Global Citizenship Summer School
International Affairs
LECTURE 1 - DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION IN BRAZIL
This lecture focuses on the core principles and conventions established by international environmental
law as well as Brazilian Environmental Law. The lecture aims to introduce students to current
Environmental Case Law in Brazil and explore the main environmental risks of doing business
according to internal regulations in Brazil.
CONTENTS:
Brazilian Environmental Law System.
The legal concept of environment. National Environmental Policy Act (6.938/81). Constitutional Law
and environmental protection (article 225 Brazilian Constitution). Environmental harm and Tort Law.
Environmental Criminal Law (9.605/98). National Policy for Climate Change Act. National Policy for
Civil Protection and Defense.
COMPETENCES
To be aware of the contemporary issues concerning environmental protection in Brazil.
To evaluate the legal efficiency and management of risks in Brazil.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CARVALHO, Délton Winter de. “Bases Estruturantes da Política Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Civil
a partir de um Direito dos Desastres Ambientais.” Revista de Direito Ambiental. n. 72, São Paulo:
Revista dos Tribunais, 2013.
CARVALHO, Délton Winter de. Dano Ambiental Futuro: a responsabilização civil pelo risco
ambiental. 2 ed. Porto Alegre: Livraria do Advogado, 2013.
CARVALHO, Délton Winter de; DAMACENA, Fernanda Dalla Libera. Direito dos Desastres. Porto
Alegre: Livraria do Advogado, 2013.
FARBER, Daniel. Disaster Law and Emerging Issues in Brazil. Revista de estudos constitucionais,
hermenêutica e teoria do direito-(RECHTD), 4(1): 2-15 janeiro-junho, 2012.
VERCHICK, Robert. “Disaster Justice: The Geography of Human Capability.” Duke Environmental
Law & Policy Forum. v. 23, n. 1. North Carolina: Duke University School of Law, 2012.
VERCHICK, Robert. Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 2010.
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DOREMUS, Holly; LIN, Albert C.; ROSENBERG, Ronald H.. Environmental Policy Law: Problems,
Cases, and Readings.6th ed. New York: Thomson Reuters, 2012.
FARBER, Daniel; FINDLEY, Roger. Environmental Law. 8th. Ed. St. Paul: West, 2010.
FISHER, Elizabeth. Risk Regulation and Administrative Constitutionalism. Oxford: Hart Publishing,
2007.
GUIDDENS, Anthony. The Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2009.
JASANOFF, Sheila. Science at the Bar: Law, Science, and Technology in America. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 1995.
RESUMÉ: Professor Delton Winter de Carvalho is currently professor of the graduate law program
at Unisinos University. Professor Carvalho has expertise in environmental law, especially including the
following subjects: environmental law theory, environmental disasters, environmental responsibility,
among others. He holds a BA, Master and Ph.D degree in Law (UNISINOS) and Environmental Law
(UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY)
LECTURE 2 - AGRIBUSINESS IN BRAZIL
This lecture will bring an overview of Agribusiness in Brazil, its main figures and numbers,
opportunities and risks, with an analysis under the foreign perspective, including legal restrictions to
foreign activities in this field.
Contents
- Agribusiness in Brazil: an overview in numbers;
- Opportunities and risks;
- Legal restrictions to foreign activities.
Competencies
- to comprehend the main characteristics of the Brazilian Agribusiness;
- to analyze the main opportunities and risks of agribusiness in Brazil under the foreign perspective;
- to analyze the legal restrictions to foreign companies in Agribusiness;
METHODOLOGIES, TECHNIQUES AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Aiming the achievement of the competences, different methodologies and techniques will be
adopted in order to actively involve the student in the learning process. Among these methodologies
and techniques are explanatory and interactive classes, group debates and discussions.
Bibliography
Goldsmith, P., & Hirsch, R. (2006). The Brazilian Soybean Complex. Choices: The Magazine Of Food,
Farm & Resource Issues, 21(2), 97-103.
Machado-Filho, H. (2009). Brazilian low-carbon transportation policies: opportunities for international
support. Climate Policy (Earthscan), 9(5), 495-507
Oliveira, G. (2013). Land Regularization in Brazil and the Global Land Grab. Development & Change,
44(2), 261-283. doi:10.1111/dech.12009
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Bajay, S. (2011). Food, fuels, electricity and materials from sugarcane in Brazil: costs, benefits and
challenges. International Journal Of Environmental Studies, 68(2), 145-159
Igari, A., Tambosi, L., & Pivello, V. (2009). Agribusiness Opportunity Costs and Environmental Legal
Protection: Investigating Trade-Off on Hotspot Preservation in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Environmental Management, 44(2), 346-355.
REID, J, & DE SOUSA, W 2005, 'Infrastructure and Conservation Policy in Brazil', Conservation
Biology, 19, 3, pp. 740-746.
Resumé: Prof. Fabrizio Camerini is currently the Chief Legal Manager for Yara Brasil Fertilizantes,
the Brazilian Branch of Yara International, the world´s leading fertilizer industry based in Oslo,
Norway. Fabrizio Camerini is also Unisinos Law School Professor (Tax Law and International Law)
and International Economic Law Professor at ESMAFE (High Level School for Federal Judges).
Former experience involves Tax and Business leading Attorney at Camerini Law Firm, Professor at
the Civil Procedure Graduate Program at PUC-RS (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do
Sul). Fabrizio Camerini holds a Specialist Degree in International Law and a Master Degree in Law
from UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul).
LECTURE 3 - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL
The lecture aims to present, briefly, the economic formation of Brazil, exploring its roots and
peculiarities; the present situation of the Brazilian economy, focusing on its challenges and
opportunities and will propose, at the end, an exchange of ideas among the students in order to make
them build some future scenarios for Brazil, considering a comparative approach to BRICS.
CONTENTS
Economic Formation of the Brazilian Economy;
An overview on the Brazilian Economy;
The role of Brazil in the international scenario (a comparative analysis on BRICS).
COMPETENCES
To comprehend the main characteristics of the Brazilian Economy and its peculiarities;
To detect the present role of Brazil in the international scene, considering BRICS’ cooperation.
METHODOLOGIES, TECHNIQUES AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Aiming the achievement of the competences, different methodologies and techniques will be adopted
in order to actively involve the student in the learning process. Among these methodologies and
techniques are explanatory and interactive classes, group debates and discussions.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BAER, Werner. Brazilian Economy: Growth and Development; Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001.
BAER, Werner.The Regional Impact of National Policies: The Case of Brazil. Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2012
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FURTADO, Celso.The Economic Growth of Brazil: A Survey from Colonial to Modern Times;
Greenwood Press, 1984
----------------------------BRICS and Development Alternatives: Innovation Systems and Policies. José Eduardo Cassiolato and
Virginia Vitorino Editors. 2010.
STORPER, Michael. Keys to the city. How economics, institution, social interaction, and politics shape
development. Princeton University Press. 2013.
Resume: Professor Alvaro Augusto Paes Leme at the present moment works at the Regional
Office of the Ministry of External Affairs and has experience in both private sector (Renner Investment
Bank and GKN Brazil) and public sector (State Secretary of Development and International Affairs). Is
a Professor in the UNISINOS BA Program in International Relations and at the Economy Program. He
has a BA Degree in Economy from UFRGS and a Master in International Relations (UFRGS). He is a
specialist in MERCOSUR and Regional Integration (UFRGS);
LECTURE 4 – MIGRATION IN BRAZIL
Considering migration as one of the most important phenomena of a globalized world and the
increasing number of immigrants in Brazil, this lecture aims to present the main challenges Brazil is
facing towards the construction of a National policy to comply with the international regime in this area.
CONTENTS
International Regimes, Migration and Refugees' Protection.
Migrants and Refugees' Protection in Brazil
Migration Policies in Brazil
COMPETENCES
To be aware of the contemporary issues concerning human rights, migration and refugees’ protection
in Brazil.
To detect viable alternatives to improve the practice of International Relations towards the protection
of human and vulnerable groups.
To evaluate the political and legal efficiency of organizations for the protection of migrants, nationally,
regionally and internationally, as a way to consolidate human rights.
METHODOLOGIES, TECHNIQUES AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Aiming the achievement of the competences, different methodologies and techniques will be
adopted in order to actively involve the student in the learning process. Among these methodologies
and techniques are explanatory and interactive classes, individual and collective works as well as
debates.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
DONNELLY, Jack. International human rights. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 2007.
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FORSYTHE, David P. Human rights in international relations. 3rd. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2012.
TEITEL, Ruti G. Humanity´s Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
-------------------------------BUERGENTHAL, Thomas; SHELTON, Dinah. Protecting Human Rights in the Americas – Cases and
Materials. 4. ed. Strasbourg: International Institute of Human Rights, 1995.
HANSKI, Raija; SUKSI, Markku (ed.). An introduction to the international protection of human rights.
Turku/Abo, Institute for Human Rights: Abo Akademi University, 1999.
STEINER, Henry J., ALSTON, Philip, GOODMAN, Ryan. International human rights in context: law,
politics, morals - text and materials. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
GRIFFIN, James. On human rights. Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 340p.
Keohane, R. ‘International Institutions: Two Approaches’, in International Studies
Quarterly, Vol 32. No. 4. (1988).
Resumé: Gabriela Mezzanotti is currently the Coordinator of the International Relations BA Program
at Unisinos. She is also the co-chair, with Professor Inácio Helfer, of the UNHCR' Sergio Vieira de
Mello Chair at Unisinos. From 1998-2008 she was the leading Counselor for the International Law
Department at Camerini Law Firm, being responsible for the international Business Law Practice at
the firm. From 2000 to the present day she teaches International Law, IHL and International Protection
of Human Rights at Unisinos. From 2009 to the present day she teaches at ESMAFE (High Level
School for Federal Judges).She has written several books and articles on Human Rights, IHL,
International Criminal Justice and Terrorism. She holds a BA Degree in Law (UNISINOS), a Master in
Law (UFRGS), and is a PhD Candidate on Social Sciences (UNISINOS).
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