Author Archives: Ernesto LaMassa

Ernesto LaMassa is a former research assistant at the HSC and a qualified lawyer specialised on Human Rights and Public law. His research interests include the correct interpretation of rules in public international law and the practical consequences of considering human rights as morally binding.

Colombia’s transitional process

Ernesto LaMassa March 28, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, The Americas

The signing of a peace agreement between the State and the FARC will open the door to the transitional road to peace. To complete the transition successfully it will require an ad hoc legal structure that can accommodate the demands of the FARC for demobilizing its members.

The Venezuelan Political Culture and its Incompatibility with the Rule of Law

Ernesto LaMassa April 27, 2014 Global Governance and Human Rights, The Americas

Since February this year, Venezuela has been in an extreme state of upheaval. Even for a country like Venezuela with extreme polarization and lively political debate, riots of this magnitude are uncommon. What started as a demonstration by a group of students in the south-west of the country claiming for more security at universities, has transformed into the worst political violence the country has experienced in more than twenty years.