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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 18/03/2026

You could not script a better opening example for a lecture on global law and sanctions.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/02/2026

Finally saw 'The Secret Agent' – beautiful, hilarious, smart, moving. 2025 was the best film year in over a decade.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/02/2026

Last Tuesday, I joined an excellent panel of economists to discuss a pressing question: are we moving towards de-dollarisation, and, if so, what will this mean for trade? Great discussions at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP)'s annual UK Trade Policy Forum in London.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 03/02/2026

Saw No Other Choice, by Park Chan-wook. Made me think a lot about the tension between having a vocation and having a job in the present context. Hard not to connect that to academia (and Marina's post below) right now.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 04/12/2025

🌟 Call for papers 🌟 'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?' Join us in Florence in June! @eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 23/11/2025

This feels like a crime against reading. Berman did not consent to this AI butcher job.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 07/11/2025

Delighted to see JIEL 28(3) out in the world, which includes my article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarisation, and International Law'. The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social). academic.oup.com/jiel/article...

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 06/10/2025

Had a good reading day while preparing a lecture on customary law for the Global Law LLB at the @uoelawschool.bsky.social. From William Twining, ‘The Camel in the Zoo’ in Law in Context: Enlarging a Discipline (Oxford University Press 1997):

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 07/09/2025

I v much enjoyed reading this provocative and important indictment of 'contributionism' in the historiography of international law in Latin America by M. Díaz Chalela and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 29/08/2025

This week, despite Venezuela's 2012 denunciation of the American Convention, the IACtHR held that Venezuela remains bound. Why? Because Guaidó re-ratified the Convention, retroactive to 2013, in 2019. The catch? Maduro was incumbent before and after Guaidó, and, arguably, during Guaidó. Read👇

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 06/08/2025

Just back from the LASIL (SLADI) Biennial in Montevideo, where ~100 scholars met for three days of rich, honest debate on international law, politics, and Latin America’s role in the world. Grateful to co-organise with amazing colleagues. See you in Mexico City 2027!

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 24/07/2025

I'm delighted to be heading to Brasília 🇧🇷 for @icon-s.bsky.social 2025. I’ll be presenting my work on dollar dominance and de-dollarisation in a panel discussion with B. Kingsbury, D. Petrova, and A. Rodiles. If you're around and would like to meet up for a coffee, do reach out!

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 17/07/2025

Jaime Torres Bodet was a Mexican writer, diplomat and university professor who served as the second Director-General of UNESCO (1948-1952). His writings express a bygone era when international law and diplomacy functioned as ambitious languages and practices of worldmaking in and from Latin America.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/06/2025

The move away from the dollar (particularly in Asia) keeps gaining momentum. One might call this... an ongoing de-dollarisation.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 18/06/2025

I’m pleased to share the programme for SLADI 2025, the upcoming Biennial Conference of the Latin American Society of International Law. SLADI will once again offer a vital and genuinely horizontal platform to rethink international law in – and from – Latin America. drive.google.com/file/d/1mdMB...

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 21/05/2025

Meeting friends and heroes at the EUI workshop “Shifting Powers, Shifting Roles: The Present and Future of International Institutions”. Brilliant keynote discussions by @monicahakimi.bsky.social, Tony Anghie, @sarahnou.bsky.social. Also a great setting to discuss de-dollarisation and int’l law!

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 13/05/2025

I’m delighted to announce that, from July, I’ll join @uoelawschool.bsky.social as Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Global Law. I look forward to working with so many outstanding colleagues and contributing to the new LLB Global Law at one of the world’s leading law schools.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 13/05/2025

Brazil's stats agency just turned the world upside-down – literally. New map puts the Global South on top and Brazil in the spotlight, highlighting 'Brazil’s current leadership in ... BRICS and Mercosur, and its role as host of COP30'. valorinternational.globo.com/google/amp/p...

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 06/05/2025

Great workshop on 'The Juridification of Justice' @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social (@torkrever.bsky.social & @norajaber.bsky.social). I argued that our concern should not be the degree to which justice becomes 'juridified', but which 'jus' –which understanding of law– guides our visions of justice.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 01/02/2025

In The Brutalist, a speech at the Venice Biennale concludes: "It's not the journey, it's the destination." The irony? That very scene showcases stunning architectural drawings and buildings—now at the centre of controversy for being AI-generated.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/01/2025

An open question remains. Given the challenges of LatAm organisation, and the fact that the interest in diversification in response to Trump extends well beyond the Americas, could BRICS or other non-Western/non-North Atlantic groupings serve as a forum for coordination? END 6/6 🧵

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/01/2025

(2) Arguably, the overconfidence of the Latin American pink tide meant they never fully harnessed (or took seriously) international organisations or international law. We could certainly use a strong UNASUR today. 5/6 🧵

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/01/2025

Still, there are clear explanations for this lack of coordination, such as: (1) Latin American states have concentrated their regionalist efforts around the OAS (and the Inter-American system) based in Washington, DC, and inclusive of the US. I discuss this in my EJIL article: 4/6 🧵

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/01/2025

Diversifying partnerships has long been a staple of effective foreign policy in semi-peripheral countries. Diversification, however, is not always easy. The present context offers an obvious possibility: China (as @alonso-gd.bsky.social and others have pointed out). Yet... 2/6 🧵

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/01/2025

Trump is bullying—and arguably violating the prohibition on intervention with respect to—Panama, Colombia, and Mexico. As Oliver Stuenkel points out, even most right-wing governments will seek to diversify partnerships to limit their exposure to Trump. THREAD 1/6 🧵

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 23/12/2024

Intrigued by this new article by Kangle Zhang & Ukri Soirila in the latest Nordic Journal of International Law. Looking forward to reading it soon—before my 2025 “to read” pile spirals out of control.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 05/12/2024

M. Kohen: "States held responsible, through their actions or omissions, for their...historical or current greenhouse gas emissions, have an obligation to remedy the losses and damages...". The contributions of Arg lawyers are a beacon of integrity in contrast to Milei's climate denialism.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 01/12/2024

Punk rock died when the first kid said “punk’s not dead”.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 21/11/2024

It was a great pleasure to discuss my new work with faculty and students at the IL Department (Geneva Graduate Institute). I'm very grateful to everyone who attended and engaged so generously with my research. Special thanks to the brilliant convenors: Anne Saab, Alice Pirlot, Neha Mishra.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 21/11/2024

Geneva Graduate Institute’s alumni on display.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 20/11/2024

Sadly, I don't think we'll be getting a Google BRICScholar logo anytime soon.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 16/11/2024

Me, whenever I stumble upon a starter pack on things I work on but doesn’t include me: (Do non-South American millennials get Futurama memes?)

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 15/11/2024

I am excited to be discussing entirely new work next week at the Geneva Graduate Institute International Law Colloquium.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 11/11/2024

Javier Milei's mission to meme-ify Argentina hits a new peak: Argentina now stands completely alone—the only country to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution on Indigenous Peoples rights, leaving even usual allies USA and Israel behind. #UNGA #Argentina

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 19/12/2023

'If as students we were invited to discuss Pinochet, as scholars we now choose to discuss Allende'. I'm thrilled to share this symposium (co-edited with Wanshu Cong). It took time & love. W/gratitude @annasaunders.bsky.social, @claerwen.bsky.social, & others. cil.nus.edu.sg/blog/symposi...

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 01/11/2023

I’m delighted to share that I have successfully defended my PhD thesis at the University of Cambridge. I had the huge privilege of being supervised by Sarah Nouwen and examined by S. Ranganathan and A. Becker Lorca. Lots to do and say, but today I’ll just say: to many people here, thank you!

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 17/10/2023

Immediate ceasefire & humanitarian access.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 16/10/2023

They really know how to get academics to open malicious files don't they.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 10/10/2023

Duncan Kennedy on the early days of CLS.

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