The Latin America Interest Group invites you to join us for a discussion of The Construction of the Customary Law of Peace: Latin America and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, written by Professor Cecilia Marcela Bailliet, Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo Faculty of Law.

The book explores the emerging construction of a customary law of peace in Latin America and the developing jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It traces the evolution of peace as both an end and a means: from a negative form, i.e. the absence of violence, to a positive form that encompasses equality, non-discrimination and social justice, including gendered perspectives on peace.

Speakers:

• Professor Cecilia Marcela Bailliet (author), Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo Faculty of Law
• Professor Jorge Contesse (discussant), Rutgers Law School
• Laura Zielinski (moderator), Holland & Knight LLP

This session is organized by ASIL's Latin America Interest Group and is cosponsored by the Center for Transnational Law at Rutgers Law School.