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Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

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Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga (LinkedIn) is a Mexican diplomat, specialized in public international law, and an affiliate of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict. He currently serves as Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. All views are expressed in his personal capacity.

Articles by this author:

Close-up of several metal handguns laid side by side on a table, their barrels and triggers visible in tight rows, representing some of the thousands of weapons seized by the Mexican Army from drug traffickers in northern Mexico in January 2017. Gun reads: "U.S.A. [...] Springfield, Mass."

Firearms Trafficking Comes to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Recent Advisory Opinion

Mar. 19, 2026 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Visualization of law and justice

The Road to a New Convention on Crimes Against Humanity

Jan. 27, 2026 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

A plume of dark smoke rises from a building against a blue sky.

Starvation is Starvation is Starvation.

Mar. 25, 2024 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Members of the Security Council rise for a moment of silence.

A Case for a Tieless Multilateral Diplomacy

Apr. 10, 2023 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

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Mexico’s Initiative for Dialogue and Peace in Ukraine

Sep. 23, 2022 Ambassador H.E. Juan Ramón de la Fuente and Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Empty UN Security Council chamber.

Addressing Masculinities and Gender Stereotypes to Prevent Violent Extremism and Terrorism

Aug. 30, 2021 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Empty UN Security Council chamber.

Mexico’s Priorities as an Elected Member to the Security Council for 2021-2022

Jul. 7, 2020 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga and Ambassador H.E. Juan Ramón de la Fuente

Mexico’s Initiative to Ensure Global Access to Medicines, Vaccines and Medical Equipment to Face COVID19

Apr. 29, 2020 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga and Ambassador H.E. Juan Ramón de la Fuente

World flags in front of the United Nations building

The Time has Come to Have a Conversation at the U.N. on Self-Defence

Apr. 13, 2020 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Security Council meeting about the situation in Venezuela at the United Nations in New York on April 10, 2019 in New York City.

The Specter of Interventionism is Haunting Latin America

Dec. 10, 2019 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry signs the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the first international treaty regulating the global arms trade in conventional arms. September 25, 2013

Why the Arms Trade Treaty Matters – and Why It Matters That the US Is Walking Away

May 8, 2019 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Security Council meeting on The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

An Insider’s View of the Life-Cycle of Self-Defense Reports by U.N. Member States

Apr. 2, 2019 Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga