León Castellanos-Jankiewicz
Researcher, Asser Institute for International and European Law, The Hague
Twitter: @Leoncastjan Website: leoncastellanos.com
Email: L [dot] castellanos [at] asser [dot] nl
Researcher, Asser Institute for International and European Law, The Hague
Twitter: @Leoncastjan Website: leoncastellanos.com
Email: L [dot] castellanos [at] asser [dot] nl
Arms Trade Treaty | strategic trade control | Latin America | Europe | harm to civilians
León Castellanos-Jankiewicz is researcher at the Asser Institute for International and European Law in The Hague, and Academic Coordinator of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research. His work focuses on the human rights implications of irresponsible arms trade and access to remedies for gun victims through transnational civil litigation. He serves as supervisor of the International Law Clinic on Access to Justice for Gun Violence at the University of Amsterdam, which focuses on legal remedies available to gun victims across European jurisdictions. Castellanos-Jankiewicz also sits on the Advisory Committee of Global Action on Gun Violence, a U.S.-based non-profit working to improve gun control through litigation and policy advocacy. He publishes regularly in English and Spanish, and is also fluent in French.
Previously, he was Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, where he worked with the Law Department. Castellanos-Jankiewicz holds a PhD in International Law from the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Recent Publications:
León Castellanos-Jankiewicz is researcher at the Asser Institute for International and European Law in The Hague, and Academic Coordinator of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research. His work focuses on the human rights implications of irresponsible arms trade and access to remedies for gun victims through transnational civil litigation. He serves as supervisor of the International Law Clinic on Access to Justice for Gun Violence at the University of Amsterdam, which focuses on legal remedies available to gun victims across European jurisdictions. Castellanos-Jankiewicz also sits on the Advisory Committee of Global Action on Gun Violence, a U.S.-based non-profit working to improve gun control through litigation and policy advocacy. He publishes regularly in English and Spanish, and is also fluent in French.
Previously, he was Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, where he worked with the Law Department. Castellanos-Jankiewicz holds a PhD in International Law from the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Recent Publications:
- "European arms manufacturers are legally virtually untouchable. That has to change," nrc, August 8, 2023.
- "European arms manufacturers are virtually untouchable in court: That has to change," NRC, August 2023 (in Dutch).
- "El Blindaje de las Armerías Europeas," El País, July 31, 2023. In English: "The armor of the European arms industry."
- "Access to Justice for Gun Violence. Seeking Accountability for European Arms Exports", University of Amsterdam International Law Clinic (supervisor, authored by Jasmijn van Dijk, Felix Hartner, Viktoria Schmidt and Nada Ben Yahia), July 28, 2023.
- "Including the Arms Sector in the EU Corporate Due Diligence Directive," Verfassungsblog (with Melanie Schneider), May 19, 2023.
- "Mexico Appeals in Case against Gun Manufacturers," Just Security, April 2023.
- "Empresas de armas y derechos humanos: México solicita Opinión Consultiva a la Corte Interamericana," Agenda Estado de Derecho, March 2023.
- "Mexico v. Smith & Wesson: Judge Dismisses Complaint Citing PLCAA and Standing Issues," ASIL Insights (with Leila Nadya Sadat), December 2022.
- "Ensuring Access to Courts for Gun Victims: The Case for Repealing PLCAA," Just Security (with Kaya van der Horst), September 2022.
- "Mexico v. Smith & Wesson: U.S. Court Duel Over Extraterritorial Legal Issues Looms with Motion to Dismiss," Just Security, December 2021.
- "Mexico’s Amnesty Proposal: An Instrument of Transitional Justice?" Just Security, March 2020.
- "La amnistía mexicana: sus tres defectos," Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, January 2020.