Prof Carlos Espaliú Berdud
Research Fellow, Associate Member, Las Casas Institute
Professor Carlos Espaliú Berdud joined Blackfriars Hall as a Research Fellow and an Associate Member of the Las Casas Institute in 2024. During the past year, Carlos gave a talk entitled ‘Civitas versus Totus Orbis: On the possibility of an international “society” or “community” in a broken world’. He also organised a series of workshops on ‘The European challenge: Defending human rights in the digital age’.
Professor Espaliú Berdud obtained his full professorship in Spain. Previously, he was a legal officer at the International Court of Justice, specialising in international and European law. His main research interests focus on the use of force in international law, the peaceful settlement of international disputes and European Union citizenship. In recent years, he has been working on the fight against disinformation and freedom of expression and information – the fruits of which will contribute to the work of Las Casas Institute for Social Justice.
Select Publications:
‘Civitas vs Totus Orbis: On the possibility of an international “society” or “community” in a broken world’, in Street Art & Urban Creativity , 11:4 (2025) 151–170; ‘The naval operation Irini of the European union: a step backwards of the CSDP in the fight against the illegal immigration and search and rescue activities in the Mediterranean’, in Cuadernos Europeos De Deusto, 70 (2024) 29-63; ‘Repercussions of the end of the war in Ukraine for the United Nations security system’, in Revista de Estudios en Seguridad Internacional, 10:1 (2024) 1-15; ‘Use of disinformation as a weapon in contemporary international relations: accountability for Russian actions against states and international organizations’, in Profesional De La información, 32:4 (2023); ‘The abandonment of the Spitzenkandidaten System: (Un)sustainable democracy in the EU?’ in Cuadernos Europeos De Deusto, 64 (2021) 53-80; ‘El carácter imperativo de las normas de derechos humanos como rasgo de la identidad europea in Cuadernos Europeos De Deusto, 2 (2019), 251-268; El estatuto jurídico de los mercenarios y de las compañías militares privadas en el derecho internacional (Spain: Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2007); Desarrollos jurisprudenciales y práctica reciente en la jurisdicción contenciosa de la Corte Internacional de Justicia. (Madrid: Dykinson, 2000); Le passage inoffensif des navires de guerre étrangers dans la mer territoriale: portée du régime contenu dans la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer (Bruxelles: Bruylant, 2007).