PEDRO VILLARREAL
PhD (UNAM, Mexico), Senior Research Fellow
villarreal@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-318
Main Fields of Research:
Health Law; Public International Law; Comparative Public Law
Academic Career:
Since October 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).
Recent Publications
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International Law and Digital Disease Surveillance in Pandemics: On the Margins of Regulation.
In: German Law Journal 24, 603-617 (2023). doi: 10.1017/glj.2023.26.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/...
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Counter-contestation in global health governance: The WHO and its member states in emergency settings.
In: Health Policy 131, 1-11 (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104756 (with
Thomas Lange,
Till Bärnighausen).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar...
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The Law of the WHO and COVID-19 Pandemic Reformism.
In: German Yearbook of International Law 64 (2021), 11-40 (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.64.1.11.
https://elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/pdf...
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White Paper on One Health. International Law Association 150th Anniversary, 05 January 2023 (with
Hélène De Pooter,
Gian Luca Burci,
Ayelet Berman,
Makane Moïse Mbengue,
Danielle Yeow).
https://www.ilaparis2023.org/wp-content/...
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Strengthening the Monitoring of States’ Compliance with the International Health Regulations.
In: International Organizations Law Review 19/1, 215-240 (2022). doi: 10.1163/15723747-19010007 (with
Roojin Habibi,
Allyn Taylor).
https://brill.com/view/journals/iolr/19/...
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Mending Dispute Resolution under the International Health Regulations.
In: International Organizations Law Review 19/1, 241-268 (2022). doi: doi:10.1163/15723747-19010008 (with
Steven Hoffman,
Roojin Habibi,
Sophie Campbell).
https://brill.com/view/journals/iolr/19/...
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The World Health Organization’s Emergency Powers: Enhancing Its Legal and Institutional Accountability.
In: International Organizations Law Review 19/1, 63-89 (2022). doi: doi:10.1163/15723747-19010003 (with
Mark Eccleston-Turner).
https://brill.com/view/journals/iolr/19/...
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Medical Countermeasures for Pandemic Response and Intellectual Property Rights.
In: International Community Law Review 24, 233-256 (2022). doi: 10.1163/18719732-bja10081 (with
Giorgia Renne).
https://brill.com/view/journals/iclr/24/...
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Movilidad internacional y COVID-19. In: Ciencias y pandemia: Una epistemología para los derechos humanos,
Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky (ed.). EDULP, La Plata 2022,
360-381.
http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/1...
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The Fragmented Nature of Pandemic Decision-making: A Comparative and Multilevel Legal Analysis.
In: European Journal of Health Law (Special Issue) 29, 1-5 (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-bja10072 (with
Irene Domenici).
https://brill.com/view/journals/ejhl/29/...
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The Multilevel Dimension of Rules-Based Disease Surveillance beyond the State.
In: European Journal of Health Law 29, 7-32 (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-bja10070.
https://brill.com/view/journals/ejhl/29/...
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Travel restrictions and variants-of-concern: global health laws need to reflect evidence.
In: Bulletin of the WHO 100/3, 178-178 (2022). doi: 10.2471/BLT.21.287735 (with
Benjamin Mason Meier,
Judith Bueno de Mesquita,
Gian Luca Burci,
Danwood Chirwa,
Stéphanie Dagron,
Mark Eccleston-Turner,
Lisa Forman,
Lawrence Gostin,
Roojin Habibi,
Stefania Negri,
Alexandra Phelan,
Sharifah Sekalala,
Allyn Taylor,
Alicia Ely Yamín,
Steven Hoffman).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article...
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Pandemic Risk and International Law: Laying the Foundation for Proactive State Obligations.
In: Yearbook of International Disaster Law 3, 154-179 (2022). doi: 10.17104/0044-2348-2021-1-89.
https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/y...
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Pandemics, Expertise and Deliberation at the International Level. In: Pandemocracy in Europe: Power, Parliaments and People in Times of COVID-19,
Matthias Kettemann,
Konrad Lachmayer (eds.). Hart Publishing, Oxford 2022,
227-242.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pandemocra...
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International Pandemic Lawmaking: Conceptual and Practical Issues, Final Report. Online Symposium, Verfassungsblog/Bill of Health, 15 November 2021 (with
Alicia Ely Yamín,
Joelle Grogan).
https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/resou...
international-pandemic-lawmaking-november-2021---final-v1.pdf
(PDF, 979.4 KB)
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International Health Law and Pandemics: Will COVID-19 be a Watershed?. In: Global Health Law Disrupted: COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis. Royal Netherlands Society of International Law. Pre-Adviezen. Asser Press, Leiden 2021,
131-159.
https://www.asser.nl/ihcl-platform/about...
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The role of interstate adjudication in public health emergencies: Incompatible at the core.
In: Questions of International Law 85, 29-45 (2021).
www.qil-qdi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/04_Litigating-Global-Crises_VILLARREAL.pdf
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COVID-19-Impfstoffbeschaffung. In: Handlexikon der Europäischen Union, 6. Auflage,
Jan Bergmann (ed.). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2022,
240-243.
https://www.nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/ha...
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Pandemic: Building a Legal Concept for the Future.
In: Washington University Global Studies Law Review 20/3, 611-626 (2021).
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_gl...
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The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to COVID-19.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2021, online p.
(editor with
Jeff King,
Octavio Ferraz,
et al).
https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/home/occ19
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The Role of International Law in Vaccinating against COVID-19: Appraising the COVAX Initiative.
In: Heidelberg Journal of International Law (ZaöRV) 81, 89-116 (2021). doi: 10.17104/0044-2348-2021-1-89 (with
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.17104/0...
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The Security Council and COVID-19 – Towards a Medicalization of International Peace and Security. ESIL Reflections, 26 February 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 (eds.). 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) (with
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 (eds.). 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 June 2020 (with
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 May 2020 (with
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 (with
Brigit Toebes^Ellen t'Hoen et al Frederick Abbott).
http://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 p., 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 (eds.). 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, 8/19/18-8/24/18. International Law Association, Sydney, Australia, 2018,
paras. 47-51 p.
(with
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 (eds.). Nomos, Baden-Baden, Germany 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, Germany, 2017, 393 p.
(editor with
Leonie Vierck,
Katarina Weilert).
http://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.
http://biblio.juridicas.unam.mx/libros/l...
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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/2...
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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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“We’re In This for the Long Haul”: The End of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern Due to COVID-19. EJIL:Talk!, 08 May 2023.
https://www.ejiltalk.org/were-in-this-fo...
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Punishing Compliance with International Law: The Omicron Variant and the International Health Regulations (2005). EJIL:Talk!, 02 December 2021.
https://www.ejiltalk.org/punishing-compl...
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Scientific Innovation in International Pandemic Lawmaking. Verfassungsblog, 18 October 2021.
https://verfassungsblog.de/scientific-in...
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Politicizing National Pandemic Surveillance: Mexicos Epidemiological Traffic Light. Lex-Atlas: Covid-19, 05 October 2021.
https://lexatlas-c19.org/politicizing-na...
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COVID-19 and Police Powers Beyond the State. IACL-AIDC Blog, 30 September 2021.
https://blog-iacl-aidc.org/covid19-futur...
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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 February 2021 (with
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://agendapublica.es/el-vacunacional...
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The EUs and UKs self-defeating vaccine nationalism. Verfassungsblog, 30 January 2021 (with
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-eus-and-u...
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Assessing the WHO’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response. Global Health and Global Governance, 16 July 2020 (with
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 July 2020 (with
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 May 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 March 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 March 2020.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/is-the-spr...
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¿Es la crisis del coronavirus una pandemia?. Agenda Pública/El País, 01 March 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 February 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 January 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 January 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 July 2019.
https://www.ejiltalk.org/public-internat...
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The Direct Justiciability of the Right to Health at the IACtHR. Völkerrechtsblog, 22 October 2018.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-direct...
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The Renegotiated NAFTA: What Is In It For Labor Rights?. EJIL: Talk!, 11 October 2018 (with
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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Infectious Diseases, in: Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by Christina Binder, Manfred Nowak, Jane A. Hofbauer and Philipp Janig – 2022 (forthcoming). MPIL Research Paper No. 2021-27, 12 December 2021. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3983435.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?...
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Pandemic: Building a Legal Concept for the Future. MPIL Research Paper No. 2021 - 12, 27 May 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 (with
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 May 2020 (with
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, 26 March 2020 (with
Armin von Bogdandy).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?...
Media
Further Publications
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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).
Presentations
24 Nov 2021
Revisiting the ´´"invisible" International Health Regulations
Global Health Law Consortium Annual Conference: Aligning Hard and Soft Global Health Law in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Mantello, Italy (online). 10:30.
https://www.globalstrategylab.org/ghlc-conference
05 Oct 2021
Reshaping the Role of International Organizations in the (Post-)Pandemic Era?
13th International Symposium, Czech Foreign Policy: "Post-Pandemic Foreign Policy: Strengthening Resilience, Prospects and Pitfalls"
Institute of International Relations Prague. 13:15.
https://www.youtube.com/c/IIRPrague/videos
26 May 2021
Expert Briefing on COVAX
Master in Public Policy
Online, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. 16:00.
19 May 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 Mar 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 Feb 2021
Public International Law and Pandemics: COVID-19 as a Watershed
Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen
Walter Schücking Institute for International Law, University of Kiel, Germany (online). 13:00.
25 Jan 2021
The Role of International Organizations in Global Health Governance
Online Event - The Future of Global Health Governance
University of Georgia School of Law, United States of America. 15:00.
www.law.uga.edu/gjiclspring2021
11 Dec 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 Nov 2020
The Likely Trajectory of Global Governance after the U.S. Elections: A Comparative Perspective
Panelist, Online Event
Washington University in St Louis, United States of America. 15:00.
06 Nov 2020
Eröffnung des Arbeitskreises Internationales Gesundheitsrecht
Online Tagung - Deutsche Vereinigung für Internationales Recht
10:00.
24 Aug 2020
La protección frente a epidemias y pandemias como componente del derecho a la salud
Guest lecture: El derecho humano a la salud en el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19
Institute of Legal Research, UNAM, Mexico. 15:00.
20 Jun 2020
Critical Features of International Authority in Pandemic Response: The WHO in the COVID-19 Crisis
International Online Conference: Human Rights Protection under Pandemic Prevention and Control: The Principle of Proportionality
Renmin University, Beijing, China. 12:00.
27 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 2020
COVID-19 and Public International Law
Völkerrechtliches Kolloquium
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. 17:00.
01 Apr 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 Feb 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 Nov 2019
The Demise of the WTO's Appellate Body and the Need for External Perspectives
Workshop: The End of International Public Authority?
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 18:15.
03 Jul 2019
(Des)Integración Económica y Constitucionalismo Transformador Latinoamericano: La Bifurcación del Derecho Mexicano
Panel Presentation at the 2019 Annual ICON-S Conference
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile. 10:30.
16 Apr 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 Apr 2019
International Law and the Protection Against Epidemics
Faculty of Law, LL.M. Sustainable Development
Università Degli Studi di Milano. 12:30.
09 Nov 2018
Globalización y Gobernanza Global
"Impacto de la Globalización y la Gobernanza Global en el Derecho Mexicano" - Kolloquium
Juristische Fakultät - Würzburg University. 11:30.
30 Oct 2018
Transformative Constitutionalism in Latin America and the EU's International Economic Policy
Poster Presentation - Fachbeirat 2018
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 09:00.
17 Oct 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 Sep 2018
International Health Governance
International Conference: "International Law and Human Health"
Walther Schücking Institute for International Law - Kiel University. 11:15.
14 Sep 2018
Kann Völkerrecht Krankheiten verhindern? (jointly with Dr. Katarina Weilert)
Max Planck Day 2018
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 13:00.
11 Sep 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 Aug 2018
Justiciability of Environmental Health Concerns
International Law Association Biennial Conference 2018 - Global Health Law Committee
Sydney, Australia. 09:00.
09 Jul 2018
International Law and Health – Introduction and Current Debates
Völkerrechtliches Kolloquium - Sommersemester 2018 (Coordinator: Dr. Christian Marxsen)
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 18:00.
26 Jun 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 Oct 2017
International Drug Control: Assessing the Legal Role of International Organs in the Multilevel Supply of Controlled Substances (together with Paul Heckler)
International Workshop: International Biolaw and Interactions with Environmental, Human Rights and Health Law
Málaga School of Law, Spain. 16:10.
16 Oct 2017
The ECJ and Vaccines: When Judges Balance Scientific Facts (together with Iris Canor)
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
21 Sep 2017
Internationale Gesundheitskrisen aus einer IPA Perspektive - Die essentielle Rolle der Wachsamkeit
Internationale öffentliche Gewalt - Workshop
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Deutschland. 13:15.
18 Sep 2017
A Rude Awakening for 'Dreamers': The End of DACA in the United States
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
15 Sep 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 Aug 2017
Portrait of an Opened State: Constitutionalism and Protection of Foreign Investors in Mexico during 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 Aug 2017
NAFTA After Twenty-Three Years: An Overview of its Projected Renegotiation
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
27 Feb 2017
International Law and Health: Can There be Harmonization Beyond Fragmentation?
Research Meeting, Department of International and European Union Law (Directed by Prof. Dr. Ellen Hey)
Rotterdam, Netherlands. 13:00.
03 Feb 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 Jan 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 Dec 2016
The Legal Framing of Public Health Issues:
Promises and Perils of Expert Authority
Transnational Theory Network Meeting
Edinburgh Law School, Scotland. 10:30.
07 Nov 2016
UNGASS 2016: International Drug Conventions under Scrutiny
Presentation in the Referentenbesprechung of the MPIL
Heidelberg
15 Aug 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 Jul 2016
Public Health Emergencies and Constitutionalism: Between the International and the National
Constitutionalism Under Extreme Conditions
University of Haifa, Israel. 14.00.
21 Mar 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 Feb 2016
From SARS to Ebola and Zika: International Health and Law
Università di Messina, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Messina, Italia. 16.00.
29 Nov 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.
Teaching
Fall Semester 2021
Public International Law and Pandemics (jointly with Armin von Bogdandy)
Philadelphia, United States of America (online), Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 15 November - 01 December 2021, 19:00 - 20:20 CET
Fall 2021
Department of International Law
China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), Saturday, 30 October 2021, 09:00 - 11:00
DAAD Alumni Seminar 2021
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Online, Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 13:00 - 15:00
Fall 2021
Centre for International Law (CIL)
National University of Singapore (online), Thursday, 7 October 2021 and Friday, 9 October 2021, 15:00 - 16:30
Summer 2021
Department of Law
University of Mannheim (online), Saturday, 09:00 - 12:00
Spring Course 2021
The role of international courts and the WHO in managing pandemic crises
University of Milan (online), Wednesday, 9:30 - 12:00
Spring 2021
Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH)
University of Milan (online), Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 - 13:00
Fall Semester 2020
Overview of the WHO's International Health Regulations. Main Obligations of States
Groningen, Netherlands, Monday and Thursday, 16 and 20 November 2020, 11:00
2020-2021
The Securitization of Health: The UN Security Council and Disease Outbreaks
Groningen, Netherlands, Thursday, 19 November 2020, 13:00
Fall Semester 2020
La Organización Mundial de la Salud y el Reglamento Sanitario Internacional
Mexico City, Thursday, 8 and 15 October 2020, 15:00
Fall Semester 2020
Overview of the WHO’s International Health Regulations. Main Obligations for States
Groningen, The Netherlands, 14-15 September, 11:00
Herbst Semester
Derecho Internacional Público y Pandemias
Bogotá, Colombia, Friday, 04 September 2020, 15:00
Summer Course 2020
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia, Monday - Friday, 15:00 - 18:30
2017-2
Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Economía y Política
Asunción, Paraguay, Montag/Dienstag, 18:00-21:00
Honours
Best Doctoral Dissertation, Law and Social Sciences, Instituto de
Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Memberships
German Alliance for Global Health Research (GAGHR)
Deutsch-Mexikanischen-Juristenvereinigung e.V.
European Society of International Law (ESIL)
International Law Associacion (ILA) - Member of the International Committee on Global Health Law
The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)
Miscellaneous
Co-organizer
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.
Coordinator of the MPIL Agora until March 2020.
2005 - 2007, 2010 - 2012: Clerk and Official Server at the Federal Judicial Branch of Mexico.
January - July 2013: Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Subject: Legal Reasoning.
2009-2010, 2012-2015 - Stipend from the National Council for Science and Technology of Mexico for postgraduate studies.