1. Introduction.- 2. The First Generation of National Security Exception: The GATT and Its Legacy.- 3. The Second Generation of National Security Exceptions: Departing from the GATT Tradition?.- 4. The Third Generation of National Security Exceptions: Protecting the Sovereign State.- 5. Conclusion.
Sebastián Mantilla Blanco holds a law degree (Abogado) from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá). After working at the international arbitration team of a law firm in Colombia, he pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Bonn, obtaining a Magister Legum (LL.M.) in 2015 and a doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) in 2018. He currently works as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Public Law of the University of Bonn.
Alexander Pehl studied law at the Universities of Münster and Seville. After graduating in 2014, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Public Law of the University of Bonn. In 2018, he obtained a doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) with a thesis on representative treaty interpretation. He currently is a law clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne.