Guest Seminars 2022-2023
Prof Lucas Carlos Lima
Lucas Carlos Lima is a Professor of International Law at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and an associated member of the Institut de recherche en droit international et européen de la Sorbonne (Université Paris I).
In the framework of the Guest Lecture Series on Current Issues in International Law and Global Security, Peace and Development, Prof Lima delivered a lunchtime seminar on “Current Challenges to International Law: A Brazilian Perspective” on 1st November 2022.
Prof Gleider Hernández
Gleider Hernández is Professor of Public International Law at Katholieke University Leuven, and Secretary-General of the European Society of International Law.
In the framework of the Guest Lecture Series on Current Issues in International Law and Global Security, Peace and Development, Prof Hernández presented a discussion entitled “Judicial law-making, the World Court, and the Limits of Strategic Litigation”, with a comment by Professor Lucas Carlos Lima from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil). The seminar, which took place on 2nd November 2022, explored the role of the International Court of Justice as an ‘agent’ of legal development, with a focus on climate change.