THE ROLE OF ANTÔNIO AUGUSTO CANÇADO TRINDADE AS AN INTERNATIONAL JUDGE - DOI: 10.12818/P.0304-2340.2022v81p381

Resumo

Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade lived a life dedicated to the theory and practice of international law. This paper briefly presents an overview of his contributions as a Legal Advisor to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as an academic on international law, focusing on the contributions of his work as an international Judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and at the International Court of Justice to the advancement of discussions on international law of human rights pertaining to questions of jurisdiction, procedure, substance and to procedural crossfertilisation between international courts and tribunals.