The BRIDGE Watch Project is pleased to announce the winning paper of the Jean Monnet BRIDGE Watch Scientific Merit Award from the IX Jean Monnet Network – BRIDGE Workshop, held on April 9th, 2025, at Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the theme “Human Rights, Dignity and Equality: A Dialogue between Latin America and Europe”.
Award-winning author:
– José Humberto Sahián
Doctor of Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Postdoctoral studies in Law at the Universidad de Zaragoza and the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Professor of “Competition Law” and “Consumer Law” at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Law of Córdoba. Honorable Mention from the National Academy of Law of Buenos Aires for the book “Dimensión Constitucional de la Tutela a los consumidores”.
Title of the paper:
“Convencionalizacion del derecho privado y privatizacion del derecho de los derechos humanos. Un desafío futuro para la protección cabal de los derechos humanos”
The awarded study explores the growing “constitutionalization” of private law, using consumer rights as a paradigmatic example of today’s consumer society. Building on this, the study proposes an inverse view of the connection between international human rights law and private law. The article argues that a symbiotic feedback loop is taking place, and human rights law must begin to be “privatized,” emphasizing the idea of responsibility and, eventually, passive legitimization of companies.
Recognition and Publication
The Jean Monnet BRIDGE Watch Scientific Merit Award recognizes academic excellence and significant contributions to advancing studies on the European Union and Latin America. As part of the recognition, the article will be published in the Thematic Dossier of the 9th Edition of the Latin American Journal of European Studies, along with other selected articles that enrich the debate on the intersection between the two regions.
In addition to the awarded article, other papers selected by the Organizing Committee will also be published in the next edition of the journal, expanding the impact of the research conducted during the workshop: Paulina Kowalicka, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy); Betzabé Araya Peschke, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha (Spain); Romina Gallardo Duarte, Universidad de la República (Uruguay); David Jared Gallo Ahumada and Christian Louis Perez Morales (Peru); Amon Elpídio da Silva and Jamile Bergamaschine Mata Diz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil); Leila Devia, Universidad del Salvador (Argentina); Celeste Carla Dimeglio, Universidad del Salvador (Argentina); Byron Geovanny Castillo Garzón, Shirley Paola Romero Molina and Sebastian Fernando Arguello Escobar (Ecuador); Fabiana Félix Ferreira, Università di Bologna (Italy); Ana Rosa Rodriguez and Silvina Lujan Rigali, Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (Argentina); and Angel Oscar Piazza, Universidad del Salvador (Argentina).
The Organizing Committee thanks all participants for their contributions, which were essential to the success of the event.
