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On History, Responsibility and Critique
25.05.2022
Anne Orford
Sué González Hauck
Hendrik Simon
While in the first part of our conversation with Anne Orford we talked about the politics of "turning to history" in international legal scholarship, the second part is about possible...
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- International Law and the Political
Turning to History – A Political Project?
24.05.2022
Anne Orford
Sué González Hauck
Hendrik Simon
In the last 30 years, a considerable part of international legal scholarship has discovered a renewed interest in the history of international law. But is this 'turn to history' perhaps...
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- To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth
Returning ‘To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth’
20.05.2022
Martti Koskenniemi
Ankit Malhotra
Christian Pogies
Hendrik Simon
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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Don’t Pull the Plug on the Energy Charter Treaty
16.05.2022
Johannes Tropper
Kilian Wagner
As the Earth is facing global warming and the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement seem ever more distant (see new IPCC report), another international treaty has been receiving...
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What Is the Role of Unilateral Cyber Sanctions in the Context of the Global Cybersecurity Law-Making?
10.05.2022
María Vásquez Callo-Müller
Iryna Bogdanova
Cybersecurity is part and parcel of the modern concept of national security. The growing incidence and severity of cyber-attacks attest to the veracity of this statement. Moreover, the development and...
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#17 Völkerrecht und Öffentlichkeit
06.05.2022
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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No Citizenship is No Utopia
05.05.2022
Joshua Edward Haynes-Mannering
The word ‘utopia’ has come to denote a near-perfect social order. However, perhaps due to the awful violence unleashed by various 20th Century regimes in pursuit of supposed utopias, the...
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Editorial #17: On Ukraine and Genocide
04.05.2022
Polina Kulish
Dana Schmalz
It is May, the war in Ukraine has been going on for over two months, and there are fears that the Russian aggression might spread further into Moldova. April is...
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The Question of Expelling Recalcitrant Member States
03.05.2022
Konstantinos Magliveras
Most international organisations have not been empowered to expel Member States that violate their obligations, the European Union being a notable example. One of them that does so is the...
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Some Refugees are Welcome, Others Not So Much
28.04.2022
Jay Ramasubramanyam
Over a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been uprooted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that...
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The Effects of the Military Operation against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front
25.04.2022
Sophia Muina
Niharika Goel
With the onset of a law enforcement operation by the Ethiopian government against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), violent clashes have resulted in hundreds of deaths, thousands of displaced persons and...
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Attacking Through or Against Data?
22.04.2022
Mariam Bezhanishvili
It is a well-established fact that cyber operations have permeated the reality of armed conflict and have become a powerful weapon in the hands of a belligerent (as demonstrated lately),...
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How to End an Illegal War?
21.04.2022
Kirsten Schmalenbach
Alexander Prantl
It is a commonplace that wars are ended by peace treaties, and that is what many hope for in case of Russia’s ‘war of choice’ in Ukraine, which has been...
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Erlaubte Interessensvertretung oder unzulässige Einmischung?
20.04.2022
Nathanael van der Beek
In den letzten Wochen hat sich in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit eine Debatte über die Rolle des ukrainischen Botschafters in Deutschland entfacht. In diese politische Debatte hält zunehmend ein juristisches Argument...
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COVID-19 Triage and the Persistent Problem of Disability Discrimination in Healthcare
20.04.2022
Tobias Wirthle
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create major challenges for public healthcare. Numerous countries are faced with the difficult task of allocating scarce medical resources, e.g. ventilators, to COVID-19 patients (see, e.g., case studies concerning...
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In Rescue of Rescuers Amidst Naval Warfare
The Russo-Ukrainian conflict has led the international community into a united voice of conscience vis-à-vis the protection of the most vulnerable amidst the course of hostilities. Representing the naval dimension...
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Russia and the Jessup 2022 Dilemma
15.04.2022
Fabienne Arnold
Katja Bieker
Coco Haag
Antonia Schueller
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world’s oldest and one of the most prestigious competitions in international law. It purports to ‘encourage communication among students...
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From Russia Without Law
14.04.2022
Ralf Lewandowski
Effective security guarantees. That is what Ukraine proposed as a precondition for successful peace negotiations with the Russian Federation. The chief delegate emphasised that “the mistake that was once in...
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Russia’s Approaches to International Humanitarian Law
13.04.2022
Caroline von Gall
The pictures and videos of the brutal attacks against civilians in Mariupol, Bucha, and other Ukrainian cities have left us shocked and disturbed. With these disturbing pictures in mind, I...
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Domestic Criminal Courts as Gap-Fillers?
12.04.2022
Annegret Hartig
Shortly after the Russian invasion and long before the Bucha massacre became public, scholars started a brainstorming on how to put those on trial who committed the crime that contains...
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Awarding Damages Flexibly
11.04.2022
Sebastian Lukic
Lili Hanna Feher
On 19 December 2005, the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) handed down its judgment in the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) v Uganda (Judgment)....
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Sentiment without Sentimentality
08.04.2022
Gerry Simpson
Hendrik Simon
In his new book, Gerry Simpson engages with the ‘Sentimental Life of International Law’ (OUP 2021). But what does ‘sentiment’ – without sentimentality, as the author points out – mean...
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SHORTS: Europarat mit Konstantin Kuhle
08.04.2022
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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Committed in Ukraine, Prosecuted in Germany?
07.04.2022
Johannes Block
Public authorities are not particularly famous for quick reactions. However, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has not only triggered a swift response from the German Government alongside its...
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