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The Most Exciting Field of International Law

Maximilian Bertamini

Outer space has received a new high of attention over the last couple of years. Pop-culture, businesses and states have turned their gaze (back) up to the stars. Of course,...

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In Line with the Vanguard of International Law?

Catharina Caspari

When the sun sets over Mar Menor, flamingos wade slowly through the silt at the shores. The lagoon’s waters are shallow, used to be crystal clear and abundant with seahorses....

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Abortion in International Human Rights Law at a Crossroads

In March 2023, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) held public hearings in Beatriz v El Salvador. Beatriz deserves close attention. It is the first time that the Court...

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Chatting with Moira Dustin

Moira Dustin Spyridoula Katsoni

Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Dr. Moira Dustin, and through the following questions, we will try to...

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Feminist Theory and International Law: Posthuman Perspectives

Theory as Practice in International Law

International law is indeterminate yet, as Koskenniemi argues, it is also structured around a series of ‘embedded preferences’, fostering ‘structural biases’ and limiting the range of possible outcomes. Consequently, international law...

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Making Sense of Posthuman Feminist Theory in International Law

Anastasia Hammerschmied Amelie Herzog

Feminist engagements with international law oscillate between seeking legal change from within the law and the need to look beyond that system to completely reimagine it. This well-known tension of...

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Nature and the Conceit of Law

Coming to this erudite text from Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAlL), I found much to agree with and learn. TWAIL is an anti-colonial anti-imperial disciplinary movement formative to...

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‘Life as Relation not Dividuation’

Sanskriti Sanghi

A deepening climate crisis. A failing legal framework. A search for alternative imaginations. In this reflection on Feminist Theory and International Law: Posthuman Perspectives by Emily Jones, I will engage...

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An Invite to Stay With the Trouble

Emily Jones’ monograph Feminist Theory and International Law: Posthuman Perspectives is an invitation to explore how posthuman feminist theory sheds new light on a range of contemporary issues and debates...

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Must We Instrumentalize?

Chapter 2 of Emily Jones’s rich and generative new book, Feminist Theory of International Law Posthuman Perspectives, draws attention to all the ways in which humans and machines “are already...

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#28 Menschenrechtsausschüsse

Philipp Eschenhagen Isabel Lischewski Erik Tuchtfeld Sophie Schuberth

Wir werfen einen Blick auf die sogenannten Menschenrechtsausschüsse oder menschenrechtlichen Vertragsorgane. Dazu zählen insgesamt neun Ausschüsse, u.a. CCPR, CESCR, CEDAW, CERD und viele mehr. Wie unterscheiden sie sich von den...

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Compensation for Damages during Armed Conflict

Steven van de Put

This episode of the “Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen” with the speaker Steven van de Put focuses on the increasing practice of states compensating individuals during armed conflict. The presenter highlights specifically the...

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Contemporary Sanctions as a Challenge to the Doctrine of Jurisdiction

Nathanael Tilahun

Contemporary sanctions based on extraterritorial control of national products and infrastructure such as currencies, high-tech products, and cyberspace are stretching established doctrines of states’ jurisdiction under international law. The presenter...

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#27 Völkergewohnheitsrecht: Viel Meinung, wenig Übung

Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Sophie Schuberth Philipp Eschenhagen

Das „internationale Gewohnheitsrecht als Ausdruck einer allgemeinen, als Recht anerkannten Übung“ bringt – insbesondere für Jurist*innen, die kodifizierte, verschriftlichte Rechtsnormen gewöhnt sind – als Rechtsquelle des Völkerrechts nach Art. 38...

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Atom-Bombs in Belarus: Russia’s New Approach to Nuclear-Sharing and the NPT

Daniel McCarthy

The objective of the presentation is to discuss Russia’s plans to station nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. Putting the focus on an evaluation of the recently announced plan’s legality under...

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#26 Völkervertragsrecht: Können Friedensverträge nichtig sein?

Sophie Schuberth Philipp Eschenhagen Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski

In dieser Folge widmen wir uns einem Grundlagenthema des Völkerrechts – dem Völkervertragsrecht. Anlässlich aktueller Debatten rund um einen Frieden für die Ukraine schauen wir uns an, welche Grenzen das...

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#25 Putin vor Gericht: Mit welchen völkerstrafrechtlichen Mitteln?

Philipp Eschenhagen Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Sophie Schuberth

Wir nehmen die Diskussionen rund um eine völkerstrafrechtliche Verantwortung russischer Akteure für den Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine auf. Konkret: Auf welcher Ebene, national oder international, vor welchem Gericht könnten Putin...

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Of Parties, Third Parties, and Treaty Interpretation: Ukraine v. Russia before the European Court of Human Rights

Isabella Risini Justine Batura

An unprecedented number of member States have requested permission to intervene in the case Ukraine v. Russia (X) before the European Court of Human Rights. The significance that can be...

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Woman, Life, Freedom – Women’s Rights and Revolution(s) in Iran

Farnush Ghadery

The ongoing revolution in Iran started with the murder of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Jina Mahsa Amini, who was violently detained, brutalised, and killed by the morality police for not sufficiently...

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