The right to benefit from Big Data progress

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The right to benefit from Big Data progress

08.06.2020

Jayson S. Lamchek

Recent developments in the United States and Europe have focused attention on the possible obligation of Big Data-powered technology companies like Google and Facebook to share some of their corporate...

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Bouncers beyond Borders

20.05.2020

Michael Riegner Philipp Dann Lena Zagst

Over the past two years, the EU has spent almost 100 million Euro to improve the Libyan coast guard’s ability to implement a “Search and Rescue Zone” in the Mediterranean....

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The role of soft law in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

18.05.2020

Julia Salomé Richter

In an increasingly globalised world, health issues transcend the domain of national legislation. This holds true not only for infectious diseases, as seen with the current outbreak of the Corona-Virus,...

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24.000 EUR – für eine Auskunft?!

14.05.2020

Sebastian Bechtel Philip Hofmann

Offenlegung: Einer der Autoren dieses Beitrags arbeitet als Syndikusanwalt für FragDenStaat und ist unmittelbar in den Rechtsstreit mit Frontex involviert. 23.700,81 EUR hat Frontex, die Europäische Agentur für die...

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The treaty to end all investment treaties

12.05.2020

Johannes Tropper

23 member states of the European Union (EU) decided that it was time to fish or cut bait. On 5 May they signed a plurilateral treaty to scrap all intra-EU...

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Between the body and the politic

25.04.2020

Alma Diamond

Herlihy writes of the Black Death, “the plague caused divisions between the healthy and the sick, those in the cultural mainstream and those in the margins… and between the mass...

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Between the body and the politic

24.04.2020

Alma Diamond

The mute substratum of political life. This is how Clifford Owens describes the body. When things are going well, it silently slips into the background of public life. When the...

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Mine, mine, mine!

23.04.2020

Maximilian Bertamini

In an impressive display of questionable timing and priorities, the US President may just have rung in the first round of a new space age. While “non-viral” news currently fly...

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A puzzle coming together

23.04.2020

Elisabeth Baier

Today marks a historical event in international criminal justice. Two former members of the Syrian General Intelligence Service will stand trial before the Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Higher Regional Court). It is...

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Dealing with marine debris the ASEAN way

22.04.2020

Harsh Mahaseth Shubhi Goyal

According to current estimates, about eight million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the ocean every year. As per a 2019 Report by the Ocean Conservancy and McKinsey Centre...

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Legitimation through executive order?

21.04.2020

Michael Friedl Maximilian Gartner

Resource extraction from and mining of celestial bodies such as the Moon or asteroids has matured from a fantastical idea of science fiction to a contentious issue of international law....

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A missed opportunity at the ICC

20.04.2020

Aakash Chandran

On 5th March 2020, the Appeals Chamber (AC) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) unanimously authorized the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to commence an investigation into the situation in Afghanistan....

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India’s battle against Covid-19: The lockdown of human rights

20.04.2020

Nisha Gupta Udaiveer Ahlawat

India is currently facing the largest lockdown in the world, with over 1.3 billion people locked inside their homes. While Prime Minister Modi adopted this measures to “win the battle”...

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Human rights, criminal law: pas de deux ou faux amis?

13.04.2020

Raphael A. Pangalangan

International Human Rights Law (IHRL) and International Criminal Law (ICL) may be historically entwined yet are unduly conflated. Teleologically, the division is clear: IHRL primarily deals with state responsibility, while...

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Afghanistan finally open for investigations

07.04.2020

Alice Falkner

About 14 years after the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) started first examinations into the situation of Afghanistan, the ICC Appeals Chamber finally authorized investigations in March 2020....

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Land ahoy? Solutions for Statehood in a post climate change world

16.03.2020

Unmekh Padmabhushan Devesh Kumar

Climate change is expected to cause receding coastlines due to rising sea levels. Geological formations like islands, rocks, reefs and other low-tide elevations would be permanently submerged, and this would...

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The citizenship test in India

13.03.2020

Ankitashri Tripathi Anjasi Shah

The National Register of Citizens (NRC), published on August 31, 2019, which documents legal citizens in India, has declared 19 lakh (or 1,9 million) residents of Assam as illegal immigrants,...

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Der Alptraum in Idlib

12.03.2020

Florian Kriener

Am 27. Februar 2020 veränderte sich die Dynamik im syrischen Bürgerkrieg grundlegend. Durch einen gemeinsamen Angriff der syrischen und russischen Luftwaffen im Gouvernement Idlib auf die türkische Armee wurden mindestens...

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Voting rights for future?

11.03.2020

Olga Erenc

When John Stuart Mill referred to liberty as the greatest value that guarantees people’s freedom and right to have a choice, he pointed out that children were ‘incapable of being acted...

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Schnell heißt nicht rechtmäßig

10.03.2020

Lukas Kleinert

In einem Legal-Tribune-Online-Beitrag vom 02.03.2020 nimmt der Autor mit dem Pseudonym Johann Verhaelen die schnelle Vergabe von russischen Staatsangehörigkeiten (200.000 Einbürgerungen seit Mai 2019) zum Anlass, einige Fragen im Kontext...

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Is the spread of Coronavirus already a pandemic?

09.03.2020

Pedro Villarreal

On 26 February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the current spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) “has pandemic potential”. That is, despite the fact...

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40 days and 40 nights

05.03.2020

Eukti Garg Abhijeet Vaishnav

The word ‘quarantine’ is rooted in the practice of quaranta giorni, which meant isolating ships arriving from infected ports for 40 days. For ages, countries have dressed the curtailment of...

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Staat oder kein Staat, das ist hier die (einzige) Frage

04.03.2020

Rohan Sinha

In dem hier kürzlich erschienenen Blogpost „Deutschland als amicus curiae – Zur Debatte um die Staatlichkeit Palästinas als Voraussetzung der Jurisdiktion des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs“ kritisiert Özgen Özdemir Deutschlands Rechtsauffassung, wonach...

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When your landlord is North Korea

03.03.2020

Max Jürgens

In May 2018, Bezirksamt Mitte, the local authority managing Berlin’s central district, enforced a Security Council Resolution to restore public order. The Bezirksamt’s decision to close the “City Hostel Berlin”...

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And the victims’ voices?

21.02.2020

Konstantina Stavrou

On January 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) unanimously issued its provisional measures order for the case of the Rohingya. Even though the international community has welcomed the indication...

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EGMR billigt Festung Europa mit Toren

14.02.2020

Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack

Am 13. August 2014 versuchten rund 600 Personen, den Grenzzaun der spanischen Exklave Melilla und damit die Außengrenze des Schengen-Raumes zu stürmen. Zwei von ihnen, N.D. und N.T., schafften es...

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One-eyed prosecution?

04.02.2020

Rachel Behring

The recent calls for the establishment of a new ad hoc-tribunal, namely to prosecute members of the terror armed group ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), may re-spread the...

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Entre ambitions et réalités

29.01.2020

Franck Shukuru

Circuler librement entre les États du continent africain ; résider et s’établir librement dans l’un ou l’autre de ses pays – voici les ambitions du Protocole au Traité instituant la Communauté...

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The 2019-2020 novel coronavirus outbreak and the importance of good faith for international law

28.01.2020

Pedro Villarreal

The 2019-2020 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak first identified in Wuhan, China currently stands at the center of the international community’s focus. The World Health Organization (WHO) issues daily situation reports...

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Grundrechte schützen – eine grenzenlose Verpflichtung?

23.01.2020

Erik Tuchtfeld

Mit Spannung konnte man in der letzten Woche eine außergewöhnliche Verhandlung vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht verfolgen. Die geheimste deutsche Behörde, der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), musste sich im Rahmen einer Verfassungsbeschwerde den kritischen...

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SDGs and the rule of law: the need to globalize the ethics of legal tech

20.01.2020

Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

In the context of the rapid adoption and integration of legal technology at a global level, this blog will problematize the consequences of the bias of current discussions on the...

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Zur Tötung von Qasem Soleimani: Wann darf man Soldaten töten?

16.01.2020

Ralph Janik

Der tödliche Drohnenangriff auf Qasem Soleimani und Mitglieder der „Popular Mobilization Forces“, darunter deren Anführer Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, wirft eine Reihe rechtlicher Fragen auf. Neben dem (an dieser Stelle nicht näher...

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The targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani – a short recapitulation

10.01.2020

Sarah Katharina Stein

A lot has been said, written and tweeted about the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani and the aftermath since his death on January 3. This post aims to organize the...

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The Brexit agreement: an unlikely role model for the WTO?

17.12.2019

Cécile Ballorain

On the one hand, the WTO. This institution that was considered the ‘jewel in the crown’, has now been deprived of an Appellate body, a problem which is only the...

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Fighting modern slavery in Brazil

16.12.2019

Franz Christian Ebert Luiza Soares Mariano Costa

Formally abolished by law in 1888, slavery – in its modern forms – continues to exist in Brazil to this date. In 1995, the Brazilian State officially recognized this fact...

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Saber-rattling in space

10.12.2019

Michael Friedl

Does international law entitle states to have military space forces? Recent efforts by several states as well as NATO to strengthen their military space capabilities re-ignite this debate. The issue...

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Climate change in the Security Council

09.12.2019

Valentine Bourghelle

Wildfires are heating the Earth from the Arctic to the Amazon, islands are drowning, and the record for the hottest year has been broken every year since 2015. No one...

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Social media platforms as expropriated investors

03.12.2019

Vivek Sharma Shreya Jha

The reach and expanse of social media in the past decade has been enormous. With its growth, several legal issues have emerged. Particularly, instances of refusal to share personal data...

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The Gambia and the Rohingya’s nightmare

28.11.2019

Balingene Kahombo

The Gambia submitted an application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 11 November 2019 against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar for acts of genocide committed against...

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Justice for the Rohingya: three roads to accountability

21.11.2019

Rachel Khoo

The past week (11-15 November 2019) has seen Myanmar facing an arsenal of legal challenges for alleged international crimes before the International Criminal Court (ICC), International Court of Justice (ICJ)...

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An unlikely couple

14.11.2019

Josef Weinzierl

We are currently witnessing a general trend towards more ethical consumption, more sustainable food production, and more awareness about the origins of products. However, it seems a far stretch to...

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Beyond the exhumation of the dictator

01.11.2019

Carmen Montero Ferrer

After the pronouncement of the Spanish Supreme Court endorsing the exhumation of the remains of the dictator Franco from the “Valle de los Caidos” (the enormous mausoleum built by the prisoners...

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Europäische Einigkeit in Action: Menschenwürde im Strafvollzug

31.10.2019

Eva Neumann

Dass eine nationale Justizbehörde beim Vollstrecken eines Europäischen Haftbefehls ausnahmsweise dem Grundrechtsschutz Vorrang vor der Wirksamkeit des Haftbefehls einräumen darf und muss, hat der Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache Aranyosi und...

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Harmony in the Chinese just war tradition

21.10.2019

Zhuo Liang

One of the fundamental characteristics of international humanitarian law (IHL) is the separation between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, which was originally devised in the West, subsequent to...

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(Un-)Precedented?

11.10.2019

Eymir Albal

The communication brought by sixteen children before the Committee on the Rights of the Child to address the effects of states’ inaction on climate change seems at first glance unprecedented...

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More than just a scientific report

09.10.2019

Guillaume Futhazar

In May 2019, headlines worldwide suddenly became concerned with biodiversity. News sites and journals all quoted a report from the United Nations and its alarming conclusions that a million species...

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International climate change adjudication: A means to amplify voices of the global south?

07.10.2019

Shubhangi Agarwalla

Traditionally, the UN Climate change regime has been premised on an intergovernmental negotiations paradigm where political actors play the dominant role in the development of norms. In this post, I...

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Not for sale?

03.10.2019

Nadja Reimold

Pierre Thielbörger and Timeela Manandhar have given an innovative and thought-provoking account of the lawfulness of the incumbent US president’s potential plans to purchase Greenland. Vividly and succinctly they make their case...

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Thank you, Greta & friends!

02.10.2019

Stephan Gerbig

Sixteen children, among them the popular Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, from 12 different countries have filed a communication to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child under...

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Nord Stream 2: arbitration notices from Moscow

01.10.2019

Fabian Simon Eichberger

Sometimes the unimaginable becomes reality: Donald Trump, his Democrat counterparts, the European Parliament and the European Commission are all united – in their opposition against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline....

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Only a small step forward

25.09.2019

Milena Mottola

On June 30th, 2019, the European Union signed a trade agreement and an investment protection agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This is the third time the EU has...

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Repatriated to “Prison”

24.09.2019

Yuzuki Nagakoshi

The Rohingya, a religious and ethnic minority in Myanmar, have been systematically persecuted and discriminated against for decades. The government and the military (“Tatmadaw”) enforced various measures against the Rohingya,...

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Future of whaling vis-à-vis Japan’s withdrawal from IWC

23.09.2019

Priyanka Preet Vini Srivastava

Japan conducted its first successful commercial whale hunt on July 1, 2019 since thirty years, against significant resistance from the international community, after it had formally withdrawn from the International...

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What’s next to preserve the linguistic richness of Indigenous Peoples?

16.09.2019

Alexandra Tomaselli L. Mariana Olvera Colin

This year, 2019, marks the International Year of Indigenous Languages. Based on the United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution 71/178, it represents a massive effort to finally raise awareness on...

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Manual scavenging: outlawed, yet persisting

13.09.2019

Shubhang Chaturvedi Priyanka Preet

The stinking legacy of suffocation and stigma captures the degrading practice of Manual Scavenging in India. Twenty-six years after this repulsive practice has been outlawed by the Manual Scavengers and...

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A chain as strong as its weakest link

11.09.2019

Elena Evangelidis

In spring 2019, Mozambique was hit by a large-scale disaster. Cyclones Idai and Kenneth tore through the country on 14 March and 25 April, resulting in heavy rainfall and causing...

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Handschlag oder Kniefall?

30.08.2019

Timeela Manandhar Pierre Thielbörger

Am 16.07.2019 hat die UN-Arbeitsgruppe „Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights“ (OEIWG) einen überarbeiteten Entwurf [revised draft (RD)] für einen...

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Entzug von Mitgliedschaftsrechten zur Implementierung von Demokratie

28.08.2019

Manuel Brunner

Im Juni 2019 suspendierte die Afrikanische Union (AU) die Mitgliedschaftsrechte der Republik Sudan nach einem Staatsstreich des Militärs gegen den langjährigen Machthaber Umar al-Bashir. Hierdurch machte die AU erneut von...

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Poor due to climate impacts

19.08.2019

Angela Dua Manthan Nagpal

UN special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Phillip Alston, recently released a report assessing the impact of climate change on human rights, especially the rights of people livingin...

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Are EU misappropriation sanctions dead?

08.08.2019

Anton Moiseienko

On 11 July 2019, the EU’s General Court delivered seven analogous judgments in a series of Ukraine-related sanctions cases, including that concerning Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych is best known...

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After the trial is before the trial

05.08.2019

Keertana Venkatesh Rahul Kanoujia

The interplay of international court decisions and their domestic implications is currently challenged in the Kulbhushan Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan). In this case, the International Court of Justice (ICJ)...

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Finally holding the World Bank accountable?

29.07.2019

Jimena Sierra

The World Bank (WB), a financial institution born in the Bretton Woods Hotel at the end of the Second World War which enjoys far-reaching immunity due to its status as...

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Identifying customary international law from the ivory tower?

22.07.2019

Shpetim Bajrami

The discussion about the right of self-defence of states against non-state actors is in flux. Among the reasons for that could be new types of terrorism and conflicts which have...

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Strafverfolgung ohne Jurisdiktion?

11.07.2019

Felix Braun Dilken Celebi

Die Chef-Anklägerin des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs (IStGH) sorgte mit ihrem neusten Antrag vergangene Woche für einigen Wirbel. Am letzten Donnerstag ersuchte Fatou Bensouda die Vorverfahrenskammer um Erlaubnis, mit ihren Ermittlungen um...

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In the wake of the ICJ’s Opinion in Chagos: Britannia waives the rules

09.07.2019

Thomas Burri

The United Kingdom recently reacted against the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius. Has the UK abandoned the international rule of...

Conference “Cynical International Law?”

08.07.2019

The joint conference of the Working Group of Young Scholars in Public International Law (Arbeitskreis junger Völkerrechtswissenschaftler*innen – AjV) and the German Society of International Law (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales...

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100 years of the International Labour Organization or: You can’t have the birthday cake and eat it

04.07.2019

Claudia Maria Hofmann

In June, more than 6000 delegates celebrated the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the occasion of the 108th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva. A broad range...

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Setting the record straight how detention and indictment works in Sweden – as illustrated by the Assange case

03.07.2019

Mark Klamberg

In a recently published text, Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy and Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow, felt “repulsion and...

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The US armed forces at the Mexican border – entering legally murky territories?

02.07.2019

Matteo Tondini

The Trump-Administration is increasingly concerned about the security situation within Mexico. It views it as a threat to national security in light of its cross-boundary implications, such as the flow...

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Mehr davon!

28.06.2019

Philipp Eschenhagen

In seinem Beitrag „Neues Tribunal, neues Glück?“ vom 12. Juni 2019 stellt Simon Gauseweg umfassend die Möglichkeiten einer völkerstrafrechtlichen Aufarbeitung des „Islamischen Staats“ dar. Es geht ihm dabei nicht nur...

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Winter is (no longer) coming

21.06.2019

Arushi Nayar

Climate Change is an all-engulfing global challenge, triggering its share of fear, skepticism and most recently outright denial. This reality is alarming. An IPCC special report warns of global temperatures...

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Lost in translation

17.06.2019

Markus Beham

“Of course, international law is the same everywhere, so it’s not a problem, right?” is the response I often get when talking about my transition into German academia. Anthea Roberts...

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Neues Tribunal, neues Glück?

12.06.2019

Simon Gauseweg

Im Februar drohte U.S.-Präsident Donald Trump per Twitter an, Kämpfer der Terrormiliz „Islamischer Staat“ (IS), die sich im Gewahrsam kurdischer Milizen in Syrien befinden, freizulassen. Viele der Kämpfer sind Staatsangehörige...

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Centenary struggles: climate change & informality at ILO 100

10.06.2019

Sabaa A. Khan

One of the most disruptive new realities transforming the contemporary world of work is that of climate change. Escalating dislocations, disasters, floods, extreme heat, and other ‘exceptional’ catastrophes are on...

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Ukrainische Matrosen bald auf der Heimreise?

28.05.2019

Valentin J. Schatz

Russland muss drei ukrainische Kriegsschiffe und 24 inhaftierte Crewmitglieder unverzüglich freilassen. Das hat der Internationale Seegerichtshof (ITLOS) am 25. Mai 2019 in einem Verfahren zum einstweiligen Rechtsschutz im Case concerning...

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Retaliatory strikes as a reaction to cyber-attacks?

22.05.2019

Tassilo Singer

Between Friday (3 May 2019) and Sunday (5 May 2019) violence erupted again between Israel and the Palestinians led by governing Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In the course of...

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The climax of the Al-Bashir saga

20.05.2019

Annegret Hartig

In the judgment of 6 May 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found that Jordan had failed to comply with its obligation to arrest and surrender...

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Controversies in Caracas

17.05.2019

Lukas Kleinert

After the failure of the uprising of the Venezuelan opposition, prosecuted politicians and military members are seeking refuge in the diplomatic representations of Brazil, Spain, Argentina and Italy. One might...

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Can German courts stop “Hellfire” from Ramstein?

15.05.2019

Karoline Dołgowski

Being a Saarbrücken-based legal scholar traveling regularly to Frankfurt, the sight of the American Ramstein Air Base (or “Ramstein” for short) approaching just before Kaiserslautern is nothing unusual. Most of...

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Where the Kaiser meets Pinochet

13.05.2019

Elisabeth Baier

I recently visited a rather dubious location in Santiago de Chile. A restaurant, owned by a German, designed like a Bavarian beer house, praised by the local press as an...

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Judge Ozaki’s Case

10.05.2019

Parimal Kashyap

On March 19, 2019, seventeen of the eighteen judges of International Criminal Court (hereinafter ‘the Court’) sat to decide on the fate of Judge Ozaki as a judge of the...

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Setback for the descendants of the Nama and Ovaherero indigenous peoples

08.05.2019

Felicia Jaspert

Almost two years after members and descendants of the Nama and Ovaherero indigenous peoples filed a class action complaint against the Federal Republic of Germany in a United States District...

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Meilenstein für LGBTIQ*-Rechte

01.05.2019

Andreas Gutmann

In den nächsten Wochen wird sich das ecuadorianische Verfassungsgericht zur Ehe für alle äußern müssen. Ein Gericht (Corte Provincial de Justicia de Pichincha) hatte dem Gerichtshof die Frage vorgelegt, ob...

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The necessity to develop a regional refugee framework for South Asia

24.04.2019

Avinash Reddy Sabavath Apoorva

There are more than two and half million refugees in the South Asian countries, with majority of them residing in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. At the same time, the South...

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The CLOUD Act

08.04.2019

Mélina Cardinal-Bradette Fabian Unser-Nad

From violent protests in Sudan to airstrikes in Syria, access to online open source material and digital information is becoming essential for the fight against impunity. Open Source Information is...

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India’s anti-satellite missile test

02.04.2019

Kiran Mohan Vazhapully

In a much-publicized address on 27th March, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the country successfully tested its anti-satellite (ASAT) missile by destroying a live mini-satellite placed in Low...

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The alleged seizure of the El Hiblu 1 by rescued migrants

31.03.2019

Valentin J. Schatz

On 28 March 2019, a Maltese patrol vessel intercepted the Palau-flagged tanker vessel El Hiblu 1 (IMO: 9753258) at the outer limit of Malta’s territorial sea, and the ship was subsequently boarded...

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Filtering fundamental rights

25.03.2019

Erik Tuchtfeld

The legislation process of the “Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market” has been accompanied by many unusual events, such as a – later removed – communication by the...

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Judicial imperialism and the PCIJ’s interpretation of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne (Part II)

21.03.2019

Valentin Jeutner

This is the second part of a two-part analysis of the PCIJ’s Advisory Opinion concerning the Interpretation of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. The first part reviewed the opinion’s background...

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Judicial imperialism and the PCIJ’s interpretation of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne (Part I)

20.03.2019

Valentin Jeutner

It is commonly accepted that the contemporary instability in certain areas of the Middle East is attributable, at least in part, to the arbitrary manner in which many boundaries were...

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Gender inclusive trade and the limits of liberal feminism

11.03.2019

Pallavi Arora

The 11th Ministerial Conference of the WTO saw the coming together of 121 WTO members to support the Buenos Aires Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment (hereinafter ‘Gender Declaration’). Members...

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Provoking the single story

04.03.2019

Sebastian M. Spitra

Telling a history of international law is every time a mode of echoing oneself in the present. The danger of a single storyand its oppressive force to identities and peoples...

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Sind die USA noch an den INF-Vertrag gebunden?

02.03.2019

Ferdinand Abbate

Der Vertrag über die Beseitigung nuklearer Mittelstreckensysteme (sog. INF-Vertrag, Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty) wurde noch während des Kalten Krieges zwischen den USA und der damaligen Sowjetunion geschlossen und ist...

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Imperialism, international law and the Chagos Islands

01.03.2019

Kanad Bagchi

The Chagos tragedy (the Advisory Opinion of the ICJ can be found here) represents a story that in one way or the other is fundamentally a story of international law...

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Who is calling the shots?

22.02.2019

Theresa Reinold

In his thought-provoking essay on UN peacekeeping and the developing world Gabriel Amvane sheds light on the mismatch between the fact that while peacekeeping operations are mainly carried out in and...

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Recognizing violent encounters in North East India as internal armed conflict

13.02.2019

Avinash Reddy

The Non-State Armed Groups in North East India have been consistently engaged in hostilities with the Indian armed forces, resulting in a myriad of human rights violations by both sides....

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Of BITs and pieces, resistance and simplification

01.02.2019

Velimir Živković

It has been a pleasure to read to what now amounts to an exchange of views between Prof. Ranjan and Kanad Bagchi on some of the critical issues surrounding the...

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A new object in the sky

30.01.2019

Merve Erdem

While cyber activities have been growing rapidly since the 1970’s, the law was not able to catch up with this development immediately. However, over the years, law-making efforts at the...

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A BIT of resistance

26.01.2019

Kanad Bagchi

In our current framework of post-truth/factual/reality politics, much of the debates surrounding crucial issues of both domestic and international governance are invariably couched in an inflexible, partisan and for most...

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