Eli Lauterpacht Lecture 2025 - - 'Hard Law in Times of Liquid Modernity: Treaty Law and Practice in the 21st Century' - Santiago Villalpando, Legal Advisor and Director of UNESCO

The speaker for the Eli Lauterpacht Lecture 2025 was Santiago Villalpando , Legal Advisor and Director of UNESCO. Lecture summary: Is international law facing a decline of treaties? In recent years, several authoritative voices have pointed out certain developments which seem to indicate that States are shifting away from treaty law-making for the governance of their international relations.…