- Symposium
- Blögiversary: Celebrating Ten Years of Völkerrechtsblog
Revisiting “The Right to Land”
01.05.2024
First and foremost, I would like to thank Völkerrechtsblog for allowing me to rediscover and discuss my 2016 blog post. At the time of writing, I felt it was necessary...
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Israel and Gaza in the Heat of the Moment
02.11.2023
On 7 October 2023, Hamas militants staged an unprecedented attack on Israel, indiscriminately launching thousands of rockets from Gaza into Israel, rampaging through villages and a music festival site, and...
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Pitting Wildlife Conservation Against Indigenous Rights
09.11.2022
On 30 September, the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) issued a judgment that has been met with indignation by indigenous activists. It ruled that the Tanzanian government’s decision to permanently clear an area...
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A state obligation to allot land to minorities?
06.10.2020
Land rights are an important, but underexplored aspect of international law. Although a general right to land has been discussed for several years and appears to slowly take shape (see...
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India’s mosque that was and temple that will be
27.11.2019
“Mandir mein, masjid mein tu aur tu hi hai imaano mein” [You're there in the temples, in the mosques, and in all belief]. These lyrics, performed in a musical ode...
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Land and identity
14.08.2019
“There will be chaos if our identity is compromised”. This statement by Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), shows that the long-simmering...
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- Symposium
- Land Governance
The human right to land
02.11.2016
"Land rights are not typically perceived to be a human rights issue“, as legal scholar Jeremie Gilbert observes. This is surprising, given the vital importance of land, a finite resource,...
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