After having discussed the case’s historical background and the parties’ arguments with emphasis on genocidal intent, the author offers critical comments on the ICJ’s decision. He calls into question the limitations imposed by the Court’s inferential standard and its interpretation in the Croatia v. Serbia case. Although the existence of a plurality of subjective elements in this case did not necessarily entail that there must have been a finding of genocidalintent, it appears that such a plurality has been addressed in a manner that is inconsistent with the Court’s case law, and involves excluding the possibility that genocidal intent may exist concurrently with other non-genocidal subjective elements. The Court’s position overlooks the distinction between motive and intent that has been discussed on many occasions by international criminal tribunals. That distinctio...

The evolving relationship between international human rights law and criminal law is marked by a passage from a role of moderation to one of legitimization. While international human rights law was previously critical of criminal law as an instrument of state repression, the last few decades witnessed a shift towards a victim-centred conception of criminal law as a means to protect and enforce certain human rights. This contrasts with a liberal conception of human rights as a check on the power of the state through the use of its criminal law authority. This development manifests itself through what may be dubbed the "criminalization” of Inter-American human rights law. This contribution explores this phenomenon of “criminalization” and its various illustrations, particularly through the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ discourse with respect to amnesty laws and prescr...

This article discusses how legal education extends the symbolic violence intrinsic to the law and legal discourse. The article, while keeping in mind power relations inherent to legal education, discusses how disciplinary approaches reinforce the symbolic violence conveyed through legal education. The article presents «Interdisciplinarity» in contrast to a structuring and compartmentalized view of the law, and explains how interdisciplinarity can attenuate symbolic violence in legal education. Having this in mind, the author proposes an «ethics of violence» in legal education that suggests professors should moderate the levels of symbolic violence channeled during the educational process and participate in the unveiling of symbolic violence-generating structures. The article concludes with views on the limits of such an ethical proposition, particularly when considering how ...

En el nuevo plan de estudios de la Facultad de Derecho de la PUCP (2015), se ha introducido un curso obligatorio de derecho comparado de primer ciclo, denominado Sistema Romano Germánico y Derecho Anglosajón. Como lo anuncia la convocatoria de esta publicación, es menester —aunque sea ex post facto— cuestionar, pensar y repensar la justificación de la integración del curso de derecho comparado en nuestro plan de estudios, así como la manera en la cual se imparte (Centro de Investigación, Capacitación y Asesoría Jurídica, 2017). La enseñanza de una asignatura obligatoria de derecho comparado es una novedad para la Facultad de Derecho de la PUCP. Desde su creación en el 2015, sigue siendo objeto de varios esfuerzos dirigidos a ofrecer una visión coherente —aunque no homogénea— de por qué y cómo deberíamos enseñar el derecho comparado.

Este libro contiene diversas discusiones en torno a la enseñanza del Derecho comparado agrupadas según la metáfora de un viaje con sus «afuera», «adentro», «fronteras» y «regreso».

El desarrollo de las relaciones entre el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos y el Derecho Penal está signado por una función de moderación hacia una de legitimación/ justificación de la aplicación del Derecho Penal. Mientras los Derechos Humanos inicialmente fueron críticos del Derecho Penal, como instrumento de represión estatal; las últimas décadas atestiguan un giro hacia una conceptualización del Derecho Penal centrado en la víctima, como medio para proteger y resguardar determinados derechos humanos. Este giro desafía la perspectiva liberal que concibe los derechos humanos como un mecanismo de control ante el poder estatal y que se ejerce mediante el Derecho Penal. Este desarrollo se manifiesta a través de lo que podría ser denominado la “penalización" de la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Este trabajo contribuye a...

El artículo explora cómo la violencia simbólica del derecho y del discurso jurídico se puede trasladar a la educación legal. Con tal objeto, y tomando en cuenta las relaciones de poder inherentes a la enseñanza del derecho, se analiza en qué medida el pensamiento disciplinario puede reforzar la violencia simbólica transmitida en la enseñanza del derecho. Frente al pensamiento disciplinario, se estudia cómo la interdisciplinariedad se presenta como una contracorriente a una perspectiva estructurante y aislacionista, propiciada por una visión formalista del derecho y de las disciplinas en general. Se expone cómo la interdisciplinariedad permitiría atenuar la violencia simbólica de la enseñanza del derecho. Ante esas observaciones se esboza una pistas de solución desde una ética de la violenciaen la educación legal que consiste principalmente en la moderación de l...

After having discussed the case’s historical background and the parties’ arguments with emphasis on genocidal intent, the author offers critical comments on the ICJ’s decision. He calls into question the limitations imposed by the Court’s inferential standard and its interpretation in the Croatia v. Serbia case. Although the existence of a plurality of subjective elements in this case did not necessarily entail that there must have been a finding of genocidalintent, it appears that such a plurality has been addressed in a manner that is inconsistent with the Court’s case law, and involves excluding the possibility that genocidal intent may exist concurrently with other non-genocidal subjective elements. The Court’s position overlooks the distinction between motive and intent that has been discussed on many occasions by international criminal tribunals. That distinctio...

After having discussed the case’s historical background and the parties’ arguments with emphasis on genocidal intent, the author offers critical comments on the ICJ’s decision. He calls into question the limitations imposed by the Court’s inferential standard and its interpretation in the Croatia v. Serbia case. Although the existence of a plurality of subjective elements in this case did not necessarily entail that there must have been a finding of genocidalintent, it appears that such a plurality has been addressed in a manner that is inconsistent with the Court’s case law, and involves excluding the possibility that genocidal intent may exist concurrently with other non-genocidal subjective elements. The Court’s position overlooks the distinction between motive and intent that has been discussed on many occasions by international criminal tribunals. That distinctio...

This article discusses how legal education extends the symbolic violence intrinsic to the law and legal discourse. The article, while keeping in mind power relations inherent to legal education, discusses how disciplinary approaches reinforce the symbolic violence conveyed through legal education. The article presents «Interdisciplinarity» in contrast to a structuring and compartmentalized view of the law, and explains how interdisciplinarity can attenuate symbolic violence in legal education. Having this in mind, the author proposes an «ethics of violence» in legal education that suggests professors should moderate the levels of symbolic violence channeled during the educational process and participate in the unveiling of symbolic violence-generating structures. The article concludes with views on the limits of such an ethical proposition, particularly when considering how ...

The evolving relationship between international human rights law and criminal law is marked by a passage from a role of moderation to one of legitimization. While international human rights law was previously critical of criminal law as an instrument of state repression, the last few decades witnessed a shift towards a victim-centred conception of criminal law as a means to protect and enforce certain human rights. This contrasts with a liberal conception of human rights as a check on the power of the state through the use of its criminal law authority. This development manifests itself through what may be dubbed the "criminalization” of Inter-American human rights law. This contribution explores this phenomenon of “criminalization” and its various illustrations, particularly through the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ discourse with respect to amnesty laws and prescr...