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Juan Francisco Lobo is the Academic Coordinator for Online Human Rights Courses and Professor of Legal Theory at the Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, and Professor of International Criminal Law at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile.

Juan Francisco Lobo es el Coordinador Académico de los Cursos de Derechos Humanos Online y profesor de Teoría del Derecho en la Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, y profesor de Derecho Penal Internacional en la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile.

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European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Intervención militar en Venezuela: China importa

Juan Francisco Lobo 24 September 2018

La solución a la crisis en Venezuela yace en China. English

Military intervention in Venezuela: China matters

Juan Francisco Lobo 24 September 2018

At the end of the day, the solution to the crisis in Venezuela lies with China. Español

Colombia: reaping the dividends of peace

Alejandro Fernández and Juan Francisco Lobo 7 July 2017

In a climate of increasingly polarized international relations, the recent successful completion of the FARC-EP disarmament process in Colombia provides the world with a hint of hope. Español

Colombia: cosechando los beneficios de la paz

Alejandro Fernández and Juan Francisco Lobo 7 July 2017

En un clima de relaciones internacionales cada vez más polarizado, la reciente exitosa finalización del proceso de desarme de las FARC-EP en Colombia entrega al mundo un indicio de esperanza. English

Estados Unidos contra Siria: ¿Guerra Justa o sólo guerra?

Juan Francisco Lobo 13 April 2017

La administración Trump ha cruzado una línea que Obama no cruzó: atacar directamente a Siria. Las consecuencias para la política exterior de Estados Unidos son potencialmente catastróficas. English

US strike against Syria: a Just War or just a war?

Juan Francisco Lobo 13 April 2017

The Trump administration itself has crossed a line that Obama did not cross: directly attacking Syria. The consequences for US foreign policy are potentially catastrophic. Español

Make Russia great again? Aleppo and a plea from another world

Juan Francisco Lobo 24 December 2016

During the last days of December, Russia will host a round of diplomatic talks with Iran and Turkey.

ISIS delenda est

Juan Francisco Lobo 15 July 2016

The harsh Roman response to the Carthage problem is not adequate to address the threat of terrorist groups in this era.

Fog in Channel – history cut off

Juan Francisco Lobo 27 June 2016

What has happened to Britain’s historic duty in helping out other nations formerly under its yoke? There is no such thing as an inner citadel.

Exponiendo la tortura – La virtud de la hipocresía norteamericana

Juan Francisco Lobo 15 January 2015

Mientras los críticos denuncian la hipocresía de Estados Unidos debido a la publicación del informe de su Senado, tenemos que repensar si la hipocresía no podría tener alguna virtud y si es que podría ser mejor que otras alternativas. English

Exposing torture - the virtue of American hypocrisy

Juan Francisco Lobo 15 January 2015

While critics cry hypocrisy over the recent US Senate report on torture, we need to rethink whether hypocrisy might have some virtue and if it might be better than some alternatives. Español

La ética de la responsabilidad de proteger

Juan Francisco Lobo 5 September 2014

El contraste propuesto por Max Weber entre la acción política basada en una ética de la responsabilidad o en una ética de la convicción es ilustrativo para tratar de comprender y explicar la aplicación selectiva de la norma de la R2P en los conflictos del Medio Oriente. English

The ethics of the responsibility to protect

Juan Francisco Lobo 3 September 2014

Max Weber’s contrast between political action based on an ethics of responsibility or an ethics of conviction is instructive in trying to understand and explain the selective application of the R2P norm to conflicts in the Middle East. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate, R2P and the Human Rights Crisis in Syria. Español