- Interview
- Symposium
- Climate Change Conference COP29
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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- Interview
- Symposium
- Climate Change Conference COP29
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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- Symposium
- Climate Change Conference COP29
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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Of Parties, Third Parties, and Treaty Interpretation: Ukraine v. Russia before the European Court of Human Rights
15.02.2023
Isabella Risini
Justine Batura
An unprecedented number of member States have requested permission to intervene in the case Ukraine v. Russia (X) before the European Court of Human Rights. The significance that can be...
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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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« J’ai démissionné car la Russie était devenue un client absolument indéfendable »
04.07.2022
Alain Pellet
Justine Batura
Julian A. Hettihewa
Polina Kulish
“International law is what international lawyers do and how they think.” affirme M. Martti Koskenniemi. Compte tenu de la règlementation minimale applicable aux conseils en l'absence d'un code de déontologie...
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- Symposium
- Framing Business & Human Rights?
A Framework Agreement in Business and Human Rights?
24.06.2022
Surya Deva
Claire Methven O'Brien
Michael Riegner
Anna Sophia Tiedeke
Justine Batura
We are pleased to conclude our Symposium with a special treat for our readers: a double interview with two renowned scholars, Surya Deva and Claire Methven O’Brien, who are rather emblematic for different approaches...
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- Symposium
- Framing Business & Human Rights?
Framing Business & Human Rights?
20.06.2022
Justine Batura
Anna Sophia Tiedeke
Michael Riegner
Business and human rights (BHR), as an emerging field of modern law and legal research, is at an inflection point. On the one hand, its most prominent set of norms,...
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The Closing Door in Strasbourg
26.02.2022
Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou
Justine Batura
Nesa Zimmermann
In response to the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukrainian territory, the Committee of Ministers (CoM) has decided yesterday to suspend its rights of representation in the Council of...
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Call for Papers: Opening Access, Closing the Knowledge Gap?
18.01.2022
Raffaela Kunz
Dana Schmalz
Justine Batura
Raphael Oidtmann
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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Editorial #10: On Equal Access to the International Legal Profession
04.10.2021
The interns' room at Palais Wilson, hosting most of the UN's human rights activities, is a pleasant room with a gorgeous view of Lake Geneva. In contrast, the entry door...
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- Symposium
- Media
- Defining Ecocide
Defining Ecocide – An Interview with Christina Voigt
09.07.2021
Justine Batura
Philipp Eschenhagen
Raphael Oidtmann
Christina Voigt
Wrapping up our Symposium ‘Defining Ecocide’, Christina Voigt, member of the Independent Expert Panel, explains her views on the definition of ecocide. In a conversation with Justine Batura, Philipp Eschenhagen...
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- Symposium
- Defining Ecocide
Introducing the Symposium on the Draft Definition of Ecocide
07.07.2021
Justine Batura
Philipp Eschenhagen
Raphael Oidtmann
The proposed definition of a novel international crime of ecocide - unveiled on 22 June by the StopEcocide initiative - has been discussed widely across the international law blogosphere and beyond....
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- Symposium
- Rewarding in International Law
From Sticks to Carrots?
07.06.2021
Justine Batura
Veronika Fikfak
Christian Pogies
A new article on how States could be encouraged to comply with international law promises to revolutionize how we think about incentives in international relations. In ‘Rewarding in International Law’,...
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- Symposium
- Inter-State Cases under the ECHR
On Current Developments and Reforms
26.04.2021
Justine Batura
Isabella Risini
What is the significance of inter-State cases within the European System of Human Rights? And what does their constant increase over the last decade mean for the European Court of...
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Defining Ecocide
24.04.2021
Philippe Sands
Justine Batura
Philipp Eschenhagen
Raphael Oidtmann
The initiative StopEcocide aims to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by incorporating a fifth international crime: 'Ecocide'. To that end, it recently commissioned an independent expert drafting panel to draft a...
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Don’t Settle For Less
22.04.2021
Nora Jauer
Justine Batura
The German Parliament will debate today a draft for a due diligence act intended to protect human rights in global supply chains ('Lieferkettengesetz'), as submitted by the German government. The...
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“What Should Be a Better Alternative to the Council of Europe’s Unique System?”
24.03.2021
Axel Berg
Justine Batura
Muratcan Sabuncu
From November 2020 until May 2021, Germany holds the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe’s decision-making body. At the halfway point of the term, we had...
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- Symposium
- 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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Empty chairs
10.12.2020
Justine Batura
Nesa Zimmermann
“Enforced disappearance is a particularly heinous crime”. This phrase has been repeated time and again by civil society organisations and UN experts, and states have condemned this crime countless times....
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Call for Contributions: Symposium on Enforced Disappearances
03.11.2020
Justine Batura
Nesa Zimmermann
The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) and the 40th anniversary...
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A ‘golden age’ of inter-state complaints?
16.09.2020
Isabella Risini
Justine Batura
Lukas Kleinert
Recently, the Principality of Liechtenstein brought an inter-state complaint against the Czech Republic to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Already before, the two countries shared a complicated relationship....
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