Grundrechte schützen – eine grenzenlose Verpflichtung?
23.01.2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Alea iacta est?
24.01.2019
Almost a year has passed since the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its ground-breaking judgment– Achmea C-284/16 – concerning the incompatibility of EU law and a Dutch-Slovakian...
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An investment arbitration avalanche after a No-Deal Brexit?
21.01.2019
On Tuesday, January 15th, an overwhelming majority in the British House of Commons rejected the Brexit deal, i.e. the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU....
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The ICC’s ‘evidence problem’
18.01.2019
On 15 January, Trial Chamber I acquitted Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé of crimes against humanity. This is an important decision. Gbagbo is the first former head of state...
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Truth or dare?
17.01.2019
On 25 October 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down its decision in the case of E.S. v. Austria. The case had begun in the fall 2009...
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Das Gespenst einer europäischen Armee
19.12.2018
In den vergangenen Wochen geisterte einmal mehr die Vision einer europäischen Armee durch die Medien und Köpfe einiger europäischer Staats- und Regierungschefs. Die Idee einer stärkeren Kooperation der EU im...
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Brexit means Brexit!?
10.12.2018
"Brexit means Brexit!“ So lautete das Mantra, das von der britischen Premierministerin im Nachklang zur Brexitentscheidung immer wieder vorgetragen wurde. Das offenbarte nicht nur eine gewisse Hilflosigkeit, sondern zeigte zugleich,...
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Voting down international law?
03.12.2018
Raffaela Kunz
Anne Peters
There was quite some relief in Switzerland when it became clear on Sunday 25thNovember that the so called “initiative on democratic self-determination” had been rejected by the voters (the end result...
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A power struggle or something more?
28.11.2018
The past six months at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, the successor organisation of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (in the...
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Der Globale Migrationspakt: Zwischen Mythen und Sorgen
14.11.2018
Die österreichische Bundesregierung hat bekanntgegeben, dem globalen Migrationspakt fernzubleiben. Ein Schritt, der in Deutschland von der AfD bejubelt wurde. Woher kommt die Skepsis? Fest steht: Um den Text ranken sich...
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Why international investment law is not violated by the GDPR
05.11.2018
Erik Tuchtfeld
Lars Borchardt
In her recent blog article, Vishaka Ramesh claims that International Investment Law is violated by Data Protection Principles around the world, supporting her thesis in particular with rules set out...
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Die neue WSK-Rechtsprechung des IAGMR
02.11.2018
Franz Christian Ebert
Charlotte Fabricius
In einem früheren Post auf diesem Blog hat Lucas Sánchez eine bedeutende Rechtsprechungsänderung des Interamerikanischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte (IAGMR) im Bereich der wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Rechte (WSK-Rechte) thematisiert. Zentral hierfür ist...
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Between narratives and borders
29.10.2018
A significant number of Ethiopians are migrating to the Gulf countries to work in the domestic labor market. In late 2013, the Ethiopian government passed a temporary ban on labor...
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Cyber-War oder Cyber-Wahn?
24.10.2018
Der Cyberkrieg ist in aller Munde. Ein aktueller, in den Medien als „Cyberkrieg“ bezeichnete Vorfall vom 4. Oktober betraf die Spionageaffäre in den Niederlanden. Vier Agenten des russischen Geheimdienstes hatten versucht,...
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The direct justiciability of the right to health at the IACtHR
22.10.2018
In a previous post, Lucas Sánchez discussed how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) recently found, for the first time, a direct violation of the right to health in...
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Im „Handelskrieg“ schweigen die Gesetze
15.10.2018
Im gegenwärtigen Disput zwischen den USA auf der einen und einer Reihe von anderen WTO-Mitgliedern auf der anderen Seite stößt das Welthandelsrecht an seine Grenzen. Die US-Zölle verstoßen jedenfalls gegen...
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Plausibility and the ICJ
12.10.2018
Since the ICJ’s 2001 decision in LaGrand (Germany v US), the Court’s jurisprudence on provisional measures indicated under Article 41 of its Statute has expanded dramatically. This is for two...
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Taking Trump seriously
10.10.2018
In her recent contribution “Trump’s latest attack on international law”, Lena Riemer very accurately points out the threat to international customs and institutions posed by Trump and – currently –...
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Data protection principles around the world
08.10.2018
There has been a recent surge in the proliferation of data protection regulations globally, the most recent example of which is the General Data Protection Regulation. Since data protection laws...
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The urgent, the plausible and the irreparable
05.10.2018
The ICJ’s decision on Iran’s application for provisional measures in its high-profile proceedings against the United States of America for alleged violations of their 1955 Treaty of Amity was handed...
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Will tariff wars unravel the multilateral trading system?
01.10.2018
History is not unfamiliar with the rigours of tariff wars. Back in the 1930s, retaliatory tariff escalation led to the great depression, which in turn contributed to the Second World...
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Kofi Annan and international law in Kenya
26.09.2018
Dr. Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the United Nations, died recently. Many Kenyans took to social media to mourn the death of the African diplomat they had come...
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Trump’s latest attack on international law
19.09.2018
It seems that US-President Donald Trump has won a powerful supporter for his onslaught on international law and international institutions: Supreme Court Judge nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The nomination of judge...
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Gibt es noch Hoffnung für überstaatliche Demokratie?
12.09.2018
In seinem Interview auf diesem Blog vertritt Armin von Bogdandy die Position, dass sich die Rahmenbedingungen für überstaatliche Demokratie in den letzten Jahren verschärft hätten. Zwar zeigt er sich überzeugt,...
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A further “constitutionalization” to the detriment of the individual?
27.08.2018
When the ECtHR presented its most recent statistics at the beginning of this year, at first glance this looked like a huge success: The number of pending applications before the...
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Der IAGMR und WSK-Rechte
20.08.2018
Jüngst hat der Interamerikanische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (IAGMR) zum ersten Mal eine direkte Verletzung des Rechts auf Gesundheit auf der Basis von Art. 26 der Amerikanischen Konvention für Menschenrechte (AMRK)...
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Artenschutz als Menschenrecht?
18.08.2018
In dem Beitrag „Human rights and the international protection of biodiversity – a promising alliance“ (Teil 1 und Teil 2) stellt Romy Klimke die These auf, dass der Schutz der...
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Somaliland and secession politics in Eastern Africa
13.08.2018
Somalia has been that isolated relative that no one speaks about. The one that lives in a little hut, far away from the general community, with little interaction with anyone....
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Examining the legal anomalies created by inconsistencies between the European Convention on Human Rights and the Dayton Constitution
09.08.2018
On 15th February, 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter Bosnia) applied for membership to the European Union. It has since seen little progress towards achieving this goal, which is heavily due...
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Galeone San José: Schatzjagd und Unterwasserkulturerbe
01.08.2018
Anna Petrig
Maria Stemmler
Als die im frühen 18. Jahrhundert gesunkene, vermutlich mit sagenhaften Schätzen beladene Galeone San José 2015 vor der Küste Kolumbiens geortet wurde, war dies eine internationale Sensation. Als kürzlich bekannt wurde, dass...
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