- Symposium
- The role of the ILC
Counsel to sovereign states
25.02.2021
Alejandro Celorio Alcántara
The International Law Commission’s (ILC) invaluable work has been the first stepping-stone for the creation of many treaties. However, its work must not be considered as a source for States’...
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- The role of the ILC
The International Law Commission as a sui generis organ?
24.02.2021
Danae Azaria’s article is set to be an essential reference for the study of the International Law Commission’s (ILC) mandate concerning the codification and progressive development of international law. In...
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- Symposium
- The role of the ILC
The outside keeps creeping in: On the impossibility of engaging in purely doctrinal scholarship
23.02.2021
Danae Azaria’s article is a perfect example of a specific genre of international law scholarship: an ‘orthodox’ account that wishes to stay neatly within the lines that legal doctrine draws...
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The role of the ILC
22.02.2021
The symposium’s aim is to engage with the questions raised by Danae Azaria’s recently published article on the ILC as...
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- The role of the ILC
Multiple actors, one task: the joint responsibility of international law making
22.02.2021
The 70th anniversary of the International Law Commission (ILC), celebrated in 2018, has provided an opportunity to reflect on the Commission’s role in international law-making and its continued relevance at...
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- The role of the ILC
The International Law Commission as an interpreter of international law?
22.02.2021
Justine Batura
Sué González Hauck
Sophie Schuberth
The role of the International Law Commission (ILC), as the subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly charged with the promotion and codification of progressive development of international law, has...
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Expansion in the Aegean Sea?
19.02.2021
For many years Turkey and Greece – the only coastal states on the Aegean Sea – have argued about the breadth of their maritime zones. The unique situation in the...
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Trump verlässt das Weiße Haus – und hinterlässt Chaos im Westsahara-Konflikt
19.02.2021
Mit Joe Bidens Amtszeit hat eine neue Ära im Weißen Haus begonnen. Doch Donald Trump hinterlässt ein umfassendes außenpolitisches Vermächtnis, welches sich auch auf den Nahen Osten und Nordafrika erstreckt:...
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The state as Kolonialware: on virtue, commodification, and the political economy of international law
18.02.2021
The pandemic strains supply chains. Lockdowns and border closures, quarantines and bankruptcies slow down the global circulation of goods. And some goods never arrive. Last summer, Sundhya Pahuja also ran...
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The ICC Israel Palestine decision: Clear skies for an investigation but not without asterisks and further questions
18.02.2021
On February 5, the ICC rendered its long-awaited Decision on the case of Israel and the Palestinians. With a majority of 2-1, Pre-Trial Chamber I held that the ICC does...
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The unforeseeable future and the rule of law
17.02.2021
On December 22, 2020, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in the case of Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2) concerning the pre-trial...
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Quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire
16.02.2021
Ansonsten drohen Konsequenzen, wie sich jetzt in einem Gerichtsverfahren vor dem Tribunal Administratif de Paris (Pariser Verwaltungsgericht) zeigte. 2018 haben sich Oxfam, Notre Affaire à Tous, Fondation pour la Nature et...
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- Interview
- Symposium
- Völkerrechtslunch
Völkerrechtslunch: Fünf Fragen an Dr. Cristina Verones, Eidgenössiches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
15.02.2021
Lukas Kleinert
Matthias C. Kettemann
Am 22. Februar 2021 (12 bis 13 Uhr) ist Frau Dr. Cristina Verones der fünfte Gast in unserer Gesprächsreihe “Völkerrechtslunches“. Frau Dr. Cristina Verones ist Diplomatin für die Schweiz. In...
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The history of international law matters
12.02.2021
Speaking about the ‘turn to history in international law’ has now become an embarrassing cliché in the specialized literature and this should be celebrated. Firstly, because the expression the ‘turn...
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Enforced disappearances in Turkey: an old habit or a new trend?
11.02.2021
Turkey has a long history of state-sponsored abductions and enforced disappearances, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s. At the beginning of this century, this grim trend seemed to be running...
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Can Bangladesh preserve the Brahmaputra?
10.02.2021
Disputes between riparian states over their shared freshwater resources are as old as time and China and India have long been engaged in a race to exploit the Brahmaputra. The...
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Viel Lärm um nichts
09.02.2021
Am 28. Januar hat der Bundesgerichtshof keine Rechtsgeschichte geschrieben und das ist gut so. Denn alles andere als die ergangene Entscheidung wäre ein katastrophaler Rückschlag für die weltweite Verfolgung von...
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The earth system, hydrosphere, and outer space: Cosmo-legal approaches
09.02.2021
The law is an example of human design, which has imposed anthropocentric interests on everything considered non-human. With the example of the relationship between law, orbital space, and water, the...
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“We contributed to the respect for international law and the peaceful resolution of international conflicts”
08.02.2021
Julian A. Hettihewa
Ina Heusgen
Last month, Germany’s two-year non-permanent membership in the Security Council of the United Nations ended (see here for Hannah Birkenkötter’s blog post). We seize this opportunity to reflect with Ina...
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„Wir haben in diesem Gremium zur Einhaltung des internationalen Rechts und zur friedlichen Konfliktlösung beigetragen“
08.02.2021
Julian A. Hettihewa
Ina Heusgen
Im vergangenen Monat endete die nicht-ständige Mitgliedschaft Deutschlands im Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen (siehe hierzu bereits den Beitrag von Hannah Birkenkötter). Wir nehmen dies zum Anlass, um mit Dr. Ina...
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- Media
- Völkerrechtspodcast
#2 Welthandelsrecht
05.02.2021
Sophie Schuberth
Philipp Eschenhagen
Isabel Lischewski
Erik Tuchtfeld
Warum ist das so schwer mit der weltweiten Impfstoffverteilung? In unserer zweiten Folge beleuchten wir diese Frage völkerrechtlich. Dabei gibt uns Isabel einen kurzen Überblick über die Grundprinzipien des...
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The Facebook Oversight Board and its Trump test
04.02.2021
Facebook exercises extraordinary power over individuals in the digital world, and the grave consequences of what is said on Facebook can easily spill into the physical world too. There is...
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Informed dissent or misinformed rebellion? Making sense of India’s farmer protests
04.02.2021
“We are food: we eat food, we are made of food, and our first identity, our first wealth, our first health, comes from the making, creating, giving of good food.”...
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International crimes in the age of social media
03.02.2021
Social media platforms such as Facebook are important for the dissemination of information. The platform can be a powerful tool for Sharing text messages, pictures, and videos via, and it...
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