On April 10, the FGV Centre for Global Law (CPDG) and the FGV Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-LA Global Challenges (CEJM), co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme and both directed by Professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, held an In-House Research Seminar dedicated to the development of the LATIN TALES research project.

The seminar featured presentations by CPDG researchers Lucas Vollers and Vitor Furtado De Melo, who presented the working paper Narratives in International Courts and Tribunals: State of the Art and Conceptual Framework, developed under the supervision of Professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida. The discussion focused on the project's conceptual and methodological framework, introducing the theoretical foundations that underpin LATIN TALES, a research initiative that investigates the strategic use of narratives by Latin American States before the International Court of Justice.

Drawing on scholarship from international law, linguistics, narratology, and the social sciences, the paper proposes a comprehensive framework for understanding how narratives shape legal reasoning, influence judicial processes, and structure international legal argumentation. The presenters also discussed how this conceptual framework addresses the fragmentation of existing scholarship and provides the analytical basis for the project's future empirical research. In addition, the working paper will serve as the introductory article to a forthcoming special issue of the Latin American and Caribbean Journal of International Law, guest edited by Professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida together with the authors.

Following the presentation, researchers from the Centre for Global Law (CPDG) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (CEJM) engaged in a collaborative discussion, offering comments and suggestions on both the theoretical framework and the broader objectives of the LATIN TALES project. The seminar concluded with a productive Q&A session, contributing to the continued development of the research.

The CPDG and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence thank all participants for their valuable feedback and look forward to the next stages of the LATIN TALES project.