International Investment Law and Arbitration from a Latin American Perspective

Prof. Nitish Monebhurrun is a Tenured Law Professor at the Law Faculty of the University Centre of Brasília where he coordinates the Business, Human Rights and Public Policy Clinic. He is an associate researcher at the Department of Latin-American Studies of the University of Brasilia and a researcher of the Observatory of International Migrations, Brazil. He is also a visiting Professor at the Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota, Colombia. He acted as visiting Professor or speaker in many universities worldwide and as a United Nations Consultant for the Brazilian Competition Authority. On other grounds, Nitish Monebhurrun is a consultant in international law and an arbitrator (ALAM/CAMESC). He is also a member of the Pool of Experts (PoE) of the United Nations Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. He isthe Editor-in-Chief of the Brazilian Journal of International Law. He holds a PhD in International Law from the Sorbonne Law School.
Prof. Carolina Olarte-Bácares is an associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of The Netherlands. Agent of Colombia before the International Court of Justice, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Former Dean Law School, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia. Ph.D. in International Law University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master of research in international law, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg. Lawyer, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Law School, Bogota. Independent Consultant in international law, investment arbitration, human rights, and business and human rights, and external consultant for diplomatic representations in Colombia on matters related to diplomatic privileges and immunities. Founding member of the Colombian Academy of International Law (ACCOLDI), Board Member of the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association, and the Latin American Business and Human Rights Academy and Co-Chair of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Business and Human Rights.
Prof. Marco A. Velásquez-Ruiz graduated at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá and completed a Masters in international law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. and a PhD in Law at the Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada. He has worked as Researcher at the PENSAR Institute and asLaw Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Also, he has performed as consultant in projects on human rights, forced migration, public policy, development, and extractive industries in Colombia. Between 2018 and 2020, he was an adjunct magistrate at the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace. Currently, he is a Foreign Relations Counsellor at the Embassy of Colombia before the Netherlands.

Prof. Nitish Monebhurrun 是巴西利亞大學法學院的終身法學教授，他負責協調商業、人權和公共政策臨床課程。他是巴西利亞大學拉丁美洲研究部的副研究員，也是巴西國際移民觀察所的研究員。他還是哥倫比亞波哥大大學的客座教授。他曾在世界各地的許多大學擔任客座教授或演講嘉賓，並擔任巴西競爭管理機構的聯合國顧問。此外，Nitish Monebhurrun 是國際法顧問和仲裁員（ALAM/CAMESC）。他還是聯合國全球海洋環境狀況定期報告和評估進程（PoE）的專家組成員，包括社會經濟方面。他是《巴西國際法雜誌》的主編。他擁有巴黎索邦法學院的國際法博士學位。

Prof. Carolina Olarte-Bácares 是哥倫比亞哈維亞納大學的副教授，也是哥倫比亞駐荷蘭王國的大使。她是哥倫比亞在國際法院的代表，也是常設仲裁法院的成員。她曾任哈維亞納大學法學院院長，並在巴哥大哈維亞納大學獲得國際法博士學位，斯特拉斯堡羅伯特舒曼大學獲得國際法研究碩士學位。她是哥倫比亞哈維亞納國際法學院（ACCOLDI）的創始成員，也是全球商業與人權學者協會和拉丁美洲商業與人權學院的董事會成員，並擔任國際法協會（ILA）商業與人權委員會的聯合主席。

Prof. Marco A. Velásquez-Ruiz 畢業於哥倫比亞哈維亞納大學，並在國際和發展研究研究所完成了國際法碩士學位，並在加拿大多倫多奧斯古德霍爾法學院獲得法學博士學位。他曾在PENSAR研究所擔任研究員，並在哈維亞納大學擔任法學教授。此外，他還在哥倫比亞參與了人權、強制遷移、公共政策、發展和採礦業項目的顧問工作。在2018年至2020年期間，他擔任哥倫比亞和平特別法院的副法官。目前，他是哥倫比亞駐荷蘭大使館的外交關係顧問。