Felipe Rodríguez Silvestre

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Felipe Rodríguez Silvestre (@frsilvestre) is a doctoral researcher at the Ghent Rolin-Jaequemyns International Law Institute (GRILI). He studied law at Universidad de Chile and holds a Master of Laws degree in Advanced Studies in Public International Law from Leiden University. Before joining Ghent University, Felipe worked as a legal officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile in the dispute between Chile and Bolivia before the International Court of Justice, “Obligation to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean” (2014-2018).

Felipe is currently working on a project funded by the FWO (Research Foundation – Flanders) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tom Ruys. His doctoral research focuses on the legality of secondary sanctions under international law and the remedies available for third states recipients of such sanctions.

Articles by this author:

A picture taken on October 16, 2020 shows a destroyed tank in the city of Jabrayil, where Azeri forces regained control during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the Exercise of “Self-Defense” to Recover Occupied Land

Nov. 10, 2020 Tom Ruys and Felipe Rodríguez Silvestre