Gleider Hernández

Gleider Hernández

About/Bio

Gleider Hernández is Professor of Public International Law at the Catholic University of Leuven and the Open University of the Netherlands. Previously, he was Reader in Public International Law at Durham Law School and Deputy Director of the Durham Global Policy Institute. He is the author of The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function (OUP, 2014) and International Law (OUP, 2019). Gleider took a D.Phil from Wadham College, Oxford, and read for LL.M degrees at Leiden University and BCL and LL.B degrees at McGill University. Prior to his academic career, Gleider served as law clerk at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and was called to the Barreau du Québec and practised as a barrister at Fasken Martineau LLP. Gleider is a Member of the Board of the European Society of International Law.

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The 1.5°C Temperature Target as a Means to an End: Key Implications of the ICJ’s Interpretation of the Paris Agreement’s Overall Objective

November 4, 2025

Introduction In its 2025 Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change (AO), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave its imprimatur to the aim of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels as the current ‘consensus target’ of the Paris Agreement (para 224), consciously abandoning the target of ‘well…

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Professional Solidarity in Teaching: An Invitation to the ESIL Teaching Corner

August 31, 2020

At many different levels of social interaction, COVID-19 has emphasised the need to act in a spirit of solidarity. The disruptions in higher education raise challenges for teaching and our field as a whole. One of the goals of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) is to support the exchange of ideas on matters of common…

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The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function: Responses

August 29, 2014

I am very appreciative to Yuval Shany, Mary Ellen O’Connell, and Iain Scobbie for taking the time to engage so thoroughly with the arguments contained in my book; it has been a privilege to see my words and ideas through their own reactions, and to see the first public reactions to my writing.  The blog forum…

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Popular articles by Gleider Hernández

The 1.5°C Temperature Target as a Means to an End: Key Implications of the ICJ’s Interpretation of the Paris Agreement’s Overall Objective

November 4, 2025

Introduction In its 2025 Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change (AO), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave its imprimatur to the aim of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels as the current ‘consensus target’ of the Paris Agreement (para 224), consciously abandoning the target of ‘well…

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Professional Solidarity in Teaching: An Invitation to the ESIL Teaching Corner

August 31, 2020

At many different levels of social interaction, COVID-19 has emphasised the need to act in a spirit of solidarity. The disruptions in higher education raise challenges for teaching and our field as a whole. One of the goals of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) is to support the exchange of ideas on matters of common…

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The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function: Introduction

August 25, 2014

Gleider I Hernández is (from 1st October) Senior Lecturer in Law at Durham University. I am much obliged to the editors of EJIL:Talk! for hosting the online discussion of my recently-published book, The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function. I am also grateful to Professors Mary Ellen…

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