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The Dreadful Night Goes On

12.05.2021
Santiago Vargas Niño
At times, words fail to describe the horrors of reality. That is until we have recourse to the language of international criminal law (ICL). While its use may be problematic,...
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Nothing To Celebrate?

11.05.2021
Antje Missbach
Although Indonesia has not signed the 1951 Refugee Convention and is deemed unlikely to do so in the near future for a number of reasons, Indonesia has been hosting thousands...
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Fünf Fragen an Stephan Marquardt

10.05.2021
Lukas Kleinert Matthias C. Kettemann
Am 17. Mai 2021 (12 bis 13 Uhr) ist Herr Stephan Marquardt der zwölfte Gast in unserer Gesprächsreihe “Völkerrechtslunches“. Herr Marquardt leitet die Rechtsabteilung des Europäischen Auswärtigen Dienstes (EAD) in...
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A Case of MOX Plant 2.0 in the Pacific?

06.05.2021
Anh Nguyen
On 13 April 2021, the Japanese government formally authorised the release of 1.25 million tons of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean....
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A Bill for Better Business

05.05.2021
Anneloes Hoff
On 11 March 2021, four Dutch political parties submitted a private members’ bill which introduces a new corporate duty of care for human rights and the environment. This proposal for...
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Vaccine Apartheid and the Unlikely Overcoming of the Pandemic by 2023

04.05.2021
Juan C. Herrera
The most important challenge for humanity is to end the pandemic within two years. However, as the largest vaccination rollout in history begins, it is doubtful that this goal will...
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Leaving the Pre-Digital Era, Finally!

04.05.2021
Stephan Gerbig
The UN human rights protection system has left the pre-digital era behind: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child just released its new General Comment (GC) No. 25...
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All that Glitters Is Not Gold

03.05.2021
Jasper Mührel
On 29 April 2021, the German Federal Constitutional Court held that the provisions of the German Federal Climate Change Act “are incompatible with fundamental rights insofar as they lack sufficient...
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Editorial #5: On Planet Earth and Beyond

03.05.2021
Nesa Zimmermann
In our last editorial, my colleagues have reflected upon some recent evolutions on the Völkerrechtsblog, such as the diversification of our communication methods and the increased publishing pace. While not...
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Three Hours from Paris to Karlsruhe

01.05.2021
Anna-Julia Saiger
Only two days after its publication, the German Constitutional Court’s decision on the 2019 Climate Protection Act has already given rise to significant repercussions both in political and legal debates....
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Raubkunst im Humboldt Forum – Down the Rabbit Hole of Intertemporality

11.05.2021
Das Humboldt-Forum befindet sich im wiederaufgebauten Berliner Stadtschloss, und wird in diesem Jahr sukzessive eröffnen. Beherbergen soll das Museum u.a. die Sammlungen des ethnologischen Museums und des Museums für Asiatische...
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#5 Umweltvölkerrecht

07.05.2021
Philipp Eschenhagen Sophie Schuberth Isabel Lischewski Erik Tuchtfeld
 Umweltvölkerrecht könnte eine Erfindung jüngeren Datums sein, ist aber ungefähr so alt wie das Völkerrecht selbst: Denn Streitigkeiten über die Verteilung globaler Ressourcen und die Auswirkungen von menschengemachter Umweltverschmutzung...
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Rule of Law Rules #4: “The Data Privacy Today Divided the World into Three Big Regions.”

29.04.2021
“Rule of Law Rules” is our new podcast on Rule of Law in the age of digitalization from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. The host of the podcast is Dr Angela Daly, a...
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Listen: A very short history of public international law

28.04.2021
Lena Faber Niklas Gantenberg
We are happy to present an episode of the podcast series “Public International Law in a Nutshell”. The podcast was produced in a podcast seminar (‘Public International Law in a...
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Livestream: Animals in International Law

16.04.2021
Um Tiere im Völkerecht geht es im ersten Online-Seminar der HeiParisMax-Partnerschaft, das per Livestream auf dem Völkerrechtsblog verfolgt werden kann: Am 16. April 2021 (14:30-16:30) wird Professorin Anne Peters den...
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#4 Das Gewaltverbot

09.04.2021
Erik Tuchtfeld Philipp Eschenhagen Isabel Lischewski Sophie Schuberth
 Der Krieg als Mittel der Politik: Das ist im heutigen Völkerrecht nicht mehr zulässig. Nichtsdestotrotz werden nach wie vor Kriege geführt und gegen das Gewaltverbot verstoßen. Isabel erklärt, welche...
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Rule of Law Rules #3: “The GDPR got viral in the world and influenced Latin America”

25.03.2021
Today we present you the third episode of the podcast series “Rule of Law Rules” by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation. Hosted by Dr Angela Daly, a socio-legal scholar of digital technology, each...
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Mächtige Plattformen

19.03.2021
Erik Tuchtfeld
Erik Tuchtfeld, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, stellt anlässlich der Social-Media-Sperre des damaligen US-Präsidenten Trump am 08. Januar 2021 in der Referentenbesprechung des MPIL die...
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‘The ICJ then and now’ – interview with Professor Bruno Simma and Professor Georg Nolte

18.03.2021
Jens Kaiser Raphael Oidtmann
This year’s German National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition hosted a high-profile interview featuring Professor Bruno Simma, former judge at the International Court of...
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