Raphael Oidtmann

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...

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....

Could international law have turned out differently? What were contingent crossings at which international law could have taken different avenues? And why might it be worth thinking counter-factually? Over the...

„Du studierst Völkerrecht? – Wirst du Diplomat*in?“ – so (oder so ähnlich) könnte man sich als aufstrebende*r Jurist*in im Schwerpunktstudium den Beginn einer Unterhaltung mit (fachfremden) Kommiliton*innen vorstellen. Auch wenn...

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...

This year’s German National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition hosted a high-profile interview featuring Professor Bruno Simma, former judge at the International Court of...

Anne Peters’ most recent opus ‘Beyond Human Rights: The Legal Status of the Individual in International Law’ constitutes an outstanding and ground-breaking piece of scholarship that radically re-positions the individual...