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Anne Peters, Humanisation and Dehumanisation in International Law
Anne Peters, Humanisation and Dehumanisation in International Law
Date：2024-01-02
Anne Peters, Humanisation and Dehumanisation in International Law
On December 8, 2023, Professor Anne Peters, Distinguished Global Faculty of PKU Law and director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Heidelberg (Germany) gave a thought-provoking lecture on "Humanisation and Dehumanisation in International Law." The lecture was hosted by Professor Chen Yifeng and joint by discussants Professor Cai Congyan and Liu Yang,
Professor Anne Peters expertly navigated the evolving currents of international law, highlighting the post-1990s trend of "humanisation" that prioritizes individuals and their fundamental rights. Her compelling presentation didn't shy away from confronting the key critiques of this trend: neo-liberalism, neo-colonialism, and anthropocentrism. With unwavering conviction, Professor Anne Peters called for a multi-pronged approach: tackling economic inequalities, embracing non-Western legal traditions, and venturing beyond an anthropocentric lens to incorporate eco-centrism and post-humanist perspectives. Her vision for a future international law grounded in "entangled" and "green" humanism, one that transcends human-centric limitations, resonated deeply with the audience.
- Speaker Profile:
Anne Peters is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Heidelberg (Germany), a professor at the universities of Heidelberg, Freie Universität Berlin, Basel (Switzerland), and a L. Bates Lea Global Law professor at the Law School of the University of Michigan.
She was a member (substitute) of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) in respect of Germany (2011-2015) and a legal expert for the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (2009). She was the President of the European Society of International Law (2010-2012), and has served on the governance board of various learned societies such as the German Association of Constitutional Law (VDStRL) and the Society of International Constitutional Law (I CON-S). She is currently President of the German Society of International Law (DGIR) as well as Vice-President of the board of the Basel Institute of Governance (BIG).
Anne was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, and held visiting professorships at the universities in Beijing, Paris I, Paris II, and Sciences Po. Born in Berlin in 1964, Anne studied at the universities of Würzburg, Lausanne, Freiburg, and Harvard, and held the chair of public international law at the University of Basel from 2001 to 2013. She obtained the Habilitation-qualification at the Walther-Schücking-Institute of Public International Law at the Christian Albrechts University Kiel on the basis of her Habilitation-Thesis “Elemente einer Theorie der Verfassung Europas” (Elements of a Theory of the Constitution of Europe) in 2000.
Her current research interests relate to public international law including its history, global animal law, global governance and the status of humans in international law.
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