Léna Sylvestre



After a Bachelor's degree, validated in 2019, and a Master's degree, validated in 2021, in History, International Relations and Social Sciences at the University Paul Valéry in Montpellier, I have just started since October a PhD in History of Law at the University of Cergy-Pontoise and at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel under the direction of Professor C. Argyriadis-Kervegan and Professor F. Dhondt.

My thesis is a continuation of my Master's thesis, "The use of official languages in the General Assembly and the Security Council of the International Organization of the United Nations. Illustration of the geopolitical context of the Cold War" and "The role of the United Nations in the Cold War. Illustrated by the presence of the English, Russian and Chinese languages in the General Assembly and the Security Council". The latter deals with "The Influence of Linguistic Plurality in the Development and Application of International Legal Norms: A Historical Case Study of the United Nations’ Multilingual Regime". The aim here is to study the geopolitical, but also legal and linguistic stakes of the establishment and evolution of UN multilingualism.

Publications

Articles: 

 - « L’instauration du régime linguistique onusien et son évolution jusqu’à la fin de la Guerre froide : L’Assemblée générale, entre multilinguisme de droit et monolinguisme de fait », Le discours du droit, le droit du discours : pistes de recherches entre droit et linguistique, independent publication, 2022.   

Conferences:  

- "Les liens d’influence entre multilinguisme et droit international dans le milieu onusien", "Langage(s), Discours et Traduction IVe édition, La justesse de(s) lang (u) e(s), et language de la justice", University of Bucharest, 29–30 November 2021. 

 - "Le multilinguisme et les divergences linguistiques dans les affaires de la CIJ : réel désavantage pour l’application du droit international ?", "Langues et paroles du droit", University of Lausanne, 1–4 June 2023

- "Language As An Instrument Of Political And Normative Power: The United Nations’ Multilingualism And Its Consequences For International Law", Maison Internationale de la Recherche, 4 June 2025

Contact: lena dot melanie dot renee dot sylvestre at vub dot be

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