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Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Antonio Augusto Cançado Trindade

Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade

Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade is a Judge of the International Court of Justice (The Hague), Former President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Emeritus Professor of International Law of the University of Brasília, Brazil, Honorary Doctor of various Universities in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He is a member of the curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law and of the Institut de Droit International. He is a former President of the Latin American Society of International Law.

Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (2013); Visiting Professor at the University of La Plata, Argentina (2011); Lecturer at Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland (2014); Lecturer at the University of Vilnius, Lithuania (2015); Lecturer at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and at the University of Gand (Chair “Henri Rolin”, 2015).

Currently Teaching

Derechos Humanos y Cortes Internacionales (LAW-863-001)

Areas of Specialization

International Law