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Am 20. Mai 2025 entschied der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR) einstimmig: Deutschland hat durch die strafrechtliche Verurteilung eines Demonstrierenden aus dem Schutzwaffenverbot gem. §§ 27 II Nr. 1, 17a...

Open Letters and Statements

Striking Iran’s Nuclear Facilities: International Law Scholars Warn of Precedent-Setting Violations

09.07.2025

The following text is published in the category of "Open Letters and Statements". Noting that the 120 Member States of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ‘categorically condemn and denounce in...

Bofaxe

Protecting the VIP (Very Important Premises) at All Costs

08.07.2025

Kai Budelmann

As all things in life, diplomatic missions come with up- and downsides. Being the singled-out representation in inter-state relations allows for unique political contacts, but also oftentimes provokes protestors to...

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Oh Self-Defence, Where Art Thou?

04.07.2025

Anonymous

On 7 May 2024, India conducted airstrikes across the Line of Control, claiming it was acting in response to a terrorist attack in Pahalgam. The operation was termed Operation Sindoor. The...

Article

Historical Responsibility at Hammelsgasse 1

03.07.2025

Alicja Polakiewicz

Whenever Germany applies universal jurisdiction, abstract allusions to the country’s historical responsibility abound. Responsibility is a state of being; but eight decades after the end of the Second World War,...

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Donald Trump und das Doppelte Kredibilitätsproblem

02.07.2025

Nikolai Ott

Schon vor einigen Jahren bezeichnete Stefan Talmon Donald Trump als „Totengräber des Völkerrechts“. Was sich in Trumps erster Amtszeit andeutete, transformiert sich in den ersten Monaten seiner zweiten Amtszeit in...

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Autocratic Alliance?

27.06.2025

Gordon Friedrichs

On June 19, 2024, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the North Korea–Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty in Pyongyang. The signing of the treaty...

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Blanket Bans behind Bars

26.06.2025

Ufuk Yeşil

On 29 April 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in “Tergek v. Türkiye”, holding by a slim 4–3 majority, that the Turkish authorities’ refusal to...

Symposium
International Law and the Political

The Politics of Reception

24.06.2025

Edward Jones Corredera Mark Somos Hendrik Simon

400 years ago, Hugo Grotius published his most important work, De iure belli ac pacis (IBP). The work made Grotius famous and earned him the title of father of modern...

Article

The Road Not Taken?

23.06.2025

Anonymous

On 30 September 2024, the Republic of Lithuania took the noteworthy step of referring the situation in Belarus to the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor. Lithuania’s referral alleges that crimes against...

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