Career
Trindade has been a lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law, the OAS Inter-American Juridical Committee’s Courses, the International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg) and at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica). He has been a visiting professor at various universities, among them Columbia University (1st semester 1998) and Institut des hautes études internationales (Pantheon-Assas University, sessions of 1988-1989). He is currently a member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law.
Prior to his appointment to the World Court, he was president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and has had several positions in important international organizations. Trindade is the author of several books and publications on international law.