International Law, specializing in International Law – Université d’Angers (France)

Topic discussed: “Complaints by individuals before United Nations Peacekeeping Operations”

• Professor Cecilia M. Bailliet (Norway)

Professor and Former Director of the Master’s program in Public International Law at the University of Oslo (Norway)

Topic discussed: “Contemporary Challenges for the International Protection of Refugees: Institutional and Procedural Issues at the Interface between International Human Rights Protection, Refugee Law and Environmental Refugees”

• Professor Gustavo Ferraz de Campos Mônaco (Brazil)

Professor at the University of São Paulo (Brazil)

Topic discussed: “Culture, Constitution and Private International Law: the role of the principle of tolerance for differences”

• Professor Laurent Sermet (France)

Professor of International Law – Aix-Marseille Université (France)

Topic discussed: International Cultural Law and UNESCO

• Professor Maria Laura Canineu (Brazil)

Director of the Brazil Office of Human Rights Watch

Topic discussed: “The Protection of Human Rights in Brazil”

2016

XII Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Celso Lafer (Brazil)

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Topic discussed: “Reflections on an academic path”

• Professor André de Carvalho Ramos (Brazil)

Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo

Topic discussed: “The Current Challenges of Private International Law”

• Professor Marcílio Toscano Franca Filho (Brazil)

Former President of the Brazilian Branch of the International Law Professor at the Federal University of Paraíba

Topic discussed: “Between Pens and Brushes: the Dialogue between International Law and the Arts”

• Professor Patrick Daillier (France)

Professor at the Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre – La Défense

Topic discussed: “The Codification of the International Law of the Sea: the legal regime of scientific/economic marine activities”

• Professor Philippe Lagrange (France)

Director of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the Université de Poitiers

Topic discussed: “Äuthorization of the use of force by the United Nations Security Council: traditional forms and new developments

• Professor Julian Fernandez (France)

Professor at Université Paris 2 – Panthéon Assas

Topic discussed: “The expansion of the right to self-defense in light of interventions in Syria”

• Professor Bertram Schmitt (Germany)

Former Judge of the International Criminal Court

Former ad hoc judge of the European Court of Human Rights

Topic discussed: “Procedural Aspects of the International Criminal Court”

• Professor Jorge Asturias (Guatemala)

Former Director of Studies and Projects of the Latin American Energy Organization

Topic discussed: “Sustainable Development and the Energy Matrix in Latin America”

• Professor Aziz Tuffi Saliba (Brazil)

Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Topic discussed: “The Recognition in International Law”

• Professor Wagner Menezes (Brazil)

Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo

Topic discussed: “Jurisdiction of International Courts”

2015

XI Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Maurice Kamto (Cameroon)

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Professor at the Université de Yaoundé II

Member of the United Nations Committee on International Rights

Topic discussed: “The Expulsion of Foreigners in International Law”

• Professor Johan Meeusen (Belgium)

Professor and Former Vice-Rector at the University of Antwerp and Member of the European Group on Private International Law (GEDIP /EGPIL)

Topic discussed: “European Union Law and Conflict Law”

• Professor Ahmed Mahiou (Algeria)

Member of the Institute of International Law

Member and Former President of the United Nations International Law Commission

Ad Hoc Judge at the International Court of Justice

Topic discussed: “The Arab World Faced with Globalization: Regional Organizations and the Arab Charter on Human Rights”

• Professor Catherine Kessedjian (France)

Professor at Université Paris II – Panthéon Assas

President of the French Branch of the International Law Association

Topic discussed: “Corporate Law and Human Rights in the International Sphere”

• Professor Laurente Sermet (France)

Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques d'Aix en Provence

Topic discussed: “The Nuclear Disarmament Obligation Before the International Court of Justice”

• Professor Eglantine Cujo (France)

Professor Université Paris X Nanterre and Member of the Legal Service of the European Commission at the United Nations

Topic discussed: “European Union Foreign Affairs. The EU's role at the United Nations”

2014

X Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Judge Sylvia Steiner (Brazil)

Former Judge of the International Criminal Court

Topic discussed: “International Criminal Court: relevant aspects, processes achieved and challenges to face”

• Professor Jean-Marc Thouvenin (France)

Secretary General of the Hague Academy of International Law

Professor at the Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense University

Member of the Center for International Law (CEDIN-France)

Member and former General Secretary of the French Society of International Law

Topic discussed: “Economic Sanctions in International Law”

• Professor Paolo Palchetti (Italy)

Professor at the Universitá degli Studi di Macerata – Macerata

Topic discussed: “Responsibility of International Organizations before Domestic and International Courts”

• Professor Arno Dal Ri Júnior (Brazil)

Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina – Florianópolis

Topic discussed: “Doctrines in the construction of the science of international law”

• Professor Mathias Audit (France)

Professor at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense – Paris

Topic discussed: “The sovereign debt of states”

• Professor Hervé Ascensio (France)

Professor da Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – Paris

Topic discussed: “Investment arbitration: what are the specificities between the ways to resolve international disputes”

• Professor Hélène Ruiz Fabri (France)

Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – Paris

Topic discussed: “Dispute Settlement at the WTO: Study in Comparative Perspective”

• Dr. Antenor Madruga (Brazil)

Managing Partner of the Feldens Madruga Office – Brasília

Topic discussed: “International Legal Cooperation”

• Dr. Pascal Lamy (Brazil)

Former Director General of the World Trade Organization – Geneva

Topic discusses: “Is there an international community?”

2013

IX Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Judge Hans-Peter Kaul (Germany)

Former Judge of the International Criminal Court

Topic discussed: “The Activities of the International Criminal Court to date”

• Professor Marcel Brus (Netherlands)

Professor at the University of Groningen

Topic discussed: “Sustainability, Energy and International Law”

• Professor Anne-Laure Vaurs-Chaumette (France)

Professor at the Université de Paris Ouest -Nanterre La Défense

Topic discussed: “International Criminal Law at the intersection of legal systems”

• Professor Gerhard Hafner (Austria)

Professor at the University of Vienna

Topic discussed: “Accountability vs. Immunity in International Law”

• Professor María Blanca Noodt Taquela (Argentina)

Professor at the Faculty of Derecho of La Universidad de Buenos Aires

Topic discussed: “Relationships between the Norms that Regulate International Judicial Cooperation”

• Professor Myriam Benlolo-Carabot (France)

Professor at the Université de Paris Ouest -Nanterre La Défense

Topic discussed: “International Integration Organizations – A Comparative Perspective Between MERCOSUR and the European Union”

• Professor Stefan Talmon (Germany)

Professor at the University of Bonn

Topic discussed: “State Sovereignty in Contemporary International Law”

• Professor Régis Bismuth (France)

Professor at the Université de Poitiers

Topic discussed: “Legal Issues Relating to Public Debt Facing Private Creditors”

2012

VIII Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Alain Pellet (France)

Former Professor of International Law at the Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University

Director of the University's Center for International Law (1991-2001)

Member of the International Law Institute (IDI)

Topic discussed: “Certain Mysteries of International Law”

• Professor Emmanuel Decaux (France)

Professor of Public Law at the University Paris II - Panthéon-Assas

Director of the Electronic Magazine Droits fondamentaux

Topic discussed: “The International Convention against Enforced Disappearance”

• Professor Andre Nollkaemper (Netherlands)

Professor of Public International Law at the University of Amsterdam

Consultant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands

Topic discussed: “Shared Responsibility in International Law”

• Professor Santiago Villalpando (USA)

Professor at New York University

Jurist in the Coding Division of the Department of Legal Affairs of the United Nations in New York

Topic discussed: “Recent Trends in the Codification of International Law”

• Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Brazil)

Judge of the International Court of Justice

Topic discussed: “Jurisdictional Immunity of the State and International Crime”

• Professor Aziz Tuffi Saliba (Brazil)

Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Topic discussed: “Self-Determination and Territorial Integrity in International Law”

• Professor Bruno Wanderley Junior (Brazil)

Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Topic discussed: “The Role of Transnational Corporations in the New World Economic Order”

• Professor Carla Ribeiro Volpini Silva (Brazil)

Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Topic discussed: “Multiculturalism, Globalization and Transconstitutionalism: Current Dilemmas of Human Rights”

• Professor Catherine Maia (France)

Professor of Public Law at the University of Burgundy

Researcher at the International Academy of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Geneva

Topic discussed: “The notion of Imperative Law in the international legal order”

• Ambassador Celso Amorim (Brazil)

Former Ministro de Estado da Defesa do Brasil

Ex-ministro das Relações Exteriores do Brasil

Topic discussed: “Sovereignty and International Law”

2011

VII Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Dominique Carreau (France)

Professor at Université Paris I - Sorbonne, France

Ad hoc arbitrator of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

Topic discussed: “Globalization and Transnationalization of Public International Law”

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• Professor William Schabas (Ireland)

Director of the Irish Center for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland

Topic discussed: “International Criminal Court”

• Professor Friedrich Kratochwil (Germany)

Professor of International Relations at the Institute of the European Union in Florence

Topic discussed: “Reflections on the Status of Law in (Inter)national Society”

• Professor Délber Andrade Lage (Brazil)

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Former Director of International Law Center - CEDIN

Topic discussed: “The Challenges of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation System”

• Professor Frédérique Coulée (France)

Professor at the University of Evry Val D'Essonne

Topic discussed: “The Latest Developments in International Water Law”

• Dr. Gabriel Valladares (Argentina)

Legal Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross

Topic discussed: “The ICRC's contribution to the latest developments in international humanitarian law”

• Professor Jean Michel Arrighi (Uruguay)

Former Secretary for Legal Affairs of the Organization of American States (OAS)

Topic discussed: “The Inter-American System and the Defense of Democracy”

• Professor Larry Johnson (USA)

Professor at Columbia University, New York, USA

Topic discussed: “United Nations Constitutional Law”

• Professor Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (Brazil)

Former Legal Consultant at the International Court of Justice

Professor of International Law at UFMG

Director of the Faculty of Law of the Faculdade CEDIN

President of the Center for International Law (CEDIN)​

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Topic discussed: “The limit of consent as the foundation of international jurisdiction”

2010

VI Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Dante Negro (Peru)

Former Director of the Department of International Law of the Organization of American States

Topic discussed: “The new challenges of the inter-American system in the field of human rights”

• Professor Eric David (Belgium)

Emeritus Professor of International Law at the Free University of Brussels

Topic discussed: “Elements of law of international organizations”

• Professor Franck Latty (France)

Professor at the University of Auvergne

Topic discussed: “Olympic Law in International Society”

• Professor Johannes van Aggelen (Netherlands)

Former UN official in Geneva from the Department of Human Rights

Taught courses in international law at major universities in the United States, Canada, England, Portugal and Brazil

Topic discussed: “The evolution of the United Nations Human Rights Program: rules of law and the challenge of international politics”

• Professor Marcel Biato (Brazil)

Former Foreign Policy Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil

Topic discussed: “International Law and Global Governance Reform”

• Professor Maria Beatriz Dellore (Brazil)

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Master in Intellectual Property Law from The George Washington University Law School Specialist in Intellectual Property for Latin America from the United States Patent and Trademark Office - American Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro

Professor-Tutor of the online courses on Intellectual Property Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas - Rio de Janeiro

Topic discussed: “Study on TRIPS - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights”

• Professor Maria Teresa Infante Caffi (Chile)

Professor at the University of Chile

Co-Director of the Master's Program in International Law at the University of Chile/University of Heidelberg

National Director of Borders and Limits of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Associated with the Institute of International Law

Topic discussed: “Dispute settlement: does international law provide the necessary instruments?”

• Professor Philippe Weckel (France)

Professor at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis

Member of the French Society of International Law

Member of the Association of Internationalists

Topic discussed: “International tribunals, an anarchic judicial system in the making”

• Judge Tullio Treves (Italy)

Former Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Topic discussed: “Law of the Sea: recent trends”

2009

V Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Alain Pellet (France)

Professor of International Law at the University of Paris X – Nanterre

Member and Former President of the United Nations Commission on International Law

Topic discussed: “General Course: "International Law between sovereignty and the international community - The formation of International Law (II)”

• Professor Djamchid Momtaz (Iran)

Professor of International Law at the University of Tehran

Member of the International Law Commission

Topic discussed: “"The UN's contribution to the development of international humanitarian law”

• Professor Isabelle Moulier (France)

Professor of International Law at the University of Caen

Topic discussed: “Persecution in International Crimes”

• Professor Jean-Marc Sorel (France)

Professor of International Law at the University Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne

Topic discussed: “The Monetary and Financial System and International Law”

• Professor Jean-Marc Thouvenin (France)

Secretary General of the Hague Academy of International Law

Professor at the Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense University

Member of the Center for International Law (CEDIN-France)

Member and former General Secretary of the French Society of International Law

Topic discussed: “"International Law and the Regulation of International Economic Relations”

• Professor Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (Brazil)

Former Legal Consultant at the International Court of Justice

Professor of International Law at UFMG

Director of the Faculty of Law of the Faculdade CEDIN

President of the Center for International Law (CEDIN)

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Topic discussed: “The normative nature of international law”

• Professor Olivier Corten (Belgium)

Professor of International Law at the Center for International Law and Sociology Applied to International Law at the Free University of Brussels

Topic discussed: “Respect for the territorial integrity of States: current aspects”

• Professor Orlando Pulvirenti (Argentina)

Professor at the National University of Buenos Aires

Topic discussed: “Recent Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and Discussions on Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights within the Inter-American System”

• Ambassador Pedro Motta (Brazil)

Former Brazilian Ambassador to Israel

Topic discussed: “The Current Political Context in the Middle East”

• Professor Valério de Oliveira Mazzuoli (Brazil)

Adjunct Professor of Public International Law at the Federal University of Mato Grosso

Doctor summa cum laude in International Law at UFRGS

Topic discussed: “"The new international law and the control of the conventionality of laws in Brazil”

2008

IV Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Dr. Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia (Brazil)

Former Governor of the State of Minas Gerais

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Opening Speech

• Professor Martti Koskenniemi (Finland)

Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki

Member of the United Nations Commission on International Law (2002-2005)

Topic discussed: “The Politics of International Law”

• Professor Fausto Pocar (Italy)

Professor of International Law at the Univ. Milan

Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Former Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Member of the Institut de Droit International

Topic discussed: “International terrorism as a threat to international law”

• Professor Roy Lee (USA)

Adjunct Professor of International Law at Columbia University School of Law Executive Secretary of the International Criminal Court Conference

Secretary of the UN International Law Commission

Ph.D. in International Law from the University of London

Member of the Institut de Droit International

Topic discussed: “United Nations law: prohibition of the use of force; Peacekeeping; conflict resolution”

• Minister Francisco Rezek (Brazil)

Former Judge of the International Court of Justice

Professor at the University of Brasilia

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Topic discussed: “International Law before Justice in Brazil: the Human Rights Argument and the Power Policy”

• Professor Celso Lafer (Brazil)

Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo

Topic discussed: “60 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - a celebration of its reach and meaning”

• Professor Geneviève Bastid Burdeau (France)

Professor of Public International Law and International Economic Law at the University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne

Professor of Law at the World Trade Organization at the University of Burgundy Former Secretary General of the Hague Academy of International Law

Member of the Institut de Droit International

Topic discussed: “Maritime Security: current issues and new challenges”

• Ambassador Carlos Henrique Cardim (Brazil)

Ambassador of Brazil

President of the Brazilian Institute of International Relations – IBRI

Topic discussed: “Rui Barbosa : presence and actuality in Brazilian foreign policy”

• Ambassador Antoine Pouillieute (France)

Former French Ambassador to Brazil

Topic discussed: “Challenges of diplomatic relations between Brazil and France”

• Ambassador Jerônimo Moscardo (Brazil)

Former President of the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE)

Former Minister of Culture

Former Ambassador of Brazil to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Belgium

Topic discussed: “Brazilian Foreign Policy Issues”

• Professor Jorge Cardona Llorens (Spain)

Professor of the Jean Monnet Chair in Community Law at the Jaume I University Professor of Public International Law at the Jaume I University

President of the Mediterranean Institute of European Studies

Topic discussed: “The administration of territories by entities other than the State holding the sovereignty”

• Professor Mathias Forteau (France)

Adjunct Professor of Public Law at the University of Lille

President of the Conference on Public Law at the University of Paris X – Nanterre Member of the Editorial Secretariat of the French Yearbook of International Law

Topic discussed: “The contribution of transnational arbitration jurisprudence to the development of General International Law”

• Professor Leonardo Nemer C. Brant (Brazil)

Former Legal Consultant at the International Court of Justice

Professor of International Law at UFMG

Director of the Faculty of Law of the Faculdade CEDIN

President of the Center for International Law (CEDIN)

Topic discussed: “The Tension Between Independence and Interdependence in International Law”

• Professor Wagner Menezes (Brazil)

Doctor (USP) with post-doctorate at the University of Padova-Italy

Arbitrator of the Mercosur Court

Member of the Brazilian Society of International Law

President of the Brazilian Academy of International Law

Topic discussed: “Contemporary international society: Elements for new doctrinal concepts in International Law”

• Professor Cláudia Lima Marques (Brazil)

Former Director of the International Law Association

Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Topic discussed: “Protection of the Weakest in Private International Law: Consumer Protection Efforts in International Contracts and CIDIP VII”

• Professor Eugenio Diniz (Brazil)

Former Coordinator of the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in International Relations at PUC-MG

Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies - IISS - London

Member of the Strategic Studies Group - Rio de Janeiro

Topic discussed: “The mismatch of international law in the face of contemporary strategic reality”

2007

III Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor André Rennó L. G. Andrade (Brazil)

Professor of Private International Law at Faculdade de Direito Milton Campos

Topic discussed: “Evidence and Information about Foreign Law Applicable by Determination of Private International Law”

• Professor Eduardo Grebler (Brazil)

Former President of the Brazilian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA)

Professor of Private International Law at the Faculty of Law of PUC-Minas

Topic discussed: “The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: advantages and disadvantages for Brazilian international trade”

• Judge Ireneu Cabral Barreto (Portugal)

Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

Judge Counselor of the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal

Former Member of the European Commission on Human Rights

Topic discussed: “Human Rights and their Protection in the European Perspective”

• Professor Jacob Dolinger (Brazil)

Professor of Private International Law at UERJ

Lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law

Topic discussed: “O Terrorismo Internacional como Ameaça ao Direito Internacional”

• Ambassador Jerônimo Moscardo (Brazil)

Former President of the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE)

Former Minister of Culture

Former Ambassador of Brazil to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Belgium

Topic discussed: “The challenges of Brazilian foreign policy”

• Professor Joe Verhoeven (Belgium)

Professor of Public International Law at the University of Paris II - France

Secretary General of the Institute of International Law

Director of the French Yearbook of International Law

Professor of Public International Law at the Catholic University of Louvain

Topic discussed: “The use of jus cogens in international practice”

• Professor José Henrique Fischel de Andrade (Brazil)

Former Legal Adviser to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – Geneva

Topic discussed: “International Refugee Protection: current regime, perspectives and challenges”

• Professor Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (France)

Professor and Director of the Department of International Law and International Organizations at the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva - Switzerland Former Legal Adviser to the World Bank

Topic discussed: “International trade, investments and water management in DI”

• Professor Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (Brazil)

Former Legal Consultant at the International Court of Justice

Professor of International Law at UFMG

Director of the Faculty of Law of the Faculdade CEDIN

President of the Center for International Law (CEDIN)

Topic discussed: “International law in transition: advances or setbacks”

• Professor Nádia de Araújo (Brazil)

Professor of Private International Law at PUC-RJ

Prosecutor of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Alternate Arbitrator of the Mercosur Permanent Review Court

Topic discussed: “International Private Law: The regulation and practice of international contracts”

• Professor Richard W. Bulliet (USA)

Professor at Columbia University - United States of America

Member of the Middle East Studies Association

Member of the American Institute of Iranian Studies

Topic discussed: “Islamic-Christian Civilizations and the Crisis in the Middle

East”

• Professor Welber Barral (Brazil)

Professor of International Economic Law at UFSC

Coordinator of the Institute of International Relations

Topic discussed: “Multilateral trade negotiations”

2006

II Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Professor Antonio Remiro Brotóns (Spain)

Professor of International Law and International Relations at the Autonomous University of Madrid

Member of the Institute of International Law

Topic discussed: “International Law in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice after the End of the Cold War”

• Professor Raymond Ranjeva (Madagascar)

Former Vice President of the International Court of Justice

Member of the Institute of International Law

Topic discussed: “Application of the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide”

• Professor Hervé Ascencio (France)

Professor of International Law at the University of Paris – Panthéon – Sorbonne Former Secretary General of the French Society for International Law

Topic discussed: “The International Rules of Trade in Agricultural Products”

• Professor. Hirad Abtahi (Iran)

Legal Advisor to the Presidency of the International Criminal Court

Topic discussed: “Does International Criminal Law Protect Culture in Times of Conflict?”

• Professor Luiz Olavo Baptista (Brazil)

Professor of International Law at the University of São Paulo – USP

Member of the World Trade Appellate Body

Topic discussed: “The WTO and the Challenges of Brazilian Trade Policy”

• Professor Thomas Franck (USA)

Professor of International Law and Director of the Center for International Studies at the New York University School of Law – NYU

Member of the Institute of International Law

Topic discussed: “The Right Concerning the Use of Force in Relations between States”

• Professor Gabriel Valladares (Argentina)

Legal Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross

Topic discussed: “The ICRC: Recent Activities and its Contribution to the Latest Developments in International Humanitarian Law”

• Professor Antônio Paulo Cachapuz de Medeiros (Brazil)

Legal Consultant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – MRE

Professor at PUC-RS, UCB and UNICEUB

Topic discussed: “Law of Treaties: Evolution and Prospects”.

2005

I Curso de Inverno de Direito Internacional

• Dr. Bruno Simma (Germany)

Former Judge of the International Court of Justice

Former Dean of the Munich Faculty of Law

Founding President of the European Society of International Law

Topic discussed: “The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to Human Rights and the Impacts of Human Rights Considerations for the New Law of Responsibility of States”

• Dr. Francisco Rezek (Brazil)

Former Judge of the International Court of Justice

Professor at the University of Brasilia

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Topic discussed: “The Crisis of International Law and the Future of the United Nations”

• Professor Luigi Condorelli (Italy)

Professor at the University of Florence

Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva

Topic discussed: “International Responsibility of States and Individuals in the Event of Acts of Aggression or International Terrorism”

• Professor Fransisco Orrego Vicuña (Chile)

Judge and Former President of the Administrative Court of the World Bank

Professor at the University of Chile

Director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of Chile

Topic discussed: “International Economic Law: Selected Problems”

• Professor Gabriel Valladares (Argentina)

Legal Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross

Topic discussed: “Introduction to international humanitarian law: the ICRC's contribution to its development”

• Ambassador Adhemar Bahadian (Brazil)

Former Brazilian Ambassador to Italy Brazilian

Co-President of the FTAA

Topic discussed: “The International Law of Integration: The Dilemmas of Mercosur and the FTAA”