MELA Postdoctoral Researcher for the Dutch Team Dr León Castellanos-Jankiewicz was awarded the inaugural David D. Caron Prize for his paper, “Nationality, Alienage and Early International Rights”, at the American Society of International Law 2018 Mid-Year Meeting, held in Los Angeles, California. His paper underlined the contributions of private international law in the development of the rights of aliens in the nineteenth century, subverting the preconception that the rights of non-nationals arose as a subset of public international law. The David D. Caron Prize is, as of this year, an award which honours the best paper submitted to the ASIL Research Forum by a current student, recent graduate, or young researcher. 

David D. Caron (1952-2018) was the President of the American Society of International Law from 2010-2012.  Judge Caron will be remembered through the award and fellowship in his name, both of which will continue to provide opportunities to young researchers in international law.

Dr Castellanos-Jankiewicz will be presented with the award at the American Society of International Law 2019 Annual Meeting. On behalf of the MELA Consortium, we would like to congratulate him for this outstanding achievement!

Dr León Castellanos-Jankiewicz joined the Dutch MELA team in September 2018. Previously, he was Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence.