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Exploring Individuals’ Defenses against Denationalization under International Law

27.05.2022
Sahaj Mathur
While States have long possessed the power to denationalize their citizens (i.e. to non-consensually withdraw their citizenship), the exercise of this power has seen a resurgence in the aftermath of...
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On History, Responsibility and Critique

25.05.2022
Anne Orford Sué González Hauck Hendrik Simon
While in the first part of our conversation with Anne Orford we talked about the politics of "turning to history" in international legal scholarship, the second part is about possible...
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Turning to History – A Political Project?

24.05.2022
Anne Orford Sué González Hauck Hendrik Simon
In the last 30 years, a considerable part of international legal scholarship has discovered a renewed interest in the history of international law. But is this 'turn to history' perhaps...
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Don’t Pull the Plug on the Energy Charter Treaty

16.05.2022
Johannes Tropper Kilian Wagner
As the Earth is facing global warming and the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement seem ever more distant (see new IPCC report), another international treaty has been receiving...
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What Is the Role of Unilateral Cyber Sanctions in the Context of the Global Cybersecurity Law-Making?

10.05.2022
María Vásquez Callo-Müller Iryna Bogdanova
Cybersecurity is part and parcel of the modern concept of national security. The growing incidence and severity of cyber-attacks attest to the veracity of this statement. Moreover, the development and...
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No Citizenship is No Utopia

05.05.2022
Joshua Edward Haynes-Mannering
The word ‘utopia’ has come to denote a near-perfect social order. However, perhaps due to the awful violence unleashed by various 20th Century regimes in pursuit of supposed utopias, the...
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Editorial #17: On Ukraine and Genocide

04.05.2022
Polina Kulish Dana Schmalz
It is May, the war in Ukraine has been going on for over two months, and there are fears that the Russian aggression might spread further into Moldova. April is...
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The Question of Expelling Recalcitrant Member States

03.05.2022
Konstantinos Magliveras
Most international organisations have not been empowered to expel Member States that violate their obligations, the European Union being a notable example. One of them that does so is the...
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Some Refugees are Welcome, Others Not So Much

28.04.2022
Jay Ramasubramanyam
Over a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been uprooted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that...
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The Effects of the Military Operation against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front

25.04.2022
Sophia Muina Niharika Goel
With the onset of a law enforcement operation by the Ethiopian government against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), violent clashes have resulted in hundreds of deaths, thousands of displaced persons and...
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Returning ‘To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth’

20.05.2022
Following the Völkerrechtsblog symposium on Martti Koskenniemi’s new book, our editorial board members Christian Pogies and Hendrik Simon were invited by Ankit Malhotra of the Jindal Society of International Law...
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#17 Völkerrecht und Öffentlichkeit

06.05.2022
Philipp Eschenhagen Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Sophie Schuberth
Es gibt zur Zeit einen regelrechten „Völkerrechtshype“ in der breiteren Öffentlichkeit. Welche Bedeutung hat diese Öffentlichkeit für das Völkerrecht, welche Rolle spielen dabei die Medien und wie versuchen völkerrechtliche Institutionen...
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SHORTS: Europarat mit Konstantin Kuhle

08.04.2022
Philipp Eschenhagen Sophie Schuberth Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski
Philipp spricht mit Konstantin Kuhle, MdB und Mitglied der parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarates, über die Organisation und praktische Tätigkeit des Europarates. Konkret geht es um das Thema illegaler Parteienfinanzierung aus...
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#16 Krieg in der Ukraine

01.04.2022
Erik Tuchtfeld Sophie Schuberth Isabel Lischewski Philipp Eschenhagen
 Russland hat die Ukraine angegriffen. Wir besprechen in dieser Folge, was das für das Völkerrecht bedeutet. Isabel erklärt im Grundlagenteil, wann der Internationale Gerichtshof für Streitigkeiten zwischen Staaten zuständig...
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Völkerrechtliche Fragen zum Krieg in der Ukraine

24.03.2022
Andreas von Arnauld Nele Matz-Lück Kerstin von der Decken
Die Direktor*innen des Walther-Schücking-Instituts für Internationales Recht der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Prof. Dr. Andreas von Arnauld, Prof. Dr. Nele Matz-Lück und Prof. Dr. Kerstin von der Decken, thematisieren in Kurzvorträgen...
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SHORTS: Ukrainekrieg mit Katja Keul

18.03.2022
Philipp Eschenhagen Sophie Schuberth Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski
In dieser Folge spricht Philipp mit Katja Keul, MdB für Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und Staatsministerin im Auswärtigen Amt, über den Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine. Wie ist die Kraft des...
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# 15 Das internationale Investitionsschutzrecht durch die Linse der emerging powers

04.03.2022
Sophie Schuberth Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Philipp Eschenhagen
Habt ihr Euch schon mal überlegt, wie man anwaltlich im Völkerrecht tätig sein kann? Der Investitionsschutz ist da eventuell eine Möglichkeit - das erklärt Isabel und gibt uns dabei eine...
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Umweltschutz durch Menschenrechte?

23.02.2022
Anne Dienelt
Der Schutz der Umwelt ist mittlerweile ein völkerrechtsbereichsübergreifendes Thema. Nicht nur das Umweltvölkerrecht befasst sich mit Umweltschutz, sondern auch andere Bereiche, wie beispielsweise der Menschenrechtsschutz. Erst im Oktober 2021 wurde...
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Livestream – Heidelberger Salon digital

10.02.2022
Alexandra Kemmerer Catalina Botero-Marino Erik Tuchtfeld Matthias C. Kettemann Martin Eifert
Who is the Guardian of Free Speech? Meta’s Oversight Board and (Other) Courts and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms The spread of misinformation and hate speech has led to calls for a...
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