Alejandro Chehtman – författare

Latin America has been a pivotal site for influential and innovative developments in international law since the colonial era. Throughout much of the twentieth century, Latin American politics were entangled with the political and economic interests of the United States. Today, as the global order shifts, scholars and legal practitioners are grappling with the current restructuring and potential transformation of international relations—and what this means for international law in the region.This collection of essays brings together a group of highly regarded scholars to present a broad survey of Latin America's approaches and contributions, historically and presently, to the field of international law.Comprehensive, diverse, and multidisciplinary, the book covers recent developments in areas like environmental regulation, internet regulation, Indigenous rights, LGBTIQ rights, and public health, among others. It also considers more traditional themes, such as law and development, the doctrine of nonintervention, human rights, and jurisdictional disputes in the Spanish colonies.A timely publication covering an ever-evolving region, Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century explores the role of Latin American politics on the world stage. Theories, perspectives, and methods of international law are expertly interwoven with those of sociology, political science, anthropology, philosophy, history, and economics to present a dynamic and multifaceted work of scholarship.

Latin America has been a pivotal site for influential and innovative developments in international law since the colonial era. Throughout much of the twentieth century, Latin American politics were entangled with the political and economic interests of the United States. Today, as the global order shifts, scholars and legal practitioners are grappling with the current restructuring and potential transformation of international relations-and what this means for international law in the region. This collection of essays brings together a group of highly regarded scholars to present a broad survey of Latin Americas approaches and contributions, historically and presently, to the field of international law. Comprehensive, diverse, and multidisciplinary, the book covers recent developments in areas like environmental regulation, internet regulation, Indigenous rights, LGBTIQ rights, and public health, among others. It also considers more traditional themes, such as law and development, the doctrine of nonintervention, human rights, and jurisdictional disputes in the Spanish colonies. A timely publication covering an ever-evolving region, Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century explores the role of Latin American politics on the world stage. Theories, perspectives, and methods of international law are expertly interwoven with those of sociology, political science, anthropology, philosophy, history, and economics to present a dynamic and multifaceted work of scholarship.

Latin America has been a pivotal site for influential and innovative developments in international law since the colonial era. Throughout much of the twentieth century, Latin American politics were entangled with the political and economic interests of the United States. Today, as the global order shifts, scholars and legal practitioners are grappling with the current restructuring and potential transformation of international relations-and what this means for international law in the region. This collection of essays brings together a group of highly regarded scholars to present a broad survey of Latin Americas approaches and contributions, historically and presently, to the field of international law. Comprehensive, diverse, and multidisciplinary, the book covers recent developments in areas like environmental regulation, internet regulation, Indigenous rights, LGBTIQ rights, and public health, among others. It also considers more traditional themes, such as law and development, the doctrine of nonintervention, human rights, and jurisdictional disputes in the Spanish colonies. A timely publication covering an ever-evolving region, Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century explores the role of Latin American politics on the world stage. Theories, perspectives, and methods of international law are expertly interwoven with those of sociology, political science, anthropology, philosophy, history, and economics to present a dynamic and multifaceted work of scholarship.

Why should a Spanish court take jurisdiction over an American lawyer accused of facilitating torture on Guantanamo Bay? What empowers a London magistrate to sign an arrest warrant for a former Chilean President? Can it be legitimate or morally defensible for an Israeli court to try a former Nazi whose crimes occurred outside Israel and indeed prior to the establishment of Israel? This book provides the first full account, explanation, and critique of extraterritorial punishment in international law. Extraterritoriality is deeply entrenched in the practice of legal punishment in domestic legal systems and, in certain circumstances, an established principle of public international law. Often, States claim the right to punish certain offences provided for under their own domestic laws even when they are committed outside their territorial boundaries. Furthermore, extraterritoriality is one of the most remarkable features of international criminal law. Many individuals have been prosecuted in different parts of the world for crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, etc. before tribunals which are often located outside the territorial boundaries of the state in which the offences were perpetrated. Finally, the issue of extraterritorial punishment is of pressing importance because of the emergence of new forms of globalized crime, such as transnational terrorism, drug-trafficking, trafficking of human beings, and so on. This book provides a convincing normative account of extraterritorial punishment. In doing so, it will steer current debates on international criminal justice and the philosophy of punishment in new directions, and link these debates to globalization, the emergence of transnational crime, terrorism, war, and the problem of impunity and mass atrocity.

Wars are becoming increasingly asymmetrical: conflicts where one party adopts 'different' and often morally controversial means, strategies, and organizational structures to gain the upper hand. Not only terrorist organizations and guerrilla forces, but also some states, including Brazil, Venezuela, and several others, have been known to use asymmetrical conflict strategies as official policy. Tactics including the use of drone planes, cyber-attacks, deployment of child soldiers, and targeted killings are challenging the current legal framework.Chehtman examines how laws initially devised for more traditional forms of warfare must adapt to contemporary conflicts, and to such tactics. A crucial book on a growing issue, he weighs conflicting theories that either see the law of armed conflicts as accepting the reality of war or consider that the rules should not apply differently in conflict situations as they do in peace.

A diferencia de la gran mayoría de los sistemas jurídico-penales nacionales, el Derecho penal internacional está en fase de construcción. Muchos consideran que su desarrollo es aún frágil, tentativo. El presente volumen reúne una serie de textos fundamentales sobre distintos aspectos «estructurales» de este sistema jurídico y del grupo de instituciones que lo componen. Los artículos aquí reunidos buscan ahondar en distintos aspectos importantes de este sistema –ya sea examinando su adecuada conceptualización, su fundamentación normativa, o los déficits, desafíos y problemas que aquejan a su funcionamiento–. El libro gira alrededor de tres ejes temáticos. En primer lugar, examina la pregunta acerca de la naturaleza del Derecho penal internacional y sus fines. Esto es, ¿qué características lo definen y, en consecuencia, lo distinguen del Derecho penal interno y del Derecho penal transnacional?; pero también, ¿cuál es la relación entre el castigo y la construcción de una verdad histórica, las funciones didácticas de los juicios penales y su potencial contribución a la reconciliación de las comunidades afectadas? En segundo lugar, analiza las condiciones que permitirían el surgimiento de un «sistema» de tribunales con competencia sobre crímenes internacionales (tribunales internacionales, híbridos o internacionalizados, y nacionales), y la mejor forma de pensar las relaciones entre ellos. Por último, el presente volumen reúne una serie de trabajos que abordan las características centrales de los crímenes internacionales, como los crímenes de guerra y de lesa humanidad. Mediante el análisis de cuestiones jurídicas, conceptuales e institucionales, esta colección de trabajos busca contribuir a una mejor y más profunda comprensión de algunos de los principales desafíos que plantea el Derecho penal internacional como proyecto. Alejandro Chehtman es profesor asociado de la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Actualmente se desempeña como Marie Curie Fellow en la Facultad de Derecho del University College London.

¿Por qué debería un magistrado español tener jurisdicción sobre un abogado estadounidense acusado de facilitar la tortura en la base de Guantánamo? ¿Qué faculta a un magistrado inglés a firmar una orden de detención de un exdictador chileno? ¿Podría ser legítimo, o moralmente defendible, que un tribunal israelí juzgue a un nazi por crímenes cometidos fuera de Israel y, de hecho, antes de la creación de ese Estado? Este libro brinda el primer tratamiento sistemático de los problemas y desafíos que presenta la jurisdicción penal extraterritorial en el Derecho internacional. La aplicación extraterritorial de normas penales es una práctica arraigada en la mayoría de los sistemas jurídicos del mundo y, en determinados supuestos, un principio firmemente establecido en el Derecho internacional público. Así, en primer lugar, los Estados a menudo reclaman el derecho de castigar determinadas conductas con arreglo a su Derecho interno, aun cuando han sido cometidas fuera de sus fronteras territoriales, por ejemplo, en virtud de la nacionalidad del perpetrador o de su víctima. La aplicación extraterritorial de sanciones penales es asimismo uno de los rasgos definitorios del Derecho penal internacional. Distintos individuos han sido perseguidos penalmente en distintas partes del mundo por crímenes de lesa humanidad, crímenes de guerra, genocidio y otros delitos internacionales ante tribunales que a menudo estaban situados fuera del territorio del Estado en el que tales crímenes se habían cometido. La jurisdicción penal extraterritorial tiene, por último, gran importancia en la respuesta jurídica a nuevas formas de criminalidad globalizada, como el terrorismo transnacional, el tráfico de drogas y la trata de personas. Este libro ofrece una teoría normativa de la jurisdicción penal extraterritorial y de ese modo procura llevar los debates contemporáneos sobre justicia penal en nuevas direcciones, como los desafíos que presenta la globalización, el surgimiento de la criminalidad transnacional, el terrorismo y la guerra.Alejandro Chehtman es profesor investigador de la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad Di Tella e investigador del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la Argentina. Sus trabajos de Derecho internacional público, Derecho penal y filosofía del Derecho han sido publicados en importantes revistas internacionales, como Stanford Journal of International Law, Journal of International Criminal Justice, New Criminal Law Review y Law and Philosophy, entre otras. Desde enero de 2014 se desempeña como Marie Curie Fellow en la Facultad de Derecho del University College London, trabajando en una investigación sobre teoría de la guerra justa y Derecho internacional humanitario en conflictos asimétricos.