ALBRECHT MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDYGRADUATE SCHOOL OF LAW

Latin America and International Law- University of Hamburg, February 8 – 9, 2018

Conference Programme

Thursday, February 8, 2018

11:30 - 12:00

12:15 - 12:30

12:30 - 13:15

13:30 - 15:00

15:00 - 15:30

15:30 - 16:15

Registration

(Location: ESA-221)

Welcome Address

(Location: ESA-221)

Keynote 1: José Manuel Barreto Soler (University Externado, Catholic University of Colombia)

(Location: ESA-221)

First Panel Session

Panel 1 Colonialism and International Law in the Americas (Location: ESA-221)

• Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa(Birkbeck College, University of London)

The Conquest of the (New) Wor-ld as Picture: Images of the Colo-nial Origins of International Law

• Nikitas Hatzimihail(University of Cyprus)

The Buffalo in the Room: TheAmericas in Early Classical Priva-te International Law

• Yolanda Gamarra(University of Zaragoza)

MaterialandDiscursiveReconfi-guration of ‘Spanish America’ in International Law

Panel 2 Latin America and International Law I (Location: Rhs-18/19)

• Walter Arévalo, Ricardo Abello-Galvis

(both Universidad of the Rosario)

The Influenceof the LatinAme-rican Doctrine on International Law:TheRiseofLatinAmericanDoctrines and Principles at The Hague Academy Courses during the Early 20th Century

• Andreas Timmermann(University of Hamburg)

Hipólito Yrigoyen (1850 – 1933): ‘Krausism’ and International Un-derstanding

• ChristopherR.Rossi(University of Iowa)

BuryingtheUndertaker:TheRe-silience of Standard of Civilizati-

Break

Keynote 2: Miloš Vec (University of Vienna)

(Location: ESA-221)

16:30 - 18:00

18:00 - 19:00

Second Panel Session

Panel 3 Second Scholasticism and Latin America

(Location: ESA-221)

• AhmedRazaMemon(University of Kent)

Birth of Network Governance in Vitoria: Territorial Enclaves and theHolyRomanChurch

• Michelle Alves Monteiro, Tatiana A.F.R.CardosoSqueff(Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)

The „Paradise Destroyed“ by „the Just War“: A Dialogue between BartolomédelasCasasandFran-cisco de Vitoria in the Conceal-ment of Latin American Natives by European Colonizers

• Stefano Cattelan(Aarhus University)

Iberian Mare Clausum policies in the Americas

Panel 4 Latin America and International Law II (Location: Rhs-18/19)

• Tania Ixchel Atilano(Humboldt University of Berlin)

The Crime of „Violations of the Duties to Humanity“ in the 1871 Mexican Criminal Code; an Ex-ample of Incorporating Interna-tional Law in Mexico

• RodrigoCéspedes(Max Planck Institute for Social Anthro-pology)

On Wars and Revolutions: TheChilean Contribution to Modern International Law

• Ulrich Mücke(University of Hamburg)

International Law and the Abolition of Slavery in Nine-teenth-Century Brazil

Drinks

(Location: ESA-221)

Friday, February 9, 2018

09:00 - 09:45 Keynote 3: Liliana Obregón (University of the Andes)

(Location: ESA-221)

10:00 - 11:30 Third Panel Session

Panel 5 Latin America and its Indepen- dence (Location: ESA-221)

Panel 6 Arbitration and Investment Treaties (Location: Rhs-18/19)

• Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli(La Sabana University)

Doctrinal andDiplomaticEffortsof the Latin American Republicsto Legitimise their Independence in the 19th Century

• Edward Martin(University of Hamburg)

Contextualising Haitian Indepen-dence

• Alexandra Téllez(Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt)

Francisco de Miranda and hisContributions to International Law

• Henrique Lenon(Federal University of Paraiba, University Centre of João Pessoa)

The missing epitácio pessoa: A new historical approach to Latin American Resistance to Invest-ment Arbitration

• Javier García Olmedo(Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law)

International Investment Law and Latin America: Perpetuating Colonial Economic Relations th-rough Unequal Treaties

• Gustavo Prieto(University of Verona)

Mixed Claims Commissions and International Law in Latin Ame-rica: Adjudicating ‚Investment‘ Disputes in the 19th and 20th Century

11:30 - 12:00 Break

Fourth Panel Session

Panel 7 A Latin American Doctrine of International Law? (Location: ESA-221)

• Samira Allioui(University of Strasbourg)

The Discussion on the Existen-ce of an Independent Sphere of International Law: International Law in Latin America or Latin American International Law?

• Nina Keller-Kemmerer(Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt)

The Mimicry of International Law: Andrés Bello‘s „Principios de derecho internacional“

Panel 8 Adjudication

(Location: Rhs-18/19)

• Alan Nissel(Dudley Lotus LLP, Wilshire Skyline)

The US Professionalization of In-ternational Arbitration in Latin America (1870 - 1900)

• FabiaFernandesCarvalhoVeçoso(University of Melbourne)

Intervention, Sovereign Debt, and the Making of Spatial Order: Revisiting the 1902 - 1903Vene-zuelan Blockade

12:00 - 13:30

• Aiko Nakai(Kyoto University)

To seek the Basis of RegionalInternational Law: The Concep-tions of American International Law by 19th Century‘s Latin Ame-rican Thinkers

• JeanRodrigoRibeirodePontes(State University of Rio de Janeiro)

Brazil and the Statute of the Per-manent Court of International Justice

Keynote 4: IgnaciodelaRasilladelMoral (Brunel University London)

(Location: ESA-221)

13:30 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:15

Lunch Break

15:30 - 17:00 Fifth Panel Session

Panel 9 Latin American International Law andNaturalResources (Location: ESA-221)

• Lucas Lixinski, Mats Ingulstad(UNSW Sydney, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Displacing Beginnings and Un-dermining Revolutionary Achie-vements: The Making of Perma-nent Sovereignty over Natural ResourcesintheAmericas

• Petra Gümplová(Max Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt)

RightofConquestandtheOriginof Territorial Sovereignty over Na-turalResources-TheCaseoftheSpanish Empire

Panel 10 Developments in International Law after 1945 (Location: Rhs-18/19)

• Victor Ventura(University of Hamburg)

Latin American Territorialism in the Law of the Sea: A Disservice to theOcean Rule of Law?TheBrazilian State Practice

• Maria Victoria Cabrera(University Espiritu Santo Ecuador)

International Law on Indigenous Peoples: Latin America as a Lea-der-butwithfewFollowers

• DanielR.Quiroga-Villamarín(University of the Andes)

An Atmosphere of Genuine So-lidarity and Brotherhood: De-velopment, Catholicism, and the Latin American Contribution to SocialRights

Organized by

• Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy Graduate School of Law (Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg)

• MatthiasPackeiser,LL.M.(University of Hamburg)

• Prof.Dr.JoséManuelBarretoSoler(University Externado of Colombia, Catholic University of Colombia)

• Prof.Dr.StefanOeter(University of Hamburg)

Sponsored by

• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Conference Locations:

• ESA-221Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 (20146 Hamburg)FlügelbauOst/East-WingRoom221

• Rhs-18/19FacultyofLawRothenbaumchaussee33(20148Hamburg)Room18/19

Contact:

Website: uhh.de/rw-latin-america

E-Mail: matthias.packeiser@uni-hamburg.de

Telephone: +49 40 42838 9365

ALBRECHT MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDYGRADUATE SCHOOL OF LAW