Lunchtime lecture

One of the most pressing issues today is the relationship between national and international institutions, particularly in the field of human rights. States within the international community have made various efforts to coordinate collective action on issues of shared concern, with some initiatives proving more successful than others. In this context, a central question often arises: how should national and international institutions relate to one another? Typically, this issue is framed through either a sovereignist or a cosmopolitan lens today. In his presentation, Professor Candia will discuss the advantages of adopting a natural law perspective rooted in the principle of subsidiarity to address these challenges.

Gonzalo Candia is an Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile's Law School, where he has taught Constitutional Law and International Human Rights Law since 2014. In 2009, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to pursue his master’s and doctoral studies at Georgetown University. Currently, he is a researcher for a joint project about natural law and international institutions with the Center for Constitutional Politics of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium. He also gained experience litigating human rights cases as member of Chile's representation before Inter-American and United Nations human rights bodies between 2018 and 2021, and currently advocates for victims in cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the CEDAW. He has published one book, four book chapters, and eighteen articles in law journals across the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Chile, and Colombia.