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Twenty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly (“UNGA”) in the 2005 World Summit Outcome narrowed the scope of the 2001 Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State...

During the first half of 2021, a group of jurists sat together to draft a new legal definition of ecocide. The Independent Expert Panel (Expert Panel), convened by the Stop...

A decade ago, in 2015, ITLOS delivered its first-ever advisory opinion as a full tribunal in the Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC). By...

In 2016, India promised to liberate 18.4 million bonded labourers by 2030. Nine years on, less than 1% have been freed and the system remains intact, particularly for Dalits and...

The concept of good faith (Treu und Glauben) has long served as a cornerstone of both German private law and international legal doctrine. Enshrined in Article 242 of the German...

Once the domain of Cold War rivalry, space exploration today has become the shared contention of national governments, billionaires and private corporations alike. With corporations like SpaceX and Blue Origin...

We are overly excited to share with you the kick-off of the new DFG-funded ‘Infrastructures for Scientific Publishing’ programme on the Völkerrechtsblog! Through this funding line, which was awarded to...

It has become a cliché to say we live in a globalized world. This conference is itself evidence of the world’s interconnectedness, as we all come from and are based...

This blogpost explores how corporate actors may become complicit in international crimes during post-conflict reconstruction — particularly when economic activity normalises displacement and atrocity. It argues that due diligence obligations,...

On 31 October 2025, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2797 endorsing Morocco’s autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as “a realistic, serious and credible basis” for resolving the...

This analysis examines how German administrative courts create a governance gap while assessing the legality of arms exports to Israel. Recent decisions by administrative courts (ACs) reveal a recurring pattern....

Die aktuelle Diskussion über die „EU-Chatkontrolle“ verdeutlicht ein zentrales Spannungsfeld des Sicherheitsrechts: Was als Maßnahme zum besseren Schutz von Kindern vor sexualisierter Gewalt vorgeschlagen wurde, ist zu einem Streitpunkt über...

The demonstration of entitlement to outer continental shelf, ie. areas of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles (M) distance from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea...

A decade following the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the aspiration for a just and equitable global climate regime faces continuous scrutiny. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku...

In the summer of 2022, unprecedented monsoon rains, 547% above average, fuelled by climatic and anthropogenic factors, submerged a third of Pakistan, with damages equalling nearly to 10% of the...

On 6 November 2025, the Court of Appeal in The Hague (“Hague Court”) delivered its judgment in a case brought by Al-Haq and several other foundations against the Dutch State....

In early 2025 – eighteen months into the ongoing genocide in Gaza – two of the authors attended a workshop at a leading European research institution in the field of...

The following text is published in the category of “Open Letters and Statements“.    To:   H.E. Mihai Popșoi, Chairperson - Committee of Ministers (CM) H.E. Alain Berset, Secretary General...

In the historic Climate Change Advisory Opinion (‘The Advisory Opinion’), the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’) undertook substantial steps in recognising the obligation on States to protect the environment and...

International Environmental Law (IEL) was imagined through the prism of anthropocentric values (which allocates worth to Nature based on its utility for humans). Despite this, IEL has been progressively experiencing...

For over a decade, European states have externalized migration control to non-European partners such as Libya - often beyond the reach of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). S.S....

In her opinion, Marìa Santillán argued that the recent Advisory Opinions of ITLOS, IACtHR, and the ICJ “mark a definitive shift from legal fragmentation toward a harmonized framework for state...

As Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in 2022, Europe was reminded that peace on this continent could no longer be taken for granted. Russian production figures for main battle tanks...