Diego Mejía‐Lemos
Biographic Data
| ID | 5158482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diego Mejía‐Lemos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diego |
| FAMILY NAME | Mejía‐Lemos |
| SIGNATURE | LEMOS D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Xi'an Jiaotong University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3753-3321 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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 Concept of ‘Essence’ and Its Uses in the Identification and Application of Customary International Law by International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
This paper seeks to provide an analysis of the uses of the concept of ‘essence’ by international criminal courts and tribunals. In particular, it is based on a survey of decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( icty ), whose Trial and Appeals chambers have used the concept on multiple occasions and with consequences which have been overlooked in the literature. By providing an analysis of the concept’s uses in …
Custom in General International Law and International Criminal Law
This article surveys selected decisions of international criminal courts and tribunals, and related literature, examining custom from a general standpoint. This article considers the place and nature of custom, with a particular focus on challenges levelled against custom’s suitability in international criminal law. This article also analyses custom’s ‘structure’, and, more specifically, the application of the ‘two-element approach’ by internatio…
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 …
Custom in General International Law and International Criminal Law
This article surveys selected decisions of international criminal courts and tribunals, and related literature, examining custom from a general standpoint. This article considers the place and nature of custom, with a particular focus on challenges levelled against custom’s suitability in international criminal law. This article also analyses custom’s ‘structure’, and, more specifically, the application of the ‘two-element approach’ by internatio…
The Concept of ‘Essence’ and Its Uses in the Identification and Application of Customary International Law by International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
This paper seeks to provide an analysis of the uses of the concept of ‘essence’ by international criminal courts and tribunals. In particular, it is based on a survey of decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( icty ), whose Trial and Appeals chambers have used the concept on multiple occasions and with consequences which have been overlooked in the literature. By providing an analysis of the concept’s uses in …
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
General and particular regimes of international law on investment and investor-State dispute settlement
Political science (6 works) · International Law and Human Rights (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · International law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · International Arbitration and Investment Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Convention (2 works)