A century of international justice and prospects for the future

Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade traces the line of evolution of the realization of international justice along one century. In the current era of international tribunals, he identifies the advances achieved in their common mission, the current challenges faced by them, and the prospects for the future. President Dean Spielmann underlines the close link between the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights and the need to maintain this link in order to preserve harmony in the case-law at international level.