Pedro Villarreal
Dr. (UNAM, Mexiko), Referent
villarreal@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-318
Main Fields of Research:
Health Law, Public International Law, Comparative Public Law
Academic Career:
Since 2015 - Research Fellow at the MPIL.
2012 - 2016 - PhD degree from the Institute of Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with honors (highest possible).
2009 - 2010 - Masters degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), cum Laude (highest possible).
2001 - 2006 - Law degree from the University of Sonora, Mexico.
Languages:
Spanish, English, French (Advanced), German (C1).
Aktuelle Publikationen
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The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to COVID-19.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2021, online S.
(Hrsg. mit
Jeff King,
Octavio Ferraz,
et al).
https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/home/occ19
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The Security Council and COVID-19 – Towards a Medicalization of International Peace and Security. ESIL Reflections, 26. Februar 2021.
https://esil-sedi.eu/esil-reflections-co...
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Public Health Emergencies and Constitutionalism Before COVID-19: Between the National and the International. In: Constitutionalism Under Extreme Conditions,
Richard Albert,
Yaniv Roznai (Hrsg.). Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice. Springer, Cham, Switzerland 2020,
217-238.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2...
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Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation in der COVID-19 Pandemie. Über internationale öffentliche Gewalt in der Krise.
In: ZaöRV 2, 293-324 (2020) (zusammen mit
Armin von Bogdandy).
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Differential treatment in the International Health Regulations: Towards a nuanced perspective. In: Migration and Medicine,
Florian Steger,
Marcin Orzechowski,
Giovanni Rubeis,
Maximilian Schochow (Hrsg.). Karl Alber, München 2020,
157-171.
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Solidarity in the wake of COVID-19: reimagining the International Health Regulations. The Lancet, 19. Juni 2020 (zusammen mit
Allyn Taylor et al).
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lance...
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Peru - Agricultural Products Case.
In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law May 2020 (2020).
https://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law...
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India - Agricultural Products.
In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law May 2020 (2020).
https://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law...
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Critical Features of International Authority in Pandemic Response: The WHO in the COVID-19 Crisis, Human Rights and the Changing World Order. Max Planck Research Paper Series, 14. Mai 2020 (zusammen mit
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?...
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Statement of the Global Health Law Committee of the International Law Association regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. International Law Association - Global Health Law Committee, 05. April 2020 (zusammen mit
Brigit Toebes^Ellen t'Hoen et al Frederick Abbott).
ilaglobalhealth.org
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European Tribunal on State Immunity.
In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law November 2019 (2019).
https://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law...
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Pandemias y derecho: una perspectiva de gobernanza global.
Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas/UNAM,
Mexico, 2019, 285 S., Dissertation
https://biblio.juridicas.unam.mx/bjv/det...
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El derecho a la salud en lo individual y en lo colectivo: la calidad en los servicios de salud a partir de Poblete Vilches vs. Chile. In: Interamericanización del derecho a la salud: Perspectivas a luz del Caso Poblete de la Corte IDH,
Mariela Morales Antoniazzi,
Laura Clérico (Hrsg.). Instituto de Estudios Constitucionales de Querétaro, México 2019,
279-314.
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Public International Law and Human Health: Bridging Conceptual Gaps Through Governance.
In: German Yearbook of International Law 61, 45-72 (2018).
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Justiciability of Environmental Health Concerns - Global Health Law Committee - 2018 Conference Report, Developing International Law in Challenging Times - ILA Biennial Conference Sydney, Australia, 19.08.18-24.08.18. International Law Association, Sydney, Australia, 2018,
paras. 47-51 S.
(zusammen mit
Frederick Abbott,
Brigit C A Toebes,
Xavier Seuba,
Ellen t Hoen)
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The World Health Organization's Governance Framework in Disease Outbreaks: A Legal Perspective. In: The Governance of Disease Outbreaks - International Health Law: Lessons from the Ebola Crisis and Beyond,
Leonie Vierck,
Pedro Villarreal,
Katarina Weilert (Hrsg.). Nomos, Baden-Baden, Deutschland 2017,
243-272.
http://www.nomos-shop.de/30292...
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The Governance of Disease Outbreaks - International Health Law: Lessons from the Ebola Crisis and Beyond.
Nomos, Baden-Baden, Deutschland, 2017, 393 S.
(Hrsg. mit
Leonie Vierck,
Katarina Weilert).
www.nomos-shop.de/30292
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The WHO’s Institutional and Legal Role in Communicable Disease Epidemics: From Pandemic Influenza to Zika. Völkerrechstblog, 2016.
http://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-whos-in...
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La protección contra epidemias y pandemias como manifestación del derecho a la salud desde una perspectiva de gobernanza global. In: Gobernanza global y cambio estructural del sistema jurídico mexicano. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, México 2016,
339-364.
biblio.juridicas.unam.mx/libros/libro.htm?l=4095
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La emergencia sanitaria por el virus del Zika en el marco de la OMS: un panorama plagado de incertidumbres, 2016.
http://biblio.juridicas.unam.mx/revista/...
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Zika virus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern: Insights from previous cases, 2016.
https://ghlgblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/0...
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Pandemic Declarations of the World Health Organization as an exercise of International Public Authority: The possible legal answers to frictions between legitimacies.
In: Göttingen Journal of International Law 7, 95-129 (2016).
http://www.gojil.eu/...
Blogposts
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Beware of Procedural Perils: Towards a Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Völkerrechtsblog, 14. April 2021.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/beware-of-...
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Human Rights and Public Health in the COVID-19 Era: In Search of Contextual Balance. Human Rights in Context, 06. April 2021.
https://www.humanrightsincontext.be/post...
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El 'vacunacionalismo' contraproducente de la UE y el Reino Unido. Agenda Pública, 08. Februar 2021 (zusammen mit
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://agendapublica.es/el-vacunacional...
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Assessing the WHO’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response. Global Health and Global Governance, 16. Juli 2020 (zusammen mit
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://www.bigghgg.cn/p/bogdandy.html
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The governance of disease outbreaks in international health law: From Ebola to COVID-19. Völkerrechtsblog, 13. Juli 2020 (zusammen mit
Leonie Vierck,
Katarina Weilert).
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/articles/t...
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Pandemic Intrigue in Geneva: COVID-19 and the 73rd World Health Assembly. EJIL:Talk!, 22. Mai 2020.
https://www.ejiltalk.org/pandemic-intrig...
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“Can They Really Do That?” States’ Obligations Under the International Health Regulations in Light of COVID-19 (2 parts). Opinio Juris, 31. März 2020.
http://opiniojuris.org/2020/03/31/covid-...
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Is the spread of Coronavirus already a pandemic? Unpacking a (legal) definition. Völkerrechtsblog, 09. März 2020.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/is-the-spr...
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¿Es la crisis del coronavirus una pandemia?. Agenda Pública/El País, 01. März 2020.
https://agendapublica.es/es-la-crisis-de...
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Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis: The Exposed Limitations of the International Health Regulations. Global Health Law Groningen, 25. Februar 2020.
https://www.rug.nl/rechten/onderzoek/exp...
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Qué implica la declaración de emergencia de la OMS por el coronavirus. Agenda Pública/El País, 30. Januar 2020.
https://agendapublica.es/que-implica-la-...
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The 2019-2020 novel coronavirus outbreak and the importance of good faith for international law. Völkerrechtsblog, 28. Januar 2020.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-2019-2...
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Public International Law and the 2018-2019 Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. EJIL: Talk!, 31. Juli 2019.
https://www.ejiltalk.org/public-internat...
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The Direct Justiciability of the Right to Health at the IACtHR. Völkerrechtsblog, 22. Oktober 2018.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-direct...
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The Renegotiated NAFTA: What Is In It For Labor Rights?. EJIL: Talk!, 11. Oktober 2018 (zusammen mit
Franz Ebert).
https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-renegotiate...
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Stretching Abstract Reasoning to its Limits. Völkerrechtsblog, 06. April 2018.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/stretching...
Working Papers
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Pandemic: Building a Legal Concept for the Future. MPIL Research Paper No. 2021 - 12, 27. Mai 2021.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?...
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The Role of International Law in Vaccinating Against COVID-19: Appraising the COVAX Initiative. MPIL Research Paper No. 2020-46, 19. November 2020 (zusammen mit
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?...
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Critical Features of International Authority in Pandemic Response: The WHO in the COVID-19 Crisis, Human Rights and the Changing World Order. Max Planck Research Paper Series No. 2020-18, 14. Mai 2020 (zusammen mit
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?...
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International Law on Pandemic Response: A First Stocktaking in Light of the Coronavirus Crisis. Max Planck Research Paper Series No. 2020-07, 26. März 2020 (zusammen mit
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?...
In Medien
Weitere Publikationen
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Reforms of the World Health Organization in light of the Ebola crisis in West Africa: More delegation, more teeth?, 2015.
http://voelkerrechtsblog.com/2015/08/26/...
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Cuando los derechos humanos chocan entre sí. Las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud frente a la crisis del Ébola en África de 2013-2015.
In: Revista del Posgrado en Derecho de la UNAM Núm. 2, 181-218 (Enero-Junio 2015).
Vorträge
26.05.2021
Expert briefing on COVAX
Master in Public Policy
Online, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. 16:00.
19.05.2021
Access to, and Distribution of Vaccines against COVID-19: The Role of International Law
Webinar "Vaccines and International Law", Master's Programme in International Relations
University of Milan (online). 09:30.
11.03.2021
Lessons from COVID-19 for Sustainability: Health and Climate Change
Discussant, Webinar: Constitutionalism, Trade, Social Justice, and Sustainability in the Americas: Lessons from the 2020 Global Pandemic
University of Houston, United States of America. 17:00.
https://law.uh.edu/GLPA/webinar2021.asp
10.02.2021
Public International Law and Pandemics: COVID-19 as a Watershed
Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen
Walter-Schücking-Institut für Internationales Recht, Universität Kiel. 13:00.
25.01.2021
The Role of International Organizations in Global Health Governance
Online Event - The Future of Global Health Governance
University of Georgia, United States of America. 15:00.
www.law.uga.edu/gjiclspring2021
11.12.2020
Pandemics and Law: The Multilevel Dimension of Rules-Based Disease Surveillance
Online Workshop - "The Fragmented Nature of Pandemic Decision-Making: Comparative and Multilevel Legal Analysis"
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy/Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. 09:00.
23.11.2020
The Likely Trajectory of Global Governance after the U.S. Elections: A Comparative Perspective
Panelist - Online Event
Washington University St. Louis, United States of America. 15:00.
06.11.2020
Eröffnung des Arbeitskreises Internationales Gesundheitsrecht
Online Tagung - Deutsche Vereinigung für Internationales Recht
10:00.
24.08.2020
La protección frente a epidemias y pandemias como componente del derecho a la salud
Guest lecture: The human right to health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Institute of Legal Research, UNAM, Mexico. 15:00.
20.06.2020
Critical Features of International Authority in Pandemic Response: The WHO in the COVID-19 Crisis
International Conference - Human Rights Protection under Pandemic Prevention and Control: The Principle of Proportionality
Renmin University, Beijing, China. 12:00.
27.04.2020
States' Obligations under the WHO's International Health Regulations
Online Seminar: Global Health Governance, Sovereignty and Human Rights in the Shadow of COVID-19
Tel-Aviv University. 15:15.
21.04.2020
International Law and Pandemics: An Overview in Light of the COVID-19 Crisis
The International Human Rights Clinic - Online Event
University of Chicago, United States of America. 15:00.
20.04.2020
COVID-19 and Public International Law
Völkerrechtliches Kolloquium
Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg. 17:00.
01.04.2020
Pandemia de SARS-CoV-2: Una perspectiva de Derecho y gobernanza global
Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Online event. 20:00.
14.02.2020
Coupling International Economic Law with Transformative Constitutionalism: The USMCA and Mexico
Panel D, Biennial Conference of the ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group - Designing Interantional Economic Law: Challenges and Opportunities
University of Miami School of Law. 15:00.
28.11.2019
The Demise of the WTO's Appellate Body and the Need for External Perspectives
Workshop: The End of International Public Authority?
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. 18:15.
03.07.2019
(Des)Integración Económica y Constitucionalismo Transformador Latinoamericano: La Bifurcación del Derecho Mexicano
Panel Presentation at the 2019 ICON-S Annual Conference.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile. 10:30.
16.04.2019
International Economic Law and Human Health: Legal Issues of Tobacco Control
Faculty of Law, LL.M. Sustainable Development
Università Degli Studi di Milano. 12:30.
15.04.2019
International Law and the Protection Against Epidemics
Faculty of Law, LL.M. Sustainable Development
Università Degli Studi di Milano. 12:30.
09.11.2018
Globalización y Gobernanza Global
"Impacto de la Globalización y la Gobernanza Global en el Derecho Mexicano" - Kolloquium
Juristische Fakultät - Universität Würzburg. 11:30.
30.10.2018
Transformative Constitutionalism in Latin America and the EU's International Economic Policy
Posterpräsentation - Fachbeirat 2018
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 09:00.
17.10.2018
Chair and Commentator - "Climate Change and the Right to a Healthy Environment"
Workshop - Health and the Environment in International Law: Actors, Norms and Responsibilities
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 14:00.
26.09.2018
International Law and Health – Introduction and Current Debates
International Conference: "International Law and Human Health"
Walther Schücking Institute for International Law - Kiel University. 11:15.
14.09.2018
Kann Völkerrecht Krankheiten verhindern? (zusammen mit Dr. Katarina Weilert)
Max Planck Tag 2018
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 13:00.
11.09.2018
Commentary to "The impact of transformative constitutionalism on state organs"
7th Max Planck Masterclass in International Law - Professor Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa "Transformative Constitutionalism: The Example of Colombia"
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 11:45.
21.08.2018
Justiciability of Environmental Health Concerns
International Law Association Biennial Conference 2018 - Global Health Law Committee
Sydney, Australia. 09:00.
09.07.2018
International Law and Health – Introduction and Current Debates
Völkerrechtliches Kolloquium - Sommersemester 2018 (Koordinator: Dr. Christian Marxsen)
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 18:00.
26.06.2018
“We didn’t start the fire”: The Exercise of Authority in NAFTA Dispute Settlement and the Nationalist Backlash
Presentation in Panel: "The Authoritarian Pushback and the Resilience of International Institutions", chaired by Matthias Goldmann and Silvia Steininger ICON-S Annual Conference, 2018 - The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong. 09:00.
27.10.2017
International Drug Control: Assessing the Legal Role of International Organs in the Multilevel Supply of Controlled Substances (zusammen mit Paul Heckler)
International Workshop: International Biolaw and Interactions with Environmental, Human Rights and Health Law
Málaga Graduate School of Law, Spain. 16:10.
16.10.2017
The ECJ and Vaccines: When Judges Balance Scientific Facts (together with Iris Canor)
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
21.09.2017
Internationale Gesundheitskrisen aus einer IPA Perspektive - Die essentielle Rolle der Wachsamkeit
Internationale öffentliche Gewalt - Workshop
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg, Deutschland. 13:15.
18.09.2017
A Rude Awakening for 'Dreamers': The End of DACA in the United States
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
15.09.2017
The World Health Organization's Relationship with its Member States during Public Health Emergencies: What Role for International Law?
2nd Hamburg Young Scholars' Workshop in International Law
Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland. 14:45.
29.08.2017
Portrait of an Opened State: Constitutionalism and Protection of Foreign Investors in Mexico in the Age of NAFTA
Expert Workshop - Transformative Constitutionalism in Latin America and International Economic Law: Avoiding Conflict and Fostering Dialogue
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 9:55.
07.08.2017
NAFTA After Twenty-Three Years: An Overview of its Projected Renegotiation
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
27.02.2017
International Law and Health: Can There be Harmonization Beyond Fragmentation?
Research Meeting
Department of International and European Union Law (Dir. by Prof. Dr. Ellen Hey), Rotterdam, Netherlands. 13:00.
03.02.2017
Desarrollos del derecho constitucional y el derecho internacional por vías paralelas: El Reglamento Sanitario Internacional en México
XIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Derecho Constitucional
Palacio de Minería, Ciudad de México. 16:00.
26.01.2017
Derecho a la salud y gobernanza global
Coloquio "Derecho a la salud: decisiones judiciales y políticas públicas"
Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, Ciudad de México. 9:00.
01.12.2016
The Legal Framing of Public Health Issues:
Promises and Perils of Expert Authority
Transnational Theory Network Meeting
Edinburgh Law School. 10:30.
07.11.2016
UNGASS 2016: International Drug Conventions Under Scrutiny
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
15.08.2016
Salud y derechos humanos: El caso de las epidemias desde el punto de vista internacional
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México. 15:00.
18.07.2016
Public Health Emergencies and Constitutionalism: Between the National and the International
Constitutionalism Under Extreme Conditions
University of Haifa, Israel. 14.00.
21.03.2016
The case against (processed) meat: The International Agency for Research on Cancer's 'decision' to label processed meat as a carcinogenic.
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
26.02.2016
From SARS to Ebola and Zika: International Health and Law
Università di Messina, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Messina, Italia. 16.00.
29.11.2015
From NAFTA to the Trans-Pacific Parthership: Perspectives from North America
Die Welt als Markt – Transnationale Wirtschaftsaktivitäten: Chancen und Probleme veranstaltet von Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Cremer, mit Unterstützung der Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung.
Neustadt (an der Weinstrasse). . 9:00.
Lehre
Herbst Semester 2020
Overview of the International Health Regulations: Main Obligations for States
Groningen, Niederlande, Montag und Donnerstag, 16. und 19. November 2020, 11:00
2020-2021
The Securitization of Health: The UN Security Council and Disease Outbreaks
Groningen, Netherlands, Donnerstag, 19. November 2020, 13:00
Herbst Semester 2020
La Organización Mundial de la Salud y el Reglamento Sanitario Internacional
Mexiko Stadt, Mexiko, Donnerstag, 8 und 15 Oktober 2020, 15:00
Herbst Semester 2020
Overview of the WHO's International Health Regulations. Main Obligations for States
Groningen, Niederlande, Montag - Dienstag, 14-15 September 2020, 11:00
Herbst Semester
Derecho Internacional Público y Pandemias
Bogotá, Colombia, Freitag, 04 September 2020, 15:00
Summer Course 2020
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia, Montag - Freitag, 15:00 - 18:30
Wissenschaftliche Auszeichnungen
November, 2017 - Beste Doktorarbeit, Recht- und Sozialwissenschaft, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mitgliedschaften
German Alliance for Global Health Research (GAGHR)
Deutsch-Mexikanischen-Juristenvereinigung e.V.
European Society of International Law (ESIL)
International Law Associacion (ILA) - Mitglied des International Committee on Global Health Law
The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)
Sonstiges
Mitveranstalter
7th Max Planck Masterclass in International Law - Professor Manuel José
Cepeda Espinosa, "Transformative Constitutionalism: The Example of
Colombia"
Academic Review Staff of the journal Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas/UNAM, Mexico, 2016.
Academic Review Staff of the journal Problema. Anuario de Filosofía y Teoría del Derecho, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas/UNAM, Mexico, 2013 - currently.
Koordinator der MPIL Agora bis März 2020.
January - July 2013: Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Subject: Legal Reasoning.
2005 - 2007, 2010 - 2012: Clerk and Official Server at the Federal Judicial Branch of Mexico.
2009-2010, 2012-2015 - Stipend from the National Council for Science and Technology of Mexico for postgraduate studies.
