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

Registration(Location: ESA-221)

12:15 - 12:30

Welcome Address(Location: ESA-221)

12:30 - 13:15

Keynote 1:

José Manuel Barreto Soler		(University Externado, Catholic University of Colombia)		(Location: ESA-221)
13:30 - 15:00
Panel 1•First Panel Session

Colonialism and International
Law in the Americas(Location: ESA-221)
Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa

Panel 2 Latin America and International
Law I(Location: Rhs-18/19)•(Birkbeck College, University of London)

The Influence of the Latin American Doctrine on International
Law: The Rise of Latin American
Doctrines and Principles at The
Hague Academy Courses during
the Early 20th Century

Nikitas Hatzimihail(University of Cyprus)

The Buffalo in the Room: TheAmericas in Early Classical Private International Law••

Andreas Timmermann(University of Hamburg)

Yolanda Gamarra

Hipólito Yrigoyen (1850 – 1933):‘Krausism’ and International Understanding(University of Zaragoza)

Material and Discursive Reconfiguration of ‘Spanish America’ inInternational LawRicardo(both Universidad of the Rosario)

The Conquest of the (New) World as Picture: Images of the Colonial Origins of International Law•

WalterArévalo,Abello-Galvis•

Christopher R. Rossi(University of Iowa)

Burying the Undertaker: The Resilience of Standard of Civilizati15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:15

Keynote 2:

Miloš Vec				(University of Vienna)		(Location: ESA-221)

16:30 - 18:00

Second Panel Session

Panel 3 Second Scholasticism and Latin
America(Location: ESA-221)••

Ahmed Raza Memon•

Tania Ixchel Atilano(University of Kent)(Humboldt University of Berlin)

Birth of Network Governance inVitoria: Territorial Enclaves andthe Holy Roman Church

The Crime of „Violations of theDuties to Humanity“ in the 1871
Mexican Criminal Code; an Example of Incorporating International Law in Mexico

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

The „Paradise Destroyed“ by „theJust War“: A Dialogue between
Bartolomé de las Casas and Francisco de Vitoria in the Concealment of Latin American Natives
by European Colonizers•Panel 4 Latin America and International
Law II(Location: Rhs-18/19)

Stefano Cattelan(Aarhus University)

Iberian Mare Clausum policies inthe Americas
18:00 - 19:00•Rodrigo Céspedes(Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology)

On Wars and Revolutions: The
Chilean Contribution to Modern
International Law•

Ulrich Mücke(University of Hamburg)

International Law and theAbolition of Slavery in Nineteenth-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
Panel 5

Third Panel Session

Latin America and its Independence(Location: ESA-221)

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

•Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli•

Doctrinal and Diplomatic Effortsof the Latin American Republics
to Legitimise their Independence
in the 19th Century•

Edward Martin(University of Hamburg)

The missing epitácio pessoa: A
new historical approach to Latin
American Resistance to Investment Arbitration•Alexandra Téllez

International Investment Lawand Latin America: Perpetuating
Colonial Economic Relations through Unequal Treaties(Johann Wolfgang Goethe UniversityFrankfurt)

Francisco de Miranda and hisContributions to InternationalLawJavier García Olmedo(Max Planck Institute Luxembourg forInternational, European and Regulatory
Procedural Law)

Contextualising Haitian Independence•Henrique Lenon(Federal University of Paraiba, University
Centre of João Pessoa)(La Sabana University)•Gustavo Prieto(University of Verona)

Mixed Claims Commissions andInternational Law in Latin America: Adjudicating ‚Investment‘
Disputes in the 19th and 20thCentury
11:30 - 12:00

Break

12:00 - 13:30

Fourth Panel Session

Panel 7•A Latin American Doctrine ofInternational Law?
(Location: ESA-221)
Samira Allioui

Panel 8 Adjudication(Location: Rhs-18/19)•(Dudley Lotus LLP, Wilshire Skyline)(University of Strasbourg)

The Discussion on the Existence of an Independent Sphere ofInternational Law: International
Law in Latin America or Latin
American International Law?
•Nina Keller-Kemmerer(Johann Wolfgang Goethe UniversityFrankfurt)

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

Alan Nissel
The US Professionalization of International Arbitration in Latin
America (1870 - 1900)•Fabia Fernandes Carvalho Veçoso(University of Melbourne)Intervention, Sovereign Debt,
and the Making of Spatial Order:
Revisiting the 1902 - 1903 Venezuelan Blockade•Aiko Nakai•

Jean Rodrigo Ribeiro de Pontes(Kyoto University)(State University of Rio de Janeiro)

To seek the Basis of Regional
International Law: The Conceptions of American International
Law by 19th Century‘s Latin American Thinkers

Brazil and the Statute of the Permanent Court of InternationalJustice

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 - 15:15

Keynote 4:

Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral		(Brunel University London)		(Location: ESA-221)
15:30 - 17:00

Fifth Panel Session

Panel 9 Latin American International Law
and Natural Resources(Location: ESA-221)•

Lucas Lixinski, Mats Ingulstad(UNSW Sydney, Norwegian University

Panel 10 Developments in International
Law after 1945
(Location: Rhs-18/19)•(University of Hamburg)of Science and Technology)

Displacing Beginnings and Undermining Revolutionary Achievements: The Making of Permanent Sovereignty over NaturalResources in the Americas•Latin American Territorialism inthe Law of the Sea: A Disservice
to the Ocean Rule of Law? TheBrazilian State Practice•Maria Victoria Cabrera(University Espiritu Santo Ecuador)

Petra GümplováInternational Law on Indigenous
Peoples: Latin America as a Leader - but with few Followers(Max Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt)

Right of Conquest and the Originof Territorial Sovereignty over Natural Resources - The Case of theSpanish EmpireVictor Ventura•

Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín(University of the Andes)

An Atmosphere of Genuine Solidarity and Brotherhood: Development, Catholicism, and theLatin American Contribution toSocial Rights

ALBRECHT MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDYGRADUATE SCHOOL OF LAW

Organized by•

Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy Graduate School of Law(Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg)•Matthias Packeiser, LL.M.
(University of Hamburg)•

Prof. Dr. José Manuel Barreto Soler(University Externado of Colombia, Catholic University of Colombia)•Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter(University of Hamburg)

Sponsored by•

Konrad-Adenauer-StiftungConference Locations:•ESA-221
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 (20146 Hamburg)
Flügelbau Ost / East-Wing
Room 221•

Rhs-18/19
Faculty of Law
Rothenbaumchaussee 33 (20148 Hamburg)
Room 18/19

Contact:
Website:		uhh.de/rw-latin-america

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

Telephone:+49 40 42838 9365