Las obligaciones erga omnes como piezas de la construcción de relaciones justas y de comunidad

Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli

doi:10.24215/2618303Xe071

Authors

Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7053-118X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/2618303Xe071

Keywords:

erga omnes obligations, international comunity, morality, international law, solidarity

Abstract

Recognition of erga omnes obligations in caselaw and legal opinions is considered revolutionary, given how different their dynamics are in comparison to reciprocity-based duties. However, the legitimacy and authority that they provide so that third parties may demand their enforcement are just of of their manyfold significant implications, which may be legal or otherwise. They both are based on how such duties point to the existence of international community values. The international legal community dimension is not limited to granting authorization. Occasionally, it goes even further and requires international law subjects to make diligent efforts to guarantee that any legal assets protected by it be respected, reversing ongoing illegal acts. Just as much as it has been claimed that, from an ethical perspective, vitiated legal rules should not be obeyed, the characteristics of erga omnes obligations and a moral consideration of a “single dependence” may lead to the recognition of third parties' legal and non-legal burdens to resort to the optiones offered, in order to protect those who are in vulnerable situations.

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Author Biography

Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italia

Investigador de Derecho Internacional y Derecho de la Unión Europea en la Universidad de Cagliari, Italia. Es doctor en derecho internacional y relaciones internacionales por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; con Masters en filosofía moderna y contemporánea por la Universidad de Luxemburgo y en protección de los derechos humanos por la Universidad de Alcalá; y abogado por la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Sus líneas de investigación abarcan diversos ámbitos, en especial versando sobre los actores no estatales, la legitimidad y justicia de los estándares internacionales, el análisis crítico del derecho internacional, la protección de los derechos humanos y la relación entre emociones, arte y derecho.

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