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Is History a Good Legal Argument?

24.09.2021
Lucia Leontiev Punsara Amarasinghe
It has become a frequent occurrence for Russia’s top leaders to write about their views on the western approaches to international law and international relations concerning Russia or the Post-Soviet...
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From Achmea to Komstroy

22.09.2021
Johannes Tropper
In a recent landmark decision Moldova v. Komstroy, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 2 September 2021 found intra-EU investment arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty...
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Refoulement Beyond Pushbacks

20.09.2021
Spyridoula Katsoni
Since the Taliban took control of Kabul, the news has abounded in heart-breaking images of people trying to flee Afghanistan. Following some sympathetic responses, however, the discourse has shifted to...
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(Writing) International Legal Histories – Continuation of Politics by Other Means?

17.09.2021
Anne Peters Raphael Schäfer Hendrik Simon
Dear Professor Peters, dear Mr. Schäfer – to begin with the genesis of your anthology Politics and the Histories of International Law: How did this publication project come about? Where...
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Völkerrechtsgeschichte (schreiben) – Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln?

17.09.2021
Anne Peters Raphael Schäfer Hendrik Simon
Liebe Frau Professorin Peters, lieber Herr Schäfer - um mit der Entstehungsgeschichte Ihres Sammelbandes „Politics and the Histories of International Law“ zu beginnen: Wie kam es zu diesem Publikationsprojekt? Wo würden Sie...
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International Law and the Political: Setting the Scene

17.09.2021
Hendrik Simon
With this blogpost we start our new interview series ‘International Law and the Political’. Regardless of one’s school of thought, it can hardly be contested today that international law is...
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Memoranda of (Mis)Understandings (Part II)

15.09.2021
Sabrina Schäfer Florian Held
As described in Part I of our post, non-legally binding arrangements (NBAs) play an  ever larger role in foreign policy. As a response to their growing popularity and to avoid...
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Memoranda of (Mis)Understandings (Part I)

13.09.2021
Sabrina Schäfer Florian Held
When thinking of international law, most lawyers’ first association might not concern non-legally binding arrangements (NBAs) between States (also described as ‘Memoranda of Understanding’ or ’MoUs’). After all, the terms...
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Is ‘Cyberwar’ Fought with Weapons?

09.09.2021
Lisa M. Cohen
How do – and should – we classify offensive cyber capabilities? Particularly in the context of international humanitarian law, the question whether offensive cyber capabilities are weapons, means of warfare,...
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Recognition of a Taliban Government?

08.09.2021
Lukas Kleinert
After the horrible events of the last weeks, policy makers around the world will soon think about their future relationship with the new Taliban leadership in Afghanistan. Whereas some States...
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Livestream: Ecocide – Legal Revolution or Symbolism?

23.09.2021
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In June 2021 the first legal definition of the international crime of ‘ecocide’ was proposed by an Independent Expert Panel. Join leading international experts in the discussion about its potential...
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Rule of Law Rules # 9: “Legal Tech is Still Risky Because of Humans”

23.09.2021
“Rule of Law Rules” is the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s podcast on Rule of Law in the age of digitalization. The host of the podcast is Dr Angela Daly, a socio-legal scholar of...
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Livestream: Heidelberger Salon digital – “Welt(un)ordnung und Internationales Recht”

21.09.2021
Unmittelbar vor der Wahl zum 20. Deutschen Bundestag werden Professor Dr. Carlo Masala (Universität der Bundeswehr, München), Dr. Christian Marxsen (MPIL/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Dr. Carolyn Moser (MPIL) und Professorin Dr....
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04.09.2021
Today at 8:45 am CEST, we will livestream Prof. Dr. Sundhya Pahuja and Prof. Dr. Shaun McVeigh's keynote here. They will engage in a conversation on the theme of the...
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Livestream: Race, Borders and Jurisdiction

03.09.2021
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#9 Brennendes Öl

03.09.2021
Sophie Schuberth Isabel Lischewski Philipp Eschenhagen Erik Tuchtfeld
 Ist im Krieg wirklich alles erlaubt? Zumindest nicht, wenn es nach dem sogenannten humanitären Völkerrecht geht. Das regelt nämlich - insbesondere in den Genfer Konventionen -, wie unnötiges Leiden...
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Rule of Law Rules #8: “Access to Justice is in my View a Two-Sided Coin”

26.08.2021
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#8 Seevölkerrecht

06.08.2021
Philipp Eschenhagen Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Sophie Schuberth
Sommer, Strand und – Überfischung? Zur Urlaubssaison widmen wir uns einer der Geburtsstätten des Völkerrechts, dem Meer. Isabel erklärt die Basics des Seevölkerrechts und warum die Freiheit auf hoher See...
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