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- Tackling Human Rights, Environmental Protection and Business
Transnational Environmental Crime and Extraterritorial Corporate Liability
30.10.2025
Transnational environmental crime (TEC) has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges of our time. As the third most profitable criminal activity worldwide, TEC exacerbates climate change, undermines human...
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- Tackling Human Rights, Environmental Protection and Business
What Role Can the Crime of Ecocide Play in the Corporate Context?
27.10.2025
Prompted by frustration over climate inaction and unchecked extractivism, the campaign to add ecocide to the mandate of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the 5th international crime has gained...
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Introducing the Symposium on Tackling Human Rights, Environmental Protection and Business
27.10.2025
Dani Spizzichino
Rishiti Choudaha
Annika Blaschke
This symposium has called for critical assessments of recent legal instruments dealing with the growing relevance of human rights and environmental considerations in the context of transnational corporate operations. With...
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In Conversation with Dr Penelope Ridings
17.10.2025
Penelope Ridings
Antonio José Guzmán Mutis
Dr Ridings, thank you very much for accepting this kind invitation, which will constitute part of the Völkerrechtsblog symposium. The Person behind the Practitioner. [PR] Thank you for inviting me...
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- Revisiting Customary IHL: The ICRC Study at 20
A Question of Authority and Risk
24.09.2025
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a symposium relating to the ICRC's customary international humanitarian law study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available...
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- Revisiting Customary IHL: The ICRC Study at 20
Promise and Peril of Relying on Human Rights in the Customary International Humanitarian Law Study
23.09.2025
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a symposium relating to the ICRC's customary international humanitarian law study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available...
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- Revisiting Customary IHL: The ICRC Study at 20
The Encyclopaedic Value of the ICRC’s Customary IHL Study
22.09.2025
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a symposium relating to the ICRC's customary international humanitarian law study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available...
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- Revisiting Customary IHL: The ICRC Study at 20
Beyond Headcounts
19.09.2025
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a symposium relating to the ICRC's customary international humanitarian law study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available...
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- Revisiting Customary IHL: The ICRC Study at 20
Revisiting Customary IHL
19.09.2025
Rouven Diekjobst
Rosa-Lena Lauterbach
Paulina Rob
Editors’ note: This post introduces a symposium relating to the ICRC's Customary International Humanitarian Law Study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The symposium highlights presentations delivered at the young...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Learning From Oppressed Groups How to Resist Silently
17.09.2025
Jean d’Aspremont
Anna Sophia Tiedeke
Dear Jean, Thank you very much for taking the time for a concluding interview with us! Though, the word “concluding” may indeed give the wrong impression, as you have pointed...
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Dear Anna, Khaled and Sissy,
17.09.2025
thank you so much for your invitation (& for reading the CLT piece). I have a complicated relationship to the idea of academic freedom (on the one hand I think...
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What’s in a Name? Genocide, the Universal and the Common in International Law
17.09.2025
Isabel Feichtner
Anna Sophia Tiedeke
Khaled El Mahmoud
Sissy Katsoni
The following text was prompted by a discontent with the way international lawyers in Germany have addressed the question of genocide in Gaza, if they have done so at all....
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Building Critical Spaces: The Palestine Project and the Future of Legal Education
16.09.2025
Souheir Edelbi
Khaled El Mahmoud
I am honoured to be speaking with Dr. Souheir Edelbi, one of the founders of the Palestine Project and a legal academic whose work sits at the intersection of pedagogy, international criminal...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
The Gaza War Reconsidered
16.09.2025
Future historians looking back upon the Israel-Gaza conflict may see that it stands at the nodal point of three major developments which have reshaped the coordinates of international institutions established in...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Editorial Decision-Making in Times of Controversy at EJIL:Talk! and the Leiden Journal of International Law
15.09.2025
Does an editorial decision to publish legitimise the piece’s author, the author’s affiliated institution or the piece’s content? How should we think about an editorial decision to publish an article...
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Say My Name: Legal Silence That Speaks on the Ongoing Nakba in Palestine
15.09.2025
International law (IL) remains complicit in its omissions, not only through what it permits, but through what it refuses to name. Nowhere is this more evident than in its persistent...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Who Gets to Speak in the Israeli University?
13.09.2025
Universities often claim to be bastions of free inquiry, including in research and in the classroom. But in Israel today, that claim rings increasingly hollow. While pockets of academic freedom...
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Academic Freedom on Trial
13.09.2025
The previous academic year closed out in May to much drama and dissension on many American campuses. University administrators continued their assault against expressions of solidarity with Palestine or criticisms...
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Testimonial Oppression in Palestine
12.09.2025
How is silence rendered a tool of violence? Kristie Dotson’s work on Epistemic Violence provides critical insights into the practices of testimonial oppression, particularly silencing and smothering, that produce epistemic...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Defining Away Palestine
12.09.2025
It is not hard to explain to international lawyers why definitions matter: from the seeming impossibility of reaching a universally accepted definition of terrorism in international law to John Yoo’s...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Isn’t it Ironic?
11.09.2025
Khaled El Mahmoud
Sissy Katsoni
Anna Sophia Tiedeke
When a group of (early-career) scholars decides to organize a symposium on the alarming global restrictions of academic freedom – set against the backdrop of the “unfolding Genocide“ in Gaza...
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Spacio-cide from Palestine to Dutch Academia and Back
10.09.2025
Alessandra Spadaro
Fabio Cristiano
The intensification of Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 and the ensuing large-scale destruction of Gaza and killings of Palestinians – which are increasingly regarded by...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Protesting and Teaching about Israel-Palestine in The Netherlands, and the Problem of Double Standards
10.09.2025
Otto Spijkers
Jeff Handmaker
Renee Kolpa
While Dutch academic institutions swiftly and unambiguously condemned Russia’s aggression of Ukraine in February of 2022, soon thereafter accompanied by sweeping institutional sanctions, they have mostly refrained from responding in...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Epistemic Apartheid
09.09.2025
Silence! Voices must not infiltrate the rhythmic sounds of war, death, and starvation / yet speak, as loudly as you can! Where your words sync with our massacres, when your...
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Raison d’Etat at Work
09.09.2025
Until recently, employment law disputes rarely intersected with international political controversies. The Middle East conflict, however, has acquired global resonance—amplified by social media and polarized discourse after the Hamas attack...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Boycott, Divestment, Sanction as an “Extremist Threat”
08.09.2025
Since late 2023, some countries have imposed unnecessary, disproportionate and discriminatory restrictions on free expression and peaceful protest critical of Israel’s conduct in the conflict in Gaza and the West...
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- Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage
Introducing the Symposium ‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’
08.09.2025
Khaled El Mahmoud
Sissy Katsoni
Anna Sophia Tiedeke
Earlier this year, in the Call for Contributions announcing the arrival of the present symposium, we highlighted numerous measures taken globally evincing an increasing attempt to silence or censor (academic)...
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- Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion
From Carbon Sovereignty to Trusteeship of the Climate Commons
18.08.2025
Jannika Jahn
Nele Suchantke
Treated as a corollary of industrial development, the freedom to emit CO2 and other greenhouse gases within a State’s territory was seen as both a prerequisite of economic progress and...
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- Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion
Both a ‘Global’ and an ‘International’ Court of Justice
15.08.2025
Lillian Robb
Vishal Prasad
The ICJ is a State-centric body – it handles disputes between States, and only representatives of States have an audience with the Court. However, the proceedings of the ICJ in...
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The Private Life of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
15.08.2025
As the various contributions to this symposium have made abundantly clear, the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change is a...
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- Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion
Vanishing Yams
14.08.2025
The nature of a ‘landmark’ decision is that it creates a narrative ‘before’ and ‘after’. This is as true for the Climate Change Advisory Opinion as for any of the...
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Strengthening International Climate Obligations beyond Paris
14.08.2025
Phillip Paiement
Corina Heri
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change concludes a 15-month period of rapid developments in the crystallization of international law as it pertains...
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One Climate, Many Courts
13.08.2025
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’) issued its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, marking a significant moment in the evolving...
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Great Expectations
13.08.2025
While the ink is still fresh, general media as well as experts’ assessment seem to be unanimous that the 23 July 2025 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice...
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- Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion
Timing the Environment in International Law
12.08.2025
In the closing paragraph of its Advisory Opinion on Climate Change (one surely set to be quoted for years to come), the ICJ recalls that ‘it has been suggested that...
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The Advisory Opinion on Climate Protection and the “Global North-South Divide”
12.08.2025
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) gave an Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. While I share the...
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Climate Displacement in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion
11.08.2025
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 is momentous, affirming that climate change can give rise to breaches of international obligations under both customary and treaty law, including environmental,...
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The Legal Consequences of Climate Harm
08.08.2025
The advisory opinions recently issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) offer significant legal guidance on states' climate-related obligations and the...
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The ICJ’s Historic Nod to Self-Determination and Climate Change Impacts
07.08.2025
This post analyses the July 2025 advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change (Advisory Opinion), with respect to the principle...
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Climate Change Law and the Law of the Sea
07.08.2025
From among the rich pickings of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) unanimous advisory opinion on climate change, this post focusses specifically on the relationship between international climate change law...
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On the Science-Coloured Glasses of the ICJ
06.08.2025
The ICJ gave a thoroughly science-based reading of State obligations with respect to climate change in its Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. This, in and of itself, is not very...
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The Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change
06.08.2025
Introduction The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered an Advisory Opinion on Obligations in Respect of Climate Change that meets the moment. That the members of the Court felt...
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A Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
05.08.2025
The ICJ's advisory opinion has been subject to high expectations. At first glance, these expectations appear to have been met. However, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that various statements...
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Custom, Entrenchment, Interpretation
05.08.2025
The vision of international climate change law is as simple as it is unassailable: Keeping the world a liveable place for humans all over the planet. As modest as this...
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In Conversation with Wiebke Rückert
05.08.2025
Wiebke Rückert
Aurelio Corneo
Dr. Rückert, thank you very much for accepting this invitation from the Völkerrechtsblog, which will form part of a Völkerrechtsblog series: The Person behind the Practitioner. Thank you very much...
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Rising to the Occasion
04.08.2025
Andrej Lang
Denise Koecke
Climate change litigation has, at last, reached the World Court, with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issuing its highly anticipated Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect...
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The ICJ and the UN Climate Regime
04.08.2025
The 2-hour reading of the climate change advisory opinion by ICJ president, judge Yuji Iwasawa, on 23 July 2025 was a historical moment. The court had put forward its legal...
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Climate Change at the Forefront of the Structural Transformation of International Law
04.08.2025
Khaled El Mahmoud
Jannika Jahn
Moritz Vinken
The ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate protection has far-reaching implications – both for climate action and for the entirety of (environmental) international law. The Court was faced with a complex...
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Chatting with Oona Hathaway
31.07.2025
Oona A. Hathaway
Sissy Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Prof. Oona Hathaway, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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Call for Papers: Tackling Human Rights, Environmental Protection and Business
30.07.2025
Rishiti Choudaha
Dani Spizzichino
Our teams invite interested persons to contribute articles in English or German to our online-symposium “Tackling Human Rights, Environmental Protection and Business – A Multilevel Approach”. Who we are The...
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- Digital Echoes: Listening to New Normativities – Second Season
6th Episode: The Moral Machine
21.07.2025
Anna Sophia Tiedeke
Iyad Rahwan
In the sixth episode we explore the interrelations between humans and machines together with Iyad Rahwan who is director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, where...
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- International Law and the Political
The Politics of Reception
24.06.2025
Edward Jones Corredera
Mark Somos
Hendrik Simon
400 years ago, Hugo Grotius published his most important work, De iure belli ac pacis (IBP). The work made Grotius famous and earned him the title of father of modern...
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Chatting with Tania Ixchel Atilano
13.06.2025
Tania Atilano
Sissy Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Dr. Tania Ixchel Atilano, and through the following questions, we will try...
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Chatting with Alejandro Rodiles
16.05.2025
Alejandro Rodiles
Polina Kulish
Behind every academic contribution lies a personal journey – of questions asked, challenges embraced, and convictions tested. In this edition of ‘The Person behind the Academic,’ we had the pleasure of speaking...
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- reflectiÖns on Dis:Order in International Law
Disordering the Binaries of International Law
06.05.2025
Together with Staggs Kelsall and others, I co-lead a transnational feminist project to create gender equality for the judiciary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). These efforts call for...
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- Digital Echoes: Listening to New Normativities – Second Season
5th Episode: Community, Commons and Crypto
05.05.2025
Andrea Leiter
Erik Bordeleau
In the firth episode, we have the pleasure of speaking to Erik Bordeleau, a philosopher, curator, fugitive planner and media theorist based between Berlin and Lisbon, where he is currently...
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In Conversation with Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant
30.04.2025
Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant
Antonio José Guzmán Mutis
Judge Brant, thank you very much for accepting this invitation from the Völkerrechtsblog, which will constitute part of a Völkerrechtsblog series: The Person behind the Practitioner. I am grateful to...
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- Digital Echoes: Listening to New Normativities – Second Season
4th Episode: Digital Currency
21.04.2025
Andrea Leiter
Laura Lotti
In the fourth episode we speak to Dr. Laura Lotti, a researcher analyst and writer with 10-year experience investigating digital assets and networked organisations, currently exploring regenerative technocultures. She is...
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3rd Episode: Territory
07.04.2025
Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi
Gail Lythgoe
In our third episode, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Gail Lythgoe, a Lecturer in Global Law at the University of Edinburgh, for an engaging discussion on the intersections of...
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- Rights of Nature: Obstacles and Challenges
Rechte Ohne Rechtssubjektivität?
26.03.2025
Die Rechte der Natur finden weltweit zunehmend Eingang in Gerichtsverfahren. So kommt es, dass am 15. März 2024 auch erstmals vor einem peruanischen Gericht die Rechte eines Flusses und die...
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- Digital Echoes: Listening to New Normativities – Second Season
2nd Episode: AI-Enabled Decision-Support Systems
24.03.2025
Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi
Klaudia Klonowska
In the second episode, we welcome Klaudia Klonowska for an exploration of her research on the AI-enabled decision-support systems and their intra-actions with human judgement and international legal rules and...
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- Digital Echoes: Listening to New Normativities – Second Season
1st Episode: New Digital Technologies and Global Security Governance
10.03.2025
Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi
Dimitri Van Den Meerssche
In the first episode, we are pleased to welcome Dr Dimitri Van Den Meerssche, a Senior Lecturer in Law and Fellow of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS)...
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Introducing the Second Seasons of Digital Echoes
10.03.2025
Delphine Dogot
Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi
Andrea Leiter
Anna Sophia Tiedeke
With this second season of Digital Echoes, we expand the focus of our exploration for new normativities, lingering with ways of thinking, methodologies that may not immediately offer much in...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
#44 Feminist Resistance in Armed Conflicts: Beyond Victimhood, Toward Justice
07.03.2025
Polina Kulish
Rishiti Choudaha
Céline Chausse
Sissy Katsoni
Women play diverse and complex roles in armed conflicts – whether as combatants, peacebuilders, community organizers, or as those directly impacted by war, including through gender-based violence. Yet, international law...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Safety, Privacy, Self-ID
06.03.2025
Germany’s Self Determination Act (Selbstbestimmungsgesetz or SBGG), which came fully into force on the 1st of November 2024 is welcomed both by hope and concern globally. The new law has...
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Towards FIEL-ine (Feminist International Economic Law) Legalities
06.03.2025
From Femina Economica … Recently, several measures in international economic law emerged with the aim of promoting women’s economic empowerment (examples here, here and here). Though broadly welcomed by both...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Gender, Climate, and the Illusion of Neutrality
05.03.2025
Dilruba Begüm Kartepe
Mariia Zheltukha
This blog post examines the stance of the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’, ‘the Court’) in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland through a gender lens, questioning whether...
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Though They Be But Little, They Are Fierce!
05.03.2025
Alana Malinde S.N. Lancaster
As a wicked problem (Rittel and Webber, 1973; Conradie, 2020), climate change is confirmed as the most pernicious of the triad of planetary crises experienced in the Anthropocene. An emergency...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Is Gender Apartheid the New Forced Marriage?
04.03.2025
Equality between men and women is inherent to the international human rights law framework. However, discrimination against women remains real, widespread, and in some cases institutionalized as gender apartheid –...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Gender Justice Denied at the ICC
04.03.2025
Melanie O'Brien
Kathleen M. Maloney
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) June 2024 judgment in Al Hassan exemplifies the long-entrenched patriarchal biases endemic to international criminal law that ignores or minimizes systematic discrimination and violent crimes...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Filling the Gap
03.03.2025
Wars are never gender-neutral. Gaza serves as a stark reminder of this reality, with nearly one million women and girls bearing "the worst brunt" of nine months of conflict, according...
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Introducing the Fourth Annual ‘Women in International Law’ Symposium
03.03.2025
Céline Chausse
Rishiti Choudaha
Polina Kulish
Sissy Katsoni
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on the 8th of March, Völkerrechtsblog hosts the 'Women in International Law' symposium. Held each year during this week, it features...
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In Conversation with Mario Oyarzábal
03.03.2025
Mario Oyarzábal
Antonio José Guzmán Mutis
Ambassador Oyarzábal, thank you very much for accepting this invitation from the Völkerrechtsblog, which will constitute part of our new series: The Person Behind the Practitioner. I thank the Völkerrechtsblog...
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- Rights of Nature: Obstacles and Challenges
Antarktis und Amazonas als internationale Rechtssubjekte
27.02.2025
Rechte und Rechtssubjektivität von Ökosystemen oder der Natur als Ganzes sind mittlerweile Teil von Rechtsordnungen weltweit. Über das nationale Recht hinaus fordern Rechtswissenschaftler:innen und Aktivist:innen nunmehr auch die Anerkennung von...
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Rights of Nature Through the History of Problematizations
26.02.2025
In 2022, the Spanish saltwater lagoon Mar Menor became the first ecosystem in Europe to be granted rights of nature. This widely celebrated success, which allows this ecosystem the “right...
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A Ring of Hope
25.02.2025
The text examines the current environmental challenges threatening the cenotes within the ‘Ring of Cenotes’ natural reserve in Yucatán State, Mexico. It briefly analyzes a case involving a large-scale pig...
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“Nature […] is Always Right”
25.02.2025
In recent years, the notion of “human interconnectedness” with the “non-human world” led to several legislative initiatives and court decisions granting legal subjectivity to nature and/or recognizing inherent “Rights of...
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Revolution of Rights, Rethinking of Freedom
24.02.2025
The debate on inherent rights of nature (RoN) is no longer uncharted domain. What initially emerged as a theoretical concept in the 1970s through the work of Christopher Stone, who...
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The Struggles of Rights of Nature
24.02.2025
Elena Ewering
Andreas Gutmann
Janina Reimann
Tore Vetter
Social movements have always played a crucial role in determining the trajectory of world history. Today, all over the world, various actors of civil society demand for RoN). Ecuador’s pioneering...
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- Advanced Digital Technologies in Migration Management: Data Protection and Fundamental Rights Concerns
The Processing of Health-Related Data in the Incoming European Travel Information and Authorisation System
11.02.2025
The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) requires visa-exempt third-country nationals (TCNs) to complete an online application form to enter the Schengen Area for a short-stay visit. While applicants...
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- Advanced Digital Technologies in Migration Management: Data Protection and Fundamental Rights Concerns
Under EUROSUR’s Watchful Eye
11.02.2025
The processing of migrants’ personal data by FRONTEX has raised many concerns over the past years, prompting the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) to investigate the matter on several occasions....
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- Advanced Digital Technologies in Migration Management: Data Protection and Fundamental Rights Concerns
AI and Asylum in the EU Legal Framework
10.02.2025
In recent years, the European Union’s asylum system has seen the gradual integration of AI tools aimed at streamlining certain processes optimizing workflows. Since the stakes in asylum cases are...
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- Advanced Digital Technologies in Migration Management: Data Protection and Fundamental Rights Concerns
Advanced Digital Technologies in Migration Management
10.02.2025
Sissy Katsoni
Daniela Vitiello
Giulia Raimondo
Sara Arapiles
As migration management systems across the globe increasingly adopt advanced digital technologies, new challenges emerge at the intersection of technological innovations, human rights, and data protection. From artificial intelligence (dataAI)...
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Chatting with Ramona Vijeyarasa
07.02.2025
Ramona Vijeyarasa
Sissy Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Prof. Ramona Vijeyarasa, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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Chatting with Dire Tladi
10.01.2025
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Judge Dire Tladi, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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Chatting with Philippa Webb
20.12.2024
Philippa Webb
Sissy Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Prof. Philippa Webb, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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Chatting with Danish Sheikh
02.12.2024
Danish Sheikh
Sissy Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Dr. Danish Sheikh, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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Climate Governance and the Energy Transition: Lessons from COP29
28.11.2024
Christoph Bertram
Justine Batura
Dear Christoph, welcome to Völkerrechtsblog! We are delighted to have you join us for this interview. To begin, let’s delve into the realm of international climate governance. In terms of...
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Climate Justice or Market Expansion? Unpacking COP29’s Financing Decisions
28.11.2024
Bertha Iris Argueta Tejeda
Justine Batura
Dear Bertha, welcome to Völkerrechtsblog. Thanks for agreeing to take the time to answer our questions so thoroughly. How do you assess the commitment of the states – particularly the...
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Missed Opportunities in a Microcosm of Broader Challenges
27.11.2024
Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
Khaled El Mahmoud
Dear Margaretha, a very warm welcome back! I believe that the overall sentiment among all of us was one of ambitious expectations for the outcomes of COP29, accompanied by a...
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Reversing Emissions
15.11.2024
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is an activity that consists in removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to durably store it in geological, terrestrial, or ocean reservoirs or in products...
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Carbon Capture, Storage and Removal
15.11.2024
To meet the climate targets of the Paris Agreement, fossil fuel use must be phased out. However, oil, gas, and coal remain primary energy sources for many countries and will...
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Litigating Corporate Responsibility for Climate-Related Loss and Damage
14.11.2024
Theresa Mockel
Johannes Wendland
Every time damage occurs, the simple question arises: Who should pay for it? For lawyers, the answer is frequently found in the time-tested principles of tort law. It is widely...
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Addressing Loss and Damage at COP29 and Beyond
13.11.2024
Adrián Martínez Blanco
Patrick Toussaint
In recent years, loss and damage (L&D) has shifted from the margins into the spotlight of multilateral negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). A key...
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Reassessing Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities
12.11.2024
Valerie Fajardo
Alyssa Huffman
Lorena Zenteno Villa
The Principle of ‘Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities’ (CBDR-RC) holds all states responsible for addressing human-driven climate change and environmental destruction but acknowledges that some states have historically...
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Setting the Scene for COP29
11.11.2024
Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
Khaled El Mahmoud
Dear Margaretha, we would like to express our gratitude for accepting our invitation and for agreeing to this interview. We are delighted to have the opportunity to engage in discourse...
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Climate Diplomacy in an Era of Permacrisis
11.11.2024
Justine Batura
Khaled El Mahmoud
Humanity is facing in an era marked by turbulence, uncertainty, and instability. Increasingly referred to as a permacrisis, this period is defined by a series of complex and interconnected crises...
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Chatting with Iulia Motoc
08.11.2024
Iulia Motoc
Sissy Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Judge Iulia Motoc, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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Chatting with Kathryn McNeilly
25.10.2024
Kathryn McNeilly
Sissy Katsoni
Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Prof. Kathryn McNeilly, and through the following questions, we will try to...
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