Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo
Biographic Data
| ID | 740203 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juan-Pablo |
| FAMILY NAME | Pérez-León-Acevedo |
| SIGNATURE | PÉREZ-LEÓN-ACEVEDO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7193-3807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Social Rights Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Tribunal of Peru
In its interpretation and application of the 1993 Political Constitution of Peru (CP), using international instruments and Peruvian legislation, the Constitutional Tribunal of Peru (CTP) has construed strong jurisprudence on social rights. Generally, this case law has meaningfully contributed towards the realization of social rights in Peru in a context characterized by a fast-growing social market economy and substantial reductions of poverty an…
Historic Monuments and Religious Buildings as Victims in Prosecutor v Al Mahdi at the International Criminal Court
In this article, we combine anthropological and legal approaches to interrogate the position and status of “victims” during Prosecutor v Al Mahdi at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Anthropological work on ontology and distributed agency provides a potential model for a broader reading of the category of victim. We then consider the war crime committed and propose an adapted application of international law sources on victimhood in order t…
Case of the Inhabitants of La Oroya v. Peru, Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs Judgment
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) delivered its judgment in La Oroya v. Peru, its first case 1 involving pollution affecting a city's inhabitants.The judgment is significant for: (1) the detailed development of the contents and nature of the right to a healthy environment (RHE), including its potential status as a jus cogens norm, in the context of serious and protracted urban pollution; and (2) the diverse reparation measures ord…
Justice for atrocities: Dialogues and encounters between Latin America and Europe introduction to the special issue
Trajectories of spirituality: Producing and assessing cultural evidence at the International Criminal Court
In this article, we examine the production and assessment of evidence about spirit beliefs in the international criminal trial of Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen, submitted by the defense to show that their client committed the crimes he is accused of under duress. This duress defense was ultimately rejected by the ICC Judges, based on a binary understanding of 'believing' that depicts Ongwen and other LRA commanders as impostors. However,…
Ongwen and the Legitimacy of the icc
nonPeerReviewed
Lessons to learn? Using the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ jurisprudence on amnesties and pardons in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War
The standards of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on amnesties and pardons in mass atrocity cases have been influential in Latin America and beyond. In turn, discussions about possible transitional justice mechanisms related to the Russo-Ukrainian war have involved issues of amnesty and pardon. However, the dicta of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights do not formally bind Ukraine and Russia. By connecting the two (semi-)peripheries o…
Lights and Shadows of the Ongwen Case at the International Criminal Court
The Inter American Court of Human Rights: The Legitimacy of International Courts and Tribunals
Reparation for victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law: New developments
This article aims to determine what important new developments have emerged in reparation for victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Our hypothesis is that there have been significant new developments in this area of particular relevance to IHL and that reparation for victims of serious violations of IHL is increasingly being incorporated into this body of law as one of its key components. It is submitted that the …
UN-Backed Hybrid Criminal Tribunals (hcts): Viable Options in International Criminal Justice
Although the UN-Security Council established the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, UN-international criminal tribunals were not replicated. The UN instead directly participated in creating hct s such as the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Thus, this article seeks to determine whether UN-backed hct s constitute viable op…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) vis-à-vis amnesties and pardons: Factors concerning or affecting the degree of ECtHR’s deference to states
States have adopted amnesties/pardons concerning serious human rights violations to transition from crises, dictatorships, or conflicts worldwide, including Europe. Although the ECtHR has yet to review amnesties/pardons directly, it has increasingly decided on the effects of amnesties/pardons on the rights of individuals. Thus, the main research question herein is to identify which factors may determine whether and to what extent the ECtHR defers…
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The Rohingya People and the International Court of Justice: Religion-Related Legal Analysis
The Rohingya People and the International Court of Justice: Religion-Related Legal Analysis Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo Post-Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, rwaa029, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwaa029 Publis…
Disentangling Law and Religion in the Rohingya Case at the International Criminal Court
The Rohingya are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Military campaigns conducted by Myanmar against the Rohingya have led to numerous deaths, widespread cases of sexual violence, the destruction of hundreds of villages, and the deportation of more than 700,000 people to Bangladesh. These events have triggered proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has arguably failed to address the religious dimensions of …
Victims at the Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court
The Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court (SCC), the latest hybrid criminal tribunal, may be considered an important legal development concerning victims of mass atrocities in international criminal justice mechanisms due to certain characteristics. Yet there is no academic commentary on victims at the SCC; this piece seeks to fill the gap. First it considers restorative justice as a general framework for victims’ roles and rights in …
Victims and appeals at the International Criminal Court (ICC): Evaluation under international human rights standards
Scholars have examined victim participation and reparations at the ICC. Nevertheless, no academic study focuses on victim participants and victims as parties (reparations claimants) in ICC appeals under international human rights law (IHRL) standards. This article seeks to: determine how victims’ roles as victim participants and parties (reparations claimants) take place in ICC appeals; and evaluate ICC’s law/practice on victims’ procedural roles…
The Presidential Pardon of Fujimori: Political Struggles in Peru and the Subsidiary Role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
∞ In 2017, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was pardoned after serving less than half of a 25-year sentence for human rights violations. The measure was taken amidst political turmoil and an impeachment process led by the Fujimorista party against former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Fujimori’s victims in the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases requested the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) to annul the pardon due to its …
Sentencing Factors Concerning Those Most Responsible for International Crimes in Peru: An Analysis vis-à-vis International Criminal Court Sources
Peruvian courts convicted those most responsible for acts that constitute or amount to international crimes committed during Peru’s internal conflict (1980–2000), namely, ex-leaders of the terrorist organisation Shining Path-Peruvian Communist Party and ex-senior state officials, including ex-President Alberto Fujimori. The present article seeks to identify, systematise and discuss the sentencing factors applied in this case-law. The analysis is …
Assessing Victim Participation during Sentencing at the International Criminal Court
Although the academic literature has examined victim participation at the International Criminal Court (ICC), victim participation during the sentencing stage has remained a virtually unexplored topic. Thus, this article assesses the law and, in particular, the practice of the ICC on victim participation during sentencing in light of domestic/international criminal law and human rights law standards. Victim participation during the ICC sentencing…
International Criminal Justice Rendered Concerning the Attack Against Timbuktu Mausoleums and Mosque: Focus on Religion-Related Considerations
On 27 September 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber VIII convicted Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi of the war crime of attacking protected objects (ICC Statute, article 8(2)(e)(iv)) (‘the war crime’). 1 Following a plea agreement, al-Mahdi was convicted of intentionally directing attacks against ten religious-historical buildings (nine mausoleums and one mosque) in Timbuktu (Mali) (‘the sites’ or ‘the Timbuktu sites’), between aroun…
Victims at the Prospective International Criminal Law Section of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights
The introduction of an International Criminal Law Section ( icls ) to the prospective African Union ( au ) African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights ( acjhr ) has sparked academic debate. However, discussion of victims’ status at the acjhr - icls has been neglected. Victims’ status as participants and reparation claimants, as provided for in the acjhr Statute, is critically analysed. There are important gaps and limitations, especial…
Trajectories of spirituality: Producing and assessing cultural evidence at the International Criminal Court
In this article, we examine the production and assessment of evidence about spirit beliefs in the international criminal trial of Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen, submitted by the defense to show that their client committed the crimes he is accused of under duress. This duress defense was ultimately rejected by the ICC Judges, based on a binary understanding of 'believing' that depicts Ongwen and other LRA commanders as impostors. However,…
Ongwen and the Legitimacy of the icc
nonPeerReviewed
International Criminal Justice Rendered Concerning the Attack Against Timbuktu Mausoleums and Mosque: Focus on Religion-Related Considerations
On 27 September 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber VIII convicted Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi of the war crime of attacking protected objects (ICC Statute, article 8(2)(e)(iv)) (‘the war crime’). 1 Following a plea agreement, al-Mahdi was convicted of intentionally directing attacks against ten religious-historical buildings (nine mausoleums and one mosque) in Timbuktu (Mali) (‘the sites’ or ‘the Timbuktu sites’), between aroun…
Victims at the Prospective International Criminal Law Section of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights
The introduction of an International Criminal Law Section ( icls ) to the prospective African Union ( au ) African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights ( acjhr ) has sparked academic debate. However, discussion of victims’ status at the acjhr - icls has been neglected. Victims’ status as participants and reparation claimants, as provided for in the acjhr Statute, is critically analysed. There are important gaps and limitations, especial…
The Presidential Pardon of Fujimori: Political Struggles in Peru and the Subsidiary Role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
∞ In 2017, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was pardoned after serving less than half of a 25-year sentence for human rights violations. The measure was taken amidst political turmoil and an impeachment process led by the Fujimorista party against former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Fujimori’s victims in the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases requested the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) to annul the pardon due to its …
Sentencing Factors Concerning Those Most Responsible for International Crimes in Peru: An Analysis vis-à-vis International Criminal Court Sources
Peruvian courts convicted those most responsible for acts that constitute or amount to international crimes committed during Peru’s internal conflict (1980–2000), namely, ex-leaders of the terrorist organisation Shining Path-Peruvian Communist Party and ex-senior state officials, including ex-President Alberto Fujimori. The present article seeks to identify, systematise and discuss the sentencing factors applied in this case-law. The analysis is …
Assessing Victim Participation during Sentencing at the International Criminal Court
Although the academic literature has examined victim participation at the International Criminal Court (ICC), victim participation during the sentencing stage has remained a virtually unexplored topic. Thus, this article assesses the law and, in particular, the practice of the ICC on victim participation during sentencing in light of domestic/international criminal law and human rights law standards. Victim participation during the ICC sentencing…
The Rohingya People and the International Court of Justice: Religion-Related Legal Analysis
The Rohingya People and the International Court of Justice: Religion-Related Legal Analysis Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo Post-Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, rwaa029, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwaa029 Publis…
Disentangling Law and Religion in the Rohingya Case at the International Criminal Court
The Rohingya are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Military campaigns conducted by Myanmar against the Rohingya have led to numerous deaths, widespread cases of sexual violence, the destruction of hundreds of villages, and the deportation of more than 700,000 people to Bangladesh. These events have triggered proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has arguably failed to address the religious dimensions of …
Victims at the Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court
The Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court (SCC), the latest hybrid criminal tribunal, may be considered an important legal development concerning victims of mass atrocities in international criminal justice mechanisms due to certain characteristics. Yet there is no academic commentary on victims at the SCC; this piece seeks to fill the gap. First it considers restorative justice as a general framework for victims’ roles and rights in …
Victims and appeals at the International Criminal Court (ICC): Evaluation under international human rights standards
Scholars have examined victim participation and reparations at the ICC. Nevertheless, no academic study focuses on victim participants and victims as parties (reparations claimants) in ICC appeals under international human rights law (IHRL) standards. This article seeks to: determine how victims’ roles as victim participants and parties (reparations claimants) take place in ICC appeals; and evaluate ICC’s law/practice on victims’ procedural roles…
The Inter American Court of Human Rights: The Legitimacy of International Courts and Tribunals
Reparation for victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law: New developments
This article aims to determine what important new developments have emerged in reparation for victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Our hypothesis is that there have been significant new developments in this area of particular relevance to IHL and that reparation for victims of serious violations of IHL is increasingly being incorporated into this body of law as one of its key components. It is submitted that the …
UN-Backed Hybrid Criminal Tribunals (hcts): Viable Options in International Criminal Justice
Although the UN-Security Council established the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, UN-international criminal tribunals were not replicated. The UN instead directly participated in creating hct s such as the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Thus, this article seeks to determine whether UN-backed hct s constitute viable op…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) vis-à-vis amnesties and pardons: Factors concerning or affecting the degree of ECtHR’s deference to states
States have adopted amnesties/pardons concerning serious human rights violations to transition from crises, dictatorships, or conflicts worldwide, including Europe. Although the ECtHR has yet to review amnesties/pardons directly, it has increasingly decided on the effects of amnesties/pardons on the rights of individuals. Thus, the main research question herein is to identify which factors may determine whether and to what extent the ECtHR defers…
File 03378-2019-PA/TC
Court's legitimacy
Lights and Shadows of the Ongwen Case at the International Criminal Court
Ongwen and the Legitimacy of the icc
nonPeerReviewed
Lessons to learn? Using the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ jurisprudence on amnesties and pardons in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War
The standards of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on amnesties and pardons in mass atrocity cases have been influential in Latin America and beyond. In turn, discussions about possible transitional justice mechanisms related to the Russo-Ukrainian war have involved issues of amnesty and pardon. However, the dicta of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights do not formally bind Ukraine and Russia. By connecting the two (semi-)peripheries o…
Historic Monuments and Religious Buildings as Victims in Prosecutor v Al Mahdi at the International Criminal Court
In this article, we combine anthropological and legal approaches to interrogate the position and status of “victims” during Prosecutor v Al Mahdi at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Anthropological work on ontology and distributed agency provides a potential model for a broader reading of the category of victim. We then consider the war crime committed and propose an adapted application of international law sources on victimhood in order t…
Case of the Inhabitants of La Oroya v. Peru, Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs Judgment
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) delivered its judgment in La Oroya v. Peru, its first case 1 involving pollution affecting a city's inhabitants.The judgment is significant for: (1) the detailed development of the contents and nature of the right to a healthy environment (RHE), including its potential status as a jus cogens norm, in the context of serious and protracted urban pollution; and (2) the diverse reparation measures ord…
Justice for atrocities: Dialogues and encounters between Latin America and Europe introduction to the special issue
Trajectories of spirituality: Producing and assessing cultural evidence at the International Criminal Court
In this article, we examine the production and assessment of evidence about spirit beliefs in the international criminal trial of Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen, submitted by the defense to show that their client committed the crimes he is accused of under duress. This duress defense was ultimately rejected by the ICC Judges, based on a binary understanding of 'believing' that depicts Ongwen and other LRA commanders as impostors. However,…
The Social Rights Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Tribunal of Peru
In its interpretation and application of the 1993 Political Constitution of Peru (CP), using international instruments and Peruvian legislation, the Constitutional Tribunal of Peru (CTP) has construed strong jurisprudence on social rights. Generally, this case law has meaningfully contributed towards the realization of social rights in Peru in a context characterized by a fast-growing social market economy and substantial reductions of poverty an…
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