Lunch seminar with Lavinia Francesconi

The network of human rights in the Organization of American States. Legal and institutional developments

Abstract

The preamble of the American Convention on Human Rights reaffirms signatories’ “intention to consolidate in [the] hemisphere, within the framework of democratic institutions, a system of personal liberty and social justice based on respect for the essential rights of man”.  This mission is mainly entrusted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. But there are other mechanisms within the Organization of American States that have, or might have, an important role to play in order to achieve this function. 

Still, these organs are understudied since the literature is particularly focused on the Court. As such, the aim of the thesis is to develop an account of all the actors involved in the human rights field within the institution of the Organization of American States. To do so, the legal framework will be doctrinally examined, while the interaction between the organs' institutions will be empirically tested applying network analysis. According to systems theory, it will be argued that this complex human rights system is constituted by the communications and practices of a broad network of actors that operate in it.

During the lunch seminar, Lavinia will discuss her PhD project, especially its method and methodology, as well as its main hypothesis. 

Bio

Lavinia Francesconi is a PhD candidate at the law department of Aix-Marseille University. She graduated cum laude from the Law faculty of the University of Bologna, and she holds an LL.M. in Public International Law from Leiden University, and a Diploma in International Human Rights Law from the University of Chile. 

Ms. Francesconi acts as a legal counsel and researcher on international law for different organizations, among others, at the Aix-Global Justice Clinic. Previously, she has been collaborating in international and academic institutions, both in Europe and in South America. 

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