Editorial #25: No More Lofty Promises
The new year has just begun, and one ends up wondering if 2023 will be any different than the previous years. The world continues to be in a crisis mode:...
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Emergency Derogation or Curtailment of Human Rights?
06.02.2023
Shiva Sharifzad
Reza Khabook
Following the killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in the so-called "Morality Police" custody due to the alleged non-compliance with Iran's hijab regulation, mass protests erupted all over the country in...
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Von den völkerrechtlichen Fesseln befreit? Zur Rolle des Rechts in der „neuen Weltunordnung“
In der ersten Francis Lieber Lecture on International Law stellt Prof. Dr. Heike Krieger die Frage, ob sich „eine realistische Politik für das 21. Jahrhundert von der Fessel des selbstverordneten...
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#24 Nothing to hide? Das Recht auf Privatsphäre im Digitalen Zeitalter
03.02.2023
Erik Tuchtfeld
Sophie Schuberth
Isabel Lischewski
Philipp Eschenhagen
„Niemand darf willkürlichen oder rechtswidrigen Eingriffen in sein Privatleben [...] und seinen Schriftverkehr […] ausgesetzt werden“, so steht es in Artikel 17 des UN-Zivilpakts. Doch welche Bedeutung hat dieses Recht...
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Die „Bundesnotbremse II“ aus dem Blickwinkel der EMRK
02.02.2023
Isabella Risini
Die bundesweiten Schulschließungen in Deutschland infolge der Corona-Pandemie im Jahr 2021, die Gegenstand des Beschlusses des Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom 19. November 2021 waren, liegen nun dem Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR)...
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- International Law and the Political
Relapse into ‘Civilisation’?! A Narrative’s Continuity and Change
01.02.2023
Ntina Tzouvala
Hendrik Simon
Critical International Law has become increasingly influential in academic discourse. However, argues Ntina Tzouvala, there remain important blind spots. An interview on capitalism, racism, and the ongoing impact of ‘civilisation’....
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- International Law and the Political
(Merging the) Fragments of Critical International Law
31.01.2023
Ntina Tzouvala
Hendrik Simon
Critical International Law has become increasingly influential in academic discourse. However, argues Ntina Tzouvala, there remain important blind spots. An interview on capitalism, racism, and the ongoing impact of ‘civilisation’....
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And the Azerbaijan-Armenia Lawfare Expanded
On 18 January 2023, the government of Azerbaijan announced that it had launched an inter-state arbitration proceedings against Armenia under the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and...
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- The Person Behind the Academic
Chatting with Itamar Mann
27.01.2023
Itamar Mann
Spyridoula Katsoni
Welcome to another interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Prof. Itamar Mann, and through the following questions, we will try to get...
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Questions of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia
27.01.2023
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
On 25 January 2023, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its decision on the admissibility of the interstate complaints lodged by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia in relation...
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Self-Determination as Faux Remedial Secession in Russia’s Annexation Policies
26.01.2023
Andrea Maria Pelliconi
“Circumstances require us to take decisive and immediate action. The people’s republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help. In this regard … I decided to conduct...
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Litigating Reparations
25.01.2023
Karina Theurer
Throughout the world, indigenous populations are in a renewed push, demanding reparations from former colonial powers. On 19 January 2023, the Namibian lawyer Patrick Kauta filed an application to the...
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Will the FBI Investigate?
The killing of the American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11th, 2022 caused an international uproar, with many calling for investigations and legal actions against the soldier who supposedly...
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Centering Europe and Othering the Rest
16.01.2023
Caroline Lichuma
The theme of the 11th annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights reiterated the need to put “rightsholders at the center” of efforts to strengthen accountability and advance business...
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- The Person Behind the Academic
Chatting with Lys Kulamadayil
13.01.2023
Lys Kulamadayil
Spyridoula Katsoni
Welcome to the first interview of 2023 for the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Dr. Lys Kulamadayil, and through the following questions, we will...
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A Multilateral Mechanism for Digital Sequence Information
12.01.2023
Lucas Hennicke
The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (hereinafter: CBD) has now reached a substantive conclusion, although not an official one. The latter is due...
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When Silence Is Not Golden but Puzzling
11.01.2023
Tillmann Lindner
Giacomo Romis
On 22 July 2022 the ICJ issued its judgment regarding the preliminary objections raised by Myanmar in the case of the Application of the Genocide Convention on the Prevention and...
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Editorial #24: Blogging, Fast and Slow
10.01.2023
Isabel Lischewski
Daniela Rau
Time flies when you’re having fun – and also, it would seem, when you’re watching world events unfold on your device screen, struggling to keep up with the break-neck speed...
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- The Person Behind the Academic
Chatting with Dianne Otto
23.12.2022
Dianne Otto
Spyridoula Katsoni
Welcome to another interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! Through this interview, we will try to get a glimpse of Prof. Dianne Otto’s interests, sources of...
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Human Dignity Is Inviolable… Unless You Are a Prisoner?
22.12.2022
Jona Höni
Grischa Jost
A vote on abolishing slavery in 2022 - really? Yes, that is exactly what happened in several states in the United States this November. On 8 November 2022 the citizens...
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How ‘Nazis’ Stole the New Year
22.12.2022
Anastasiia Vorobiova
Several concerns have been raised about memory politics in Russia turning the memory of World War II (WWII) into an instrument that set the stage for the current war in...
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Rockhopper v. Italy and the Tension between ISDS and Climate Policy
21.12.2022
Paolo Mazzotti
On 23 August 2022, a Tribunal constituted under the auspices of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) handed down a long-awaited Award in the case of Rockhopper v. Italy. The investor’s...
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The Vocal, yet Elusive Elephant in the Room of Supply Chain Regulation
Sitting at the helm of the EU Council on 1 December 2022, Jozef Síkela, the Czech Minister for Industry and Trade, seemed astonished at the result of a vote count...
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The Role of Blogs
International law is, by definition, a global discipline. Yet in practice, scholarly discourse often remains hampered by the borders of national publishing cultures and fora. The voices that are most...
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