The eighth issue of the Latin American Journal of European Studies has just been published. It is a publication of the Latin American Center of European Studies, currently supported by the Jean Monnet Network Policy Debate “BRIDGE Watch”, with funding from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission.

The main purpose of the Journal is to publish research related to the European Union Law and Policies and International Relations of the European Union with third countries and Latin America to create new knowledge, build bridges of dialogue, as well as exchange good practices between European Union and Latin America.

The eighth edition of the Journal also has a thematic dossier on “Paths to Democracy: Lessons from the European Union and Latin America” organized alongside Roberto Ruiz Labrano of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, (Paraguay).
The 2024-2 edition includes 14 scientific papers, with participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, México, Paraguay, Portugal and Spain.

The full edition is available here.

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Dossier: Caminhos para a Democracia: Lições da União Europeia e América Latina

THE DIRECTION OF DEMOCRACIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Liliana Bertoni
Elizabeth Accioly

LA EXPERIENCIA EUROPEA Y SU ROL EN LA CONSOLIDACIÓN DE LAS DEMOCRACIAS DEL MERCOSUR: historia y desafíos actuales p. 37

Guillermo Irigoitia
Rodolfo Rivas

THE EUROPEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COURTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: genesis, characteristics and differences p. 65

Manuel Becerra

ACCESSIBILITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION IN FAVOR OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: reflections from international law p. 94

Ginette Isabel Rodrigo Romero

LIMITS ON POLITICAL RE-ELECTION AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE p. 116

Dulce María Domínguez Gaona
Jorge Antonio Breceda Pérez
Luz Daniela Natividad Molina

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT INTEGRATION PROCESSES CAN STOP DEMOCRATIC DEGRADATION IN THE STATES THAT INCLUDE IT? AN ANALYSIS OF THE EUROPEAN CASE p. 139

Alejandra Díaz

SITUATION OF MERCOSUR COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ESCAZÚ AGREEMENT p. 165

Maximiliano Mendieta
Shirley Franco

SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA: contributions to thinking about the problem of neoextractivism p. 194

Danielle de Ouro Mamed
Cecílio Arnaldo Rivas Ayala
Ener Vaneski Filho

MICROSEGMENTATION AND MANIPULATION: the urgent regulation of AI in election campaigns to protect voter autonomy p. 215

Evelyn Téllez Carvajal
Abed Ieshua López Graniel
Valeria Estefanía Goche Mata

CHALLENGES AND PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS IN PARAGUAY p. 237

Marta Isabel Cenese de Estigarribia
Cecilia Vuyk

THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING SIGN LANGUAGES FOR THE FULL GUARANTEE OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND INCLUSION OF LATIN AMERICAN DEAF COMMUNITIES p. 252

Amanda Avansini Arruda
Josiane Rose Petry Veronese

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RECOGNITION OF LEGAL SITUATIONS RELATED TO PERSONAL STATUS p. 270

Beatriz Campuzano Díaz

Articles

A DIALÉTICA DO OCIDENTE GEOGRÁFICO E CULTURAL: entre a herança europeia, a norma e a realidade p. 299

Lucas Bruno Amaral Mendes

THE EUROPEAN UNION’S GLOBAL GATEWAY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF SINO-EUROPEAN RELATIONS p. 323

Daniel Romera Mejías

O DEVER DE DILIGÊNCIA COMO INSTRUMENTO DE EFETIVAÇÃO DA PROTEÇÃO DO MEIO AMBIENTE: análise da proposta de regulamentação no direito europeu p. 349

Stephanie Cristina de Sousa Vieira

Interview

LA CORTE INTERAMERICANA DE DD.HH. HA HECHO MUCHO POR LA INSTITUCIONALIDAD DEMOCRÁTICA EN LA REGIÓN

Interview with Dr. Diego Moreno / Judge-Elect of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights p. 380

José María Costa