Is ‘Political’ International Law the Enemy of Democracy?
The Oppenheimer Chair and the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism invite you to a talk by Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto, on how treaties are used to bypass and weaken democracy, and what we can do about it.
Coffee and Tea will be served. RSVP at oppenheimer [at] mcgill.ca
Abstract
This talk will focus on the potential threats to Democracy posed by treaties, and on more democratic ways to negotiate, adopt and ratify them. Couveinhes Matsumoto will address how treaties are used by a business and political elite to impose unpopular organs, procedures and policies; the reasons explaining why these methods are increasingly problematic and criticized; and how to improve the democratic character of treaty negotiations, adoption and ratification.
Speaker
Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto is Assistant Professor of public Law at the École normale supérieure (Ulm) in Paris, France, where he teaches international Law, European Law, legal philosophy and the history of legal thought.
