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The Private is Political

30.09.2024
León Castellanos-Jankiewicz Hendrik Simon
Despite its enormous growth in importance over the last 20 years or so, the History of International Law as an academic sub-discipline has so far widely neglected private international law....
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Chatting with Seline Trevisanut

27.09.2024
Seline Trevisanut Spyridoula Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Prof. Seline Trevisanut, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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Editorial #38: Entering the New Academic Year Anew

18.09.2024
Anna Sophia Tiedeke Spyridoula Katsoni Leopold Raab
As a brat summer is slowly giving its spot to a very demure fall and as our mid-year break has officially ended, we are writing to welcome you back to...
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Beyond Atrocities

17.09.2024
Shlomit Stein
Priorities in international human rights are undergoing a significant transformation as a result of the growing preoccupation with “atrocity crimes”, argued recently New York University law professor and former UN...
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Between War and Peace – On the Logic and Language of Imperial Violence. An Interview with Lauren Benton

13.09.2024
Lauren Benton Hendrik Simon
The differentiation between war and peace is central to the historiography of international relations and international law. In her new book “They Called it Peace”, Lauren Benton shows how violence...
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Chatting with Machiko Kanetake

13.09.2024
Machiko Kanetake Spyridoula Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Prof. Machiko Kanetake, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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Let Those Without Sin Cast the First Stone

12.09.2024
Kiran Mohan Vazhapully
It has been said that “satellites don’t have mothers”. However, a nuclear-material-laden satellite detonating in space could have consequences that produce ripple effects on global peace and security. This threat...
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Towards Realistic Universalism?, or: Provincializing Realism! An Interview with Matthew Specter

11.09.2024
Matthew G. Specter Hendrik Simon
In his book The Atlantic Realists, Matthew Specter presents a genealogy of modern realism as a discourse between US-American and German intellectuals. An interview about the origins of the central...
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Bilateral Investment Treaties as a Tool for Global Climate Governance?

11.09.2024
Alistair Lieser
International Investment Law (IIL) has long been understood as counterproductive to adopting effective climate change policy. As IIL aims for predictable investment protection, International Climate Change Law (ICCL) requires flexibility...
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Is It Time?

10.09.2024
Paulina Rundel
While the UN and almost every region around the world have explicitly recognized the right to a healthy environment, there is one region that still lacks this right: Europe. But...
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#39 Targeted Killings: Von Tiergarten bis Teheran

06.09.2024
Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Daniela Rau
  In den letzten Monaten häufen sich Berichten von targeted killings hochrangiger militärischer und politischer Führungspersonen außerhalb unmittelbarer Kampfgebiete, wie die Tötung von Fuad Schukr, einem Hisbollah-Kommandeur, in Beirut oder...
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Post-Pandemic Reform Discussions in International Health Law: The Reform of the International Health Regulations and the Proposal for the new WHO Pandemic Agreement

28.07.2024
Anika Klafki
The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated that international cooperation to combat pandemics is insufficient. The World Health Organisation has therefore recently reformed the International Health Regulations. The World Health Assembly...
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Saving the Climate in Strasbourg? – A Critical Look at the European Court of Human Rights’ Climate Cases

07.07.2024
Marko Milanovic
On 9th April 2024, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued decisions in three significant climate change cases. In this edition of the Current Issues in...
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#38 Smarte Kriege: Künstliche Intelligenz in bewaffneten Konflikten

05.07.2024
Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Philipp Eschenhagen
Der Gaza-Krieg hat den Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in bewaffneten Konflikten erneut in die öffentliche Debatte gebracht. Berichte, dass die israelische Armee zur Identifizierung von Hamas-Terroristen Systeme namens Lavender, Where’s...
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The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and the Law of the Sea – What follows from the Qualification of GHG Emissions as Marine Pollution?

10.06.2024
Nele Matz-Lück
The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and the Law of the Sea from 21 May 2024 is a landmark decision. Not only does the ITLOS define GHG emissions from...
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#37 Waffenexporte vor Gericht

07.06.2024
Philipp Eschenhagen Isabel Lischewski Erik Tuchtfeld
  Das VG Berlin beschäftigt sich dieser Tage intensiv mit dem Humanitären Völkerrecht anlässlich einer Klage gegen deutsche Waffenexporte nach Israel. Philipp Eschenhagen spricht im Interview mit Alexander Schwarz vom European...
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Mexico v Ecuador/Ecuador v Mexico: With Diplomatic Asylum Back before the ICJ, Can Legal Certainty on This Divisive Issue Finally Be Won?

30.05.2024
Laura Hughes-Gerber
On the evening of 5th April 2024, Ecuadorian police forcibly entered the Mexican embassy in Quito and arrested Jorge Glas, former Vice-President of Ecuador (2013-2017), who had entered the embassy...
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Der UN-Ausschuss zur Beseitigung rassistischer Diskriminierung

24.05.2024
Mehrdad Payandeh
Der Vortrag stellt Organisation und Tätigkeit des UN-Ausschuss zur Beseitigung rassistischer Diskriminierung vor. Dem Ausschuss, dem ältesten der zehn UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, kommt die Aufgabe zu, die Einhaltung...
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Die deutsche Staatsräson auf dem Prüfstand – Deutschland vor dem IGH

12.05.2024
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Am 1. März 2024 hat Nicaragua beim Internationalen Gerichtshof (IGH) eine Klage gegen Deutschland eingereicht. Die Vorwürfe wiegen schwer: Deutschland verstoße durch seine Unterstützung Israels in Bezug auf den Krieg...
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