Was wird aus der Beistandsklausel der EU?
08.08.2022
Jasper Kamradt
Finnland und Schweden haben seit dem Abend des 28. Juni Gewissheit: Beide werden Mitglieder im Verteidigungsbündnis der NATO. Nach einigen Zugeständnissen an die Türkei (ebenfalls NATO-Mitglied) können nun die Verfahren...
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Editorial #19: Taking Time
05.08.2022
Sué González Hauck
As in the months before, Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has continued to play a central role in the contributions to Völkerrechtsblog. The interview with Alain Pellet, in which...
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No Purchase, No Requisition, No Seizure
27.07.2022
Tillmann Lindner
Grain plays a crucial role in the war in Ukraine. Not only is Russia blocking Ukrainian grain exports and thereby causing a risk of a world-wide food crisis. In addition,...
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Wofür kämpfen?
Der russische Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine ist zu einem Zermürbungskrieg im Osten des Landes geworden. Seine Fortdauer kostet jeden Tag unzählige Menschenleben. Dennoch zeigt sich gerade in Hinblick auf die...
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How India’s Legislation Risks Impunity for Genocidal Speech
22.07.2022
Abhijeet Shrivastava
Historically, genocides have been preceded by the gradual yet wide dissemination of speech targeting and demonizing particular communities, such as in the Rwandan genocide. The enormity of such speech is...
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(Don’t) Call ‘Em Mercenaries
20.07.2022
Lorenz Rubner
Lisa M. Cohen
Much like the invasion of Iraq did two decades ago, the attack on Ukraine has yanked legal terminology and arguments from international law to the public forum, prompting legal academics...
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold(fish)
18.07.2022
Paolo Mazzotti
At the twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (12-17 June 2022), WTO Members reached a landmark Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (hereinafter: “the Agreement”). Pending ratification, the...
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Stocktaking of the International Criminal Court
15.07.2022
Michael Lysander Fremuth
Konstantina Stavrou
Andreas Sauermoser
We are extremely grateful to the editors of Völkerrechtsblog, especially, Miriam Nomanni and Raphael Oidtmann, for hosting this symposium. A big ‘thank you’ also goes to the contributors – Tom...
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Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
15.07.2022
Kim Thuy Seelinger
One metric by which the success or failure of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has often been measured is that of its record regarding sexual and gender-based crimes (SGBCs). This...
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
The ICC at 20 and the Crime of Aggression
14.07.2022
Tom Dannenbaum
As the International Criminal Court (ICC) enters its third decade, the Court is at an inflection point. So, too, is the criminalization of aggression. However, while the catalyst for these...
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Towards an ‘International Criminal Evidence’?
14.07.2022
Yvonne McDermott Rees
Does the International Criminal Court (ICC) have an ‘evidence problem’? Recent practice would seem to suggest so. Numerous cases have been dismissed at the confirmation of charges stage, with the...
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
The End of an (Unsuccessful) Era?
13.07.2022
Gabriel M. Lentner
Much hope was put into the possibility of gaining jurisdiction over situations in States which are not party to the Rome Statute through the UN Security Council (UNSC) referral mechanism....
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Back to the Drawing Table!
13.07.2022
Harmen van der Wilt
It is fairly generally accepted amongst ICL-scholars that the success of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after being some 20 years in operation is not to be merely gauged by...
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Referrals, Deferrals and Many Double Standards
12.07.2022
Lukas Emanuel Müller
The International Criminal Court’s (“ICC”) 20th birthday provides an opportunity to briefly recapitulate the troubled history of the relationship between the Security Council (“SC”) and the ICC. It all started...
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
(In-)Sufficient Gravity of Cases before the International Criminal Court
12.07.2022
Ingrid Mitgutsch
According to article 17(1)(d) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Statute), ‘the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where [it is] not of sufficient gravity...
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Reflections on the International Criminal Trial Experience
While the war in Ukraine is raging and many war crimes have been committed, the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, is presented as one of...
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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
In cooperation with the University of Vienna and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental Rights, Völkerrechtsblog is delighted to host...
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- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
‘An International Criminal Court […] is Hereby Established’
11.07.2022
Andreas Sauermoser
Konstantina Stavrou
Benjamin Berell Ferencz, former prosecutor at the Nuremburg tribunal, once said ‘There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law and no meaningful law without a Court to...
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Rassifizierte Grenzregime und die Grenzen des menschenrechtlichen Schutzes vor Rassismus
08.07.2022
Sué González Hauck
In den vergangenen Monaten zeigten sich vermehrt Hierarchien der Solidarität bei der Aufnahmebereitschaft gegenüber ukrainischen Geflüchteten im Vergleich zu der Aufnahmebereitschaft gegenüber Menschen, die beispielsweise aus Afghanistan, Syrien oder aus...
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#19 Der Kriegsparteistatus
08.07.2022
Sophie Schuberth
Isabel Lischewski
Philipp Eschenhagen
Erik Tuchtfeld
In den letzten Monaten hat viele die Frage umgetrieben, wann Deutschland Kriegspartei im Russland-Ukraine-Krieg werden würde. Was hätte das eigentlich für Folgen? Und ist das eigentlich die wirklich relevante Frage?...
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The Pandemic Treaty Dilemma
06.07.2022
Diego Sanchez Borjas
On April 12th and 13th 2022, the Intergovernmental Negotiation Body (INB) held public hearings at the seat of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the elaboration of a future instrument...
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Food, Hunger and International Law
Hunger has been at the forefront of the vital problems faced by people throughout history. The causes of hunger and how this problem should be handled have created a discussion...
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Overview of the Issues Raised by Ship Modularity’s Introduction into the Law of the Sea
Ship modularity represents the possibility to adopt easier and more flexible building processes as well as a greater adaptability to different missions carried out by a vessel. It also provides...
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“I resigned because Russia had become an absolutely indefensible client”
04.07.2022
Alain Pellet
Justine Batura
Julian A. Hettihewa
Polina Kulish
“International law is what international lawyers do and how they think.” claims Mr Martti Koskenniemi. Given the minimal formal regulation of counsel and the absence of a code of ethics...
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