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The Responsibility to Protect as a Responsibility to Deny

Sophie Maria Martha Wollert

We live in a horrific reality in which governments are committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and even genocide against their people (the following are referred to as...

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In Remembrance of Professor Cançado Trindade

Henrique Napoleão Alves

Saudade is a special word in Portuguese. It can convey, all at once, deep nostalgia, the sadness of departures, and the joy and gratitude for memories of good times. May our...

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Out of Sight, out of Mind?

On June 14th 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued an interim measure against the United Kingdom, effectively halting a deportation flight at the 11th hour that would...

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A Framework Agreement in Business and Human Rights?

Surya Deva Claire Methven O'Brien Michael Riegner Anna Sophia Tiedeke Justine Batura

We are pleased to conclude our Symposium with a special treat for our readers: a double interview with two renowned scholars, Surya Deva and Claire Methven O’Brien, who are rather emblematic for different approaches...

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Beyond the Ritual of Treaties as Gestures

Larry Catá Backer

A framework convention approach to the regulatory management of the human rights and sustainability effects of economic activity holds much promise. Defined as an international instrument establishing a general governance...

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Resisting Corporate Capture

Flávia do Amaral Vieira

In 2014, the Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 26/9, which established, for the first time in the history of the United Nations, an intergovernmental body charged with the responsibility to...

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How to Avoid Politicised Monitoring?

Nils-Hendrik Grohmann

It is one thing to draft international laws that protect individuals, but quite another to ensure their implementation and compliance by State parties. Taking into consideration existing framework conventions, particularly...

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Oops! They Did It Again

When they finally joined negotiations on the proposed business and human rights (BHR) treaty, the USA immediately called for ‘exploring alternative[s]’ to the current draft, including a potential framework convention. In...

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Bounded Rationality, Metonymy, Humility

Claire Methven O'Brien

History does not stop, a truth of which recent years have provided a gruesome reminder. Trajectories of globalising production and exchange that were widely perceived as uninterruptable have, since 2019,...

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Caught between Principles and Perfectionism

One of the driving forces behind the movement towards a legally binding instrument on business and human rights (BHR) has been the need for effective remedies for victims of corporate...

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Philipp Eschenhagen

Philipp is a PhD Candidate at the Walther Schucking Institute for International Law and a research associate at the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility (IKEM) in Berlin. He holds a scholarship from Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. His fields of research include international criminal justice, legal aesthetics, political theory and environmental law.

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Cyber-Enabled Disinformation and International Law

William Letrone

Cyberspace undeniably made our world smaller. But the resulting state of interconnectivity came at a price; a greater vulnerability to foreign influences and interferences. From a legal perspective, the capacity...

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#18 Völkerrecht und Verfassung

Erik Tuchtfeld Sophie Schuberth Isabel Lischewski Philipp Eschenhagen

Die deutsche Verfassung ist „völkerrechtsfreundlich“. Doch was heißt das eigentlich genau? Isabel erklärt, wie das Völkerrecht in Deutschland Wirkung entfaltet und was der Unterschied zwischen Monismus und Dualismus ist. Erik...

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Embracing Fluidity: Dynamic Approaches to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Marine protected areas (MPAs) in international waters (i.e. beyond the 12 nautical mile territorial seas) are in virtually all instances static, in the sense that their boundaries and measures are,...

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Returning ‘To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth’

Following the Völkerrechtsblog symposium on Martti Koskenniemi’s new book, our editorial board members Christian Pogies and Hendrik Simon were invited by Ankit Malhotra of the Jindal Society of International Law...

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#17 Völkerrecht und Öffentlichkeit

Philipp Eschenhagen Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Sophie Schuberth

Es gibt zur Zeit einen regelrechten „Völkerrechtshype“ in der breiteren Öffentlichkeit. Welche Bedeutung hat diese Öffentlichkeit für das Völkerrecht, welche Rolle spielen dabei die Medien und wie versuchen völkerrechtliche Institutionen...

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SHORTS: Europarat mit Konstantin Kuhle

Philipp Eschenhagen Sophie Schuberth Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski

Philipp spricht mit Konstantin Kuhle, MdB und Mitglied der parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarates, über die Organisation und praktische Tätigkeit des Europarates. Konkret geht es um das Thema illegaler Parteienfinanzierung aus...

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#16 Krieg in der Ukraine

Erik Tuchtfeld Sophie Schuberth Isabel Lischewski Philipp Eschenhagen

Russland hat die Ukraine angegriffen. Wir besprechen in dieser Folge, was das für das Völkerrecht bedeutet. Isabel erklärt im Grundlagenteil, wann der Internationale Gerichtshof für Streitigkeiten zwischen Staaten zuständig...

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Völkerrechtliche Fragen zum Krieg in der Ukraine

Andreas von Arnauld Nele Matz-Lück Kerstin von der Decken

Die Direktor*innen des Walther-Schücking-Instituts für Internationales Recht der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Prof. Dr. Andreas von Arnauld, Prof. Dr. Nele Matz-Lück und Prof. Dr. Kerstin von der Decken, thematisieren in Kurzvorträgen...

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SHORTS: Ukrainekrieg mit Katja Keul

Philipp Eschenhagen Sophie Schuberth Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski

In dieser Folge spricht Philipp mit Katja Keul, MdB für Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und Staatsministerin im Auswärtigen Amt, über den Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine. Wie ist die Kraft des...

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