Diego Mejía-Lemos
Biographic Data
| ID | 4091736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diego Mejía-Lemos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diego |
| FAMILY NAME | Mejía-Lemos |
| SIGNATURE | MEJÍA-LEMOS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Law |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
International Dispute Settlement and Environmental Protection
The steadily growing reliance on international dispute settlement as environmental protection means is not uncontroversial, raising three sets of issues regarding: (i) the nature of adjudicative fora (ontological issues); (ii) wider assumptions and frameworks (methodological issues); and (iii) processes for creating and implementing environmental obligations (processual issues). Accordingly, this review essay is threefold. Despite a trend towards…
General and particular regimes of international law on investment and investor-State dispute settlement
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. Government of Canada, Case No. UNCT/20/3
Diego Mejía-Lemos, Review of Imogen Saunders. General Principles as a Source of International Law
The Protection of the Environment through International Human Rights Litigation
This article seeks to critically analyse salient aspects of environmental protection through international litigation under the American Convention on Human Rights. It examines and places relevant recent developments in the practice of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within broader trends in the practice of states and treaty organs of both universal and regional human rights systems equally dealing with issues at the intersection of inte…
The “Quimbaya Treasure,” Judgment SU-649/17
The Colombian Constitutional Court (Court) ordered the Colombian government to seek the restitution of a set of 122 golden objects of the Quimbaya people in a judgment issued on October 19, 2017 (Judgment). The Judgment addressed significant issues of international law relating to unilateral acts, treaty interpretation, cultural property (particularly that of indigenous peoples), and the settlement of disputes involving claims for restitution of …
Advisory Opinion OC-22/16
On February 26, 2016, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) issued an advisory opinion requested by the Republic of Panama (Advisory Opinion). The request stemmed from “doubts among States” as to whether “legal persons, being legal fictions, are not as such entitled to rights” (Request) (para. 2). The Court unanimously held that legal persons are not entitled to rights under the American Convention on Human Rights (Convention) because …
The “Quimbaya Treasure,” Judgment SU-649/17
The Colombian Constitutional Court (Court) ordered the Colombian government to seek the restitution of a set of 122 golden objects of the Quimbaya people in a judgment issued on October 19, 2017 (Judgment). The Judgment addressed significant issues of international law relating to unilateral acts, treaty interpretation, cultural property (particularly that of indigenous peoples), and the settlement of disputes involving claims for restitution of …
Advisory Opinion OC-22/16
On February 26, 2016, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) issued an advisory opinion requested by the Republic of Panama (Advisory Opinion). The request stemmed from “doubts among States” as to whether “legal persons, being legal fictions, are not as such entitled to rights” (Request) (para. 2). The Court unanimously held that legal persons are not entitled to rights under the American Convention on Human Rights (Convention) because …
The “Quimbaya Treasure,” Judgment SU-649/17
The Colombian Constitutional Court (Court) ordered the Colombian government to seek the restitution of a set of 122 golden objects of the Quimbaya people in a judgment issued on October 19, 2017 (Judgment). The Judgment addressed significant issues of international law relating to unilateral acts, treaty interpretation, cultural property (particularly that of indigenous peoples), and the settlement of disputes involving claims for restitution of …
The Protection of the Environment through International Human Rights Litigation
This article seeks to critically analyse salient aspects of environmental protection through international litigation under the American Convention on Human Rights. It examines and places relevant recent developments in the practice of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within broader trends in the practice of states and treaty organs of both universal and regional human rights systems equally dealing with issues at the intersection of inte…
Diego Mejía-Lemos, Review of Imogen Saunders. General Principles as a Source of International Law
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. Government of Canada, Case No. UNCT/20/3
International Dispute Settlement and Environmental Protection
The steadily growing reliance on international dispute settlement as environmental protection means is not uncontroversial, raising three sets of issues regarding: (i) the nature of adjudicative fora (ontological issues); (ii) wider assumptions and frameworks (methodological issues); and (iii) processes for creating and implementing environmental obligations (processual issues). Accordingly, this review essay is threefold. Despite a trend towards…
General and particular regimes of international law on investment and investor-State dispute settlement
Political science (4 works) · International Arbitration and Investment Law (3 works) · International law (3 works) · International Law and Human Rights (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Convention (2 works) · Environmental law and policy (2 works) · Human rights (2 works)