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Recently, in Sanchez v France, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) swung the door towards social media users’ liability wide open, allowing not only politicians, as in the...

In this blog post, I discuss how the Committee of Ministers (CoM) has developed the Article 18 remedial jurisprudence in the field of individual measures through its monitoring of the...

Last year, the Netherlands presented their comments on the International Law Commission (ILC)’s Draft Conclusions on Peremptory Norms of General International Law (jus cogens). The Dutch report, which is set...

On 16 September 2021, the World Bank unceremonially buried one of its most controversial projects, the Doing Business ranking: in a tight-lipped statement, the Bank announced that “management has taken the...

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...

 Warum ist unser (Völker-)Recht so, wie es ist? Welche Machtverhältnisse begünstigen bestimmte Auslegungen einzelner Normen? Kritische Perspektiven auf das Völkerrecht hinterfragen den Kontext von Normen und ihre Entstehungsgeschichte. Weil...

The amicable settlement of inter-State disputes under the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) was thoroughly discussed on Völkerrechtsblog earlier this year, during the ‘Inter-State Cases under the ECHR’ symposium....

It has become a frequent occurrence for Russia’s top leaders to write about their views on the western approaches to international law and international relations concerning Russia or the Post-Soviet...

In June 2021 the first legal definition of the international crime of ‘ecocide’ was proposed by an Independent Expert Panel. Join leading international experts in the discussion about its potential...

In a recent landmark decision Moldova v. Komstroy, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 2 September 2021 found intra-EU investment arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty...

Since the Taliban took control of Kabul, the news has abounded in heart-breaking images of people trying to flee Afghanistan. Following some sympathetic responses, however, the discourse has shifted to...

Dear Professor Peters, dear Mr. Schäfer – to begin with the genesis of your anthology Politics and the Histories of International Law: How did this publication project come about? Where...

Liebe Frau Professorin Peters, lieber Herr Schäfer - um mit der Entstehungsgeschichte Ihres Sammelbandes „Politics and the Histories of International Law“ zu beginnen: Wie kam es zu diesem Publikationsprojekt? Wo würden Sie...

With this blogpost we start our new interview series ‘International Law and the Political’. Regardless of one’s school of thought, it can hardly be contested today that international law is...

As described in Part I of our post, non-legally binding arrangements (NBAs) play an  ever larger role in foreign policy. As a response to their growing popularity and to avoid...

When thinking of international law, most lawyers’ first association might not concern non-legally binding arrangements (NBAs) between States (also described as ‘Memoranda of Understanding’ or ’MoUs’). After all, the terms...

How do – and should – we classify offensive cyber capabilities? Particularly in the context of international humanitarian law, the question whether offensive cyber capabilities are weapons, means of warfare,...

After the horrible events of the last weeks, policy makers around the world will soon think about their future relationship with the new Taliban leadership in Afghanistan. Whereas some States...

The world is facing climate emergency, one of a series of overlapping and mutually reinforcing environmental crises. In 2017, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries signed the World Scientists’...

Mit dem Buch "Die konkrete Utopie der Menschenrechte" wollte ich kein fertiges Konzept vorlegen, sondern einen Beitrag in einem offenen Diskussionsprozess. Diese Einladung zur Debatte scheint - auch dank des...

A new academic year is about to start in many jurisdictions around the globe. Völkerrechtsblog is back after the summer break in Europe with some important personal news: We are...

Today at 8:45 am CEST, we will livestream Prof. Dr. Sundhya Pahuja and Prof. Dr. Shaun McVeigh's keynote here. They will engage in a conversation on the theme of the...

Today at 5 pm CEST, we will livestream Professor Achiume’s keynote ‘Race, Borders and Jurisdiction’ here. This keynote is part of this year’s AjV-DGIR conference on ‘Jurisdiction – Who Speaks International...