I first became involved with international law while I was at
university. After graduating, I decided to teach public international law.
As an undergraduate, I particularly enjoyed this branch of study. I was
attracted to it because it helped me to understand the problems, challenges,
and breakthroughs in the field of international relations on a global scale.
Therefore, after facing a competitive entry process, I joined the
international law department of the Universidad de la República. It was a
small department, but the university had produced some well-known scholars
like Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga, who became a judge at the International
Court of Justice, and Hector Gross Espiell, who served as a judge at the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Introduction to the Special Issue on Biotechnology in International Economic Law and Human Rights: Reconciling Biotechnology with Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment under International Law