The paper reviews a topic of recent interest in the context of international law such as the designation of marine protected areas in the high seas. To that end, the author analyzes the importance of marine conservation in the global management of ocean resources, explores the recent developments related to the designation of marine protected areas in the high seas within the framework of the current international legal order and gives his views on the growing trend of establishing the aforesaid protected areas. Likewise, the paper briefly reviews the main international instruments and processes related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction.

El presente texto ahonda en el delito de desaparición forzada y su comisión a través de la historia nacional y extranjera;para ello ejemplifica con casos reales los distintos escenarios en los que este delito se cometió. Asimismo, otorga unespacio para plantear la inadecuación de las normas nacionales a las extranjeras, como el Estatuto de Roma, y proponeuna concreta recomendación para que las mismas se acoplen a dichas normas.

The paper reviews a topic of recent interest in the context of international law such as the designation of marine protected areas in the high seas. To that end, the author analyzes the importance of marine conservation in the global management of ocean resources, explores the recent developments related to the designation of marine protected areas in the high seas within the framework of the current international legal order and gives his views on the growing trend of establishing the aforesaid protected areas. Likewise, the paper briefly reviews the main international instruments and processes related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction.

En las últimas décadas del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX se llevó a cabo una mejora sustancial en la relación entre España y los nacientes Estados hispanoamericanos. ¿Cuándo y por qué el prestigio de España en Hispanoamérica se fortaleció al extremo de favorecer una activa y sólida participación de la Corona como árbitro en delicados conflictos limítrofes, como el caso de la controversia peruano-ecuatoriana? En este artículo se presenta una aproximación a la figura de España como autoridad moral y política en el continente americano en las postrimerías del siglo XIX, con particular énfasis en el caso del arbitraje de límites entre el Perú y el Ecuador.

The paper reviews a topic of recent interest in the context of international law such as the designation of marine protected areas in the high seas. To that end, the author analyzes the importance of marine conservation in the global management of ocean resources, explores the recent developments related to the designation of marine protected areas in the high seas within the framework of the current international legal order and gives his views on the growing trend of establishing the aforesaid protected areas. Likewise, the paper briefly reviews the main international instruments and processes related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction.