On 2025, the FGV Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU–South America Global Governance, FGV Direito Rio, Rio de Janeiro, co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme, in partnership with the Centre for Global Law (CPDG), participated in the 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop: Narratives in International Courts and Tribunals.

The workshop was structured across two panels examining the role of narratives in international adjudication.

Panel 1, titled “Narrative Construction in ICTs and its Impacts”, was moderated by Professor Justina Uriburu (University of Manchester / Manchester International Law Centre). It featured presentations by Antoine De Spiegeleir (European University Institute) on “The Ins and Outs of Narrative Worldmaking by International Courts and Tribunals”, Gonca Üncal (Ankara University) on “Performing Sovereignty in International Law: The Lotus Case and the Politics of Legal Narratives”, and Tejas Sateesha Hinder (National Law Institute University – NLIU) on “Narratives of Procedural Obstruction: Strategic Deployment of Preliminary Objections by Latin American States Before the ICJ”. Comments were provided by Professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida and researcher Lucas Vollers (CPDG – FGV Rio Law).

Panel 2, titled “Narratives, Legitimacy and Contestation”, was moderated by Professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida (Centre for Global Law – FGV Rio Law). It included presentations by Maria Diory Rabajante (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) on “Between Participation and Resistance: How Meta Mimics State Sovereignty Tactics Before Its Oversight Board”, Rafaela Sena (Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará) on “Narrative Contestation and Judicial Interaction in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Compliance Monitoring Process”, and Juan Pablo Gómez (Universidad de los Andes) on “Are States No Longer Masters of Their Treaties? Treaty Interpretation, Narrative Struggles, and Geopolitical Agendas in Investment Arbitration”. The panel featured comments by Professor Justina Uriburu and Vitor Furtado De Melo (CPDG – FGV Rio Law).

The workshop provided a rich interdisciplinary forum on how narratives are constructed, contested, and mobilized within international courts and tribunals, highlighting their role in shaping legitimacy, sovereignty, and judicial authority in global governance.