Rose Parfitt introduces a TWAILR: Reflections series on “Fascism and the International: The Global South, the Far-Right and the International Legal Order”

Fabia Fernandes Carvalho Veçoso reflects on the ways in which a particular perspective of international ordering, relying on the liberalization of the economy, underpinned the structuring and expansion of Brazilian anti-corruption law in a process that led to the election of Bolsonaro.

Luís Bogliolo reflects on the interconnections between Brazil as a typical example of ‘frontier capitalism’, international law and its entanglement with neoliberal reform, and the rise of Bolsonaro.

Rose Parfitt x-rays the questions commentators are asking in response to the rise of Bolsonarismo and the global ‘new right’, pinpointing their inbuilt assumptions and consequences for the Global South.

Adrian A. Smith reflects on how sovereign authority and territorial integrity are harnessed to continue and deepen the production of labour power commodity, such that global capitalism’s bloody existence, and its racist imbrication all the way through, must be regarded as a constitutive feature of the past’s ongoing presence.

Usha Natarajan & Julia Dehm reflect on what exactly ‘the environment’ is and how we purport to govern it – questions that could prove profoundly destabilizing to international law.

Obiora Chinedu Okafor, UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity, reflects on the international commitment to protecting refugees.

Paola Andrea Acosta Alvarado, Amaya Álvez Marín, Laura Betancur-Restrepo, Fabia Veçoso & Daniel Rivas-Ramírez

Parte das preocupações que nos guiam referem-se ao contexto acadêmico latino-americano e aos desafios de uma academia global. Este projeto surgiu em 2014 e algumas de suas questões norteadoras são: como e o que se ensina em direito internacional na América Latina hoje? Existem elementos comuns latino-americanos? Quais aspectos podemos repensar para modificar a forma como o direito internacional é ensinado na região?

Paola Andrea Acosta Alvarado, Amaya Álvez Marín, Laura Betancur-Restrepo, Fabia Veçoso y Daniel Rivas-Ramírez

Las inquietudes que nos guían se refieren al contexto académico latinoamericano y a los desafíos de una academia global. Este proyecto surge en 2014 y algunas de sus preguntas guía son: ¿qué y cómo se enseña el derecho internacional en Latinoamérica hoy? ¿Hay elementos comunes latinoamericanos? ¿Qué aspectos podemos repensar para modificar las prácticas de enseñanza en la región?

Paola Andrea Acosta Alvarado, Amaya Álvez Marín, Laura Betancur-Restrepo, Fabia Veçoso & Daniel Rivas-Ramírez reflect on the practice of teaching international law in the specific academic setting of Latin America, as well as the challenges of engaging in the global academy more broadly.