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A Silver Lining of the US Election?

09.11.2024

Pierre Thielbörger

So Trump won. Pollsters predicted 50:50 chances for both candidates just before the election (see e.g. here and here). But it was not to be: Donald Trump won in a...

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Rest in Peace, Schengen!

23.10.2024

Joel Bella

“We will therefore extend our temporary internal border controls to all German land borders”. Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser announced that − after years of controls at the...

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Defending International Law in 2024

18.10.2024

Maximilian Bertamini

We rarely talk about it, but we have all been there. Especially in recent times. Confronted by students, reporters and especially our domestic-law colleagues on the value of - international...

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Priorities in international human rights are undergoing a significant transformation as a result of the growing preoccupation with “atrocity crimes”, argued recently New York University law professor and former UN...

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What Are Human Rights Worth to Bayer?

28.07.2024

Dilara Karmen Yaman

“Respect for human rights is a task for society as a whole, for which we all – governments and companies as well as individuals – must take responsibility,” states Bayer,...

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The Great Barrier Reef and the List of World Heritage in Danger

25.07.2024

Laura Hofmann

As the most extensive coral reef ecosystem of the world, the Great Barrier Reef was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1981. The effects of climate change, global warming,...

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Home Alone?

19.07.2024

Jona Höni Yari-Lasse Jäger

On 20 May 2024 Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that he was seeking arrest warrants against Hamas leaders Yayha Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri...

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Tribunals, Treaties, and Turning Back Time

09.07.2024

Carla Borck Patrick Beer

In December 2023, Venezuelan voters were asked their opinion on questions regarding the Essequibo region and whether the territory, today part of Guyana, should be turned into a new Venezuelan...

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Statehood in Motion?

10.06.2024

Maximilian Bertamini

As of recently the vast majority of states recognizes Palestine as one of them. With 143 votes in favor the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution ES-10/23 on 10 May 2024....

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Hello, Can You Hear Me?

07.06.2024

Julia Heuwing

In March, the former Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (“the Commissioner”), Dunja Mijatović, published a report, following up on her visit to Germany in November 2023, where she...

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UK-Rwanda Deal Pushed Through Parliament

24.05.2024

Jack Provan Nadine Grünhagen

On 25 April 2024, the long-awaited Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (Safety of Rwanda Act) received royal assent in the United Kingdom (UK). This followed months of...

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To Cide or Not to Cide – Ecocide, What Have You Started?

07.05.2024

Aaron Dumont

The destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza since October 2023 has recently been described as being at an "unprecedented level" (UNCTAD Report, p. 9). According to the Guardian, 70% of...

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Klimaklagen

06.05.2024

Joel Bella

„Klimaschutz jetzt Menschenrecht“. So formuliert es ein Kommentar in dem bekannten deutschen Rechtsmagazin LTO. Und das beschreibt tatsächlich ziemlich genau das, was der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR) am 09....

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The Indictment against Assange and Its Implications for the International Freedom of the Press

14.03.2024

Celine Giese

Introduction Since 2009, the United States government has initiated 18 prosecutions related to media leaks under the Espionage Act, the most prominent one being the indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian...

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Women in International Law Vol. 3

Public Health as a Strategic Instrument

07.03.2024

Selin Altay

Public health as a policy pursuit and a legally prescribed goal has consistently served as a veneer for the implementation of discriminatory policies. Migration laws and policies have also played...

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Women in International Law Vol. 3

Indian Women v. Indian Armed Forces

06.03.2024

Sai Harshini Valluri

Sexual violence and crimes against women are commonplace in India. With judicial remedy running at a painfully slow pace, high-profile politicians condemning rapes is nothing but lip service to women...

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Women in International Law Vol. 3

A Much-Needed Queer Look at International Humanitarian Law

04.03.2024

Hannah Nieratzky

People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) are particularly vulnerable in times of conflict. However, due to the gender binary it is based on, international humanitarian law (IHL)...

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How Do You Like Your Coffee? Green!

23.02.2024

Vivien Wefringhaus

More than two billion cups – that is the global amount of coffee we are consuming every day. Notwithstanding its value as a culinary treat and a remedy for staying...

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Echoes of Nakba

22.02.2024

Selin Altay

On the 12th of October, Israel issued a military order for the residents of northern and central Gaza, encompassing a population of 1.1 million Gazans, to make their way to...

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Every Day Counts

06.02.2024

Dilara Karmen Yaman Sabrina Seikh

Globally, approximately every seventh pregnancy worldwide results miscarriage, prompting a notable gap in legal discourse. This deficiency is exemplified by a critical issue: women in Germany who suffer a miscarriage...

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Germany and the Yazidis – Going back on a Promise?

05.02.2024

Jona Höni

When Josefine Paul, the asylum minister of the state of North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), announced that NRW would provisionally suspend all deportations of Yazidi women and children to Iraq, this...

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Another Reason to Maintain Friendly Relations

01.02.2024

Ilja Djatschkow

Julian Assange could soon face extradition to the United States. For years, this case has drawn public attention to the law and practice of extradition. This post briefly illustrates the...

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Drowning in Negligence

12.12.2023

Vanessa Bliecke Carla Borck

In July 2021, Germany faced a critical test of its implementation of Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), specifically focusing on the protection...

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Taking Care of Other People’s History?

08.11.2023

Eric Rücker Kai Budelmann

In October 2022, Russian military vehicles pulled up in Kherson, then occupied by the Russian armed forces to surround and secure two buildings. This raid was not a counter-resistance operation...

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Israel and Gaza in the Heat of the Moment

02.11.2023

Robin Ramsahye

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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Prohibition of Racial Discrimination is not Enough

27.09.2023

Tobias Wirthle

On 27 June 2023, 17-year-old Nahel M. was fatally shot by police during a vehicle stop in Paris, sparking nationwide riots. On the basis of video evidence, a number of...

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Progress and International Law: A Cursed Relationship?

Towards a Feminist Interpretation of the ECHR’s Provisions on Access to Abortion

21.09.2023

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

While applications regarding the incompatibility of deadly restrictive abortion policies with the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) are piling up before the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’, ‘Court’),...

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Kein Geld für die Taliban

15.09.2023

Rouven Diekjobst

Am vergangenen Montag, wohl kaum zufällig am 11. September, forderte ein Minister der Taliban-Regierung in einem Interview mit der NZZ Reparationszahlungen von Deutschland und kündigte an, Deutschland und weitere Bündnispartner...

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Not You Again!

07.09.2023

Theresa Bosl

Mass surveillance has been a recurring issue before courts around the globe, including the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In the last cases brought before the CJEU,...

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A ‘Clear’ War Crime Against the Environment?

28.07.2023

Aaron Dumont

On the morning of June 6, 2023, the first news agencies reported that the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled area in southern Ukraine was destroyed. The spilling water masses...

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Dissecting the Debate on Cluster Munitions

21.07.2023

Will Wright

On July 7th, the Biden administration announced that it would be sending 155mm dual-purpose improved conventional munition (DPICM), a type of artillery-fired cluster munition, in its next military assistance package...

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International Problems Require International Answers

12.07.2023

Joel Bella Julia Heuwing

This year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is expected to deal with several climate change cases, through which the complainants seek to hold their countries of origin responsible...

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How the Committee on the Rights of the Child Paved the Way for Stronger Abortion Rights

05.07.2023

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni Vanessa Bliecke

On 13 June 2023, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CtRC) published its decision in the case of Camila v Peru (pseudonymised), marking a significant milestone in the...

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Don’t Screen Us Out?

16.06.2023

Vanessa Bliecke

Last month the legal team of Heidi Crowter, an activist with Down’s Syndrome who (so far unsuccessfully) challenged the British Abortion law, announced that they will take their case to...

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God Save the King – From “Annoying” Protesters?

07.06.2023

Jona Höni Linus Bergauer

For peaceful protesters, the United Kingdom (‘UK’) has turned into difficult terrain over the last years. In the recent past, this has become increasingly obvious, especially by the way the...

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The Most Exciting Field of International Law

05.06.2023

Maximilian Bertamini

Outer space has received a new high of attention over the last couple of years. Pop-culture, businesses and states have turned their gaze (back) up to the stars. Of course,...

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Trojan Horses with Emergency Lights

16.05.2023

Lisa M. Cohen

Medical impartiality, the principle that during armed conflicts or civil unrest, no one should interfere with the access to or delivery of medical services, is of utmost importance for effective...

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Sea-Level Rise at the Security Council

08.05.2023

Rouven Diekjobst

In what has been termed a ‘signature event’ of the Maltese Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (the Council), the latter held an open debate on the implications of...

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Trash or Treasure?

03.05.2023

Vivien Wefringhaus

What do you think happens with your phone after its approximately two years of usage? It will probably be on its way abroad together with other electronic equipment. With due...

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An Unneighborly Gift in Times of Need

20.04.2023

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

In February 2023, the news of devastating deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria shook the globe. The horrifying effects of these earthquakes led to a death toll that has surpassed...

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Prisoner of War Videos on Facebook

14.04.2023

Pierre Thielbörger Jan-Phillip Graf

When violent clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces reignited the international armed conflict (IAC) in Nagorno-Karabakh last year, social media was flooded with videos allegedly portraying the mistreatment of prisoners...

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Too Young to Be a Criminal?

13.04.2023

Vanessa Bliecke

Tragic incidents and shocking crimes such as the recent murder of a 12-year-old girl in Germany (suspectedly) by her 12 and 13-year-old friends draw the public’s attention to a difficult...

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Just Like Ukraine, But Worse?

11.04.2023

Aaron Dumont

Since the summer of 2022, the Chinese government has begun large-scale military drills and missile tests in the area around Taiwan - these exercises continue to this day. Those drills,...

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Heads of States Before the ICC

05.04.2023

Dilara Karmen Yaman

On the 17th of March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC, Court) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights, for...

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Forcing Women to Deprioritize Their Health?

30.03.2023

Mara Ebbers

Six of the sixteen countries in the world, which prohibit abortions under all circumstances, are located in Middle America. Yet it remains unclear whether absolute bans on abortions are compatible...

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When A Princess Causes a Nightmare

27.03.2023

Sonja Susann Schäfer

On February 28, 2023, the tanker Princess Empress sank off the coast of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines as a result of engine damage. Since then, the loaded 800,000 liters of industrial...

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New Ways to Deal With Old Crimes?

15.03.2023

Mara Ebbers Anna Müller

Do countries take responsibility for grave violations of current international law committed in the past? This question has once again been raised in the negotiations between Germany and Namibia over...

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Military Success > Global Food Security

20.02.2023

Teresa Weiß

"The right to food is not the right to be nourished, but first and foremost the right to nourish oneself in dignity from one's own resources", Jean Ziegler However, the...

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When Silence Is Not Golden but Puzzling

11.01.2023

Tillmann Lindner Giacomo Romis

On 22 July 2022 the ICJ issued its judgment regarding the preliminary objections raised by Myanmar in the case of the Application of the Genocide Convention on the Prevention and...

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Human Dignity Is Inviolable… Unless You Are a Prisoner?

22.12.2022

Jona Höni Grischa Jost

A vote on abolishing slavery in 2022 - really? Yes, that is exactly what happened in several states in the United States this November. On 8 November 2022 the citizens...

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Towards a Sustainable Agriculture

14.11.2022

Vivien Wefringhaus

Not least since Russia blocked Ukrainian grain exports and thereby endangered global food security has agriculture moved into the international spotlight. Between global environmental issues like climate change and food...

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Pitting Wildlife Conservation Against Indigenous Rights

09.11.2022

Robin Ramsahye

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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Between Accuracy and Dignity

30.09.2022

Jan-Phillip Graf Jannik Neumann

According to several news organizations, the Ukrainian forces use the facial recognition software Clearview AI to identify deceased Russian combatants in order to inform families about their kin’s death (here,...

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What Needs to Be Said

16.09.2022

Maximilian Bertamini Tillmann Lindner

It seems these days that international law and its institutions are unable to keep power at bay. In recent times, the UN Security Council (SC) – one member in particular...

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Of Old Wisdoms and New Challenges

18.08.2022

Maximilian Bertamini

At the end of July 2022, Volume I (Rules) of the long awaited McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS) was finally released. Drafted...

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Imploding Protection Through Exploding Norms?

12.08.2022

Will Wright

On August 4th 2022, Amnesty International published a report criticising the tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) for endangering civilians by launching attacks and placing military targets in populated...

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No Purchase, No Requisition, No Seizure

27.07.2022

Tillmann Lindner

Grain plays a crucial role in the war in Ukraine. Not only is Russia blocking Ukrainian grain exports and thereby causing a risk of a world-wide food crisis. In addition,...

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Wofür kämpfen?

25.07.2022

Niklas Reetz

Der russische Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine ist zu einem Zermürbungskrieg im Osten des Landes geworden. Seine Fortdauer kostet jeden Tag unzählige Menschenleben. Dennoch zeigt sich gerade in Hinblick auf die...

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(Don’t) Call ‘Em Mercenaries

20.07.2022

Lorenz Rubner Lisa M. Cohen

Much like the invasion of Iraq did two decades ago, the attack on Ukraine has yanked legal terminology and arguments from international law to the public forum, prompting legal academics...

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The Responsibility to Protect as a Responsibility to Deny

30.06.2022

Sophie Maria Martha Wollert

We live in a horrific reality in which governments are committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and even genocide against their people (the following are referred to as...

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Out of Sight, out of Mind?

27.06.2022

Jona Höni

On June 14th 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued an interim measure against the United Kingdom, effectively halting a deportation flight at the 11th hour that would...

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The Dangers of Hacktivism

15.06.2022

Stephan Koloßa

The Russian Federation (Russia) has turned almost the whole Western world against it by attacking and invading Ukraine. While States are intensively debating about the strictest yet legally sound ways...

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Turning the Tide

07.06.2022

Vivien Wefringhaus

By 2100 sea level will rise between 0.43 m and 0.84 m due to climate change. Doesn't sound like much to you? Then imagine living on an island with an...

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What Do We Do with the Non-‘White, Blonde, Blue-Eyed’ Asylum Seekers?

02.06.2022

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

Following the Russian invasion, it is estimated that over 6 million persons have fled Ukraine. Although this number is significantly higher than any other refugee wave reaching the EU since...

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COVID-19 Triage and the Persistent Problem of Disability Discrimination in Healthcare

20.04.2022

Tobias Wirthle

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create major challenges for public healthcare. Numerous countries are faced with the difficult task of allocating scarce medical resources, e.g. ventilators, to COVID-19 patients (see, e.g., case studies concerning...

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Nachruf Knut Ipsen

05.04.2022

Pierre Thielbörger

Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Knut Ipsen ist am 17. März 2022 im Alter von 86 Jahren gestorben. Als „wissenschaftlicher und hochschulpolitischer Macher“ hatte er eine beispiellose Karriere, die ganz...

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Of Legal Creativity and Plausibility of Rights

04.04.2022

Sebastian Wuschka Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan

On 16 March 2022, the International Court of Justice rendered its provisional measures order on the request by Ukraine in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on...

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Humanitarian Visas to Escape from the Taliban?

30.03.2022

Ilja Djatschkow

The Taliban’s seizure of power has led to the expectation of a sharp increase in the movement of Afghan protection seekers to countries of refuge. Although the international community tried...

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Abortion in Latin America Through the Lens of the IACtHR

08.03.2022

Lea Bilke Vanessa Bliecke Ella Schönleben

Discussing reproductive rights – and more specifically abortion rights – in a legal setting is challenging. Legal arguments blend with political, moral and religious discussions, blurring the line between lex...

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How Pressing ‘ENTER’ Gets You to The Hague

02.03.2022

Lisa M. Cohen Lorenz Rubner

The offensive use of cyber capabilities is well documented. Most recently, the Russian invasion into Ukraine has been preceded and accompanied by multiple cyber operations both from State actors and...

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The Death of the Prohibition on the Use of Force

15.02.2022

Jan-Phillip Graf

Towards the end of 2021, Russia began a massive buildup of troops along its border with Ukraine and forecasts of a possible invasion started to circulate. Expectedly, the community of...

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Clean Up Your Mess!

11.02.2022

Vivien Wefringhaus Maja Bergfort

Approximately eight million tons of plastic waste leak into the oceans every year. Our planet is literally drowning in plastic. It is estimated that every year one million birds and...

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Ecocide – Legal Revolution or Symbolism?

03.02.2022

Romina Pezzot Jan-Phillip Graf

One year ago, the Stop Ecocide Foundation convened the so-called ‘Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide’ (IEP). Composed of 12 renowned international jurists and co-chaired by Dior...

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Is the Feministisation of the ECtHR’s Abortion-Related Jurisprudence a Realistic Expectation?

28.01.2022

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

Feminist legal theories have repeatedly highlighted the patriarchal bias in law and decision-making: Sexuality, biology and reproductivity have been parameters of persons’ positioning in the eyes of the law and...

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One Court at a Time: Challenges of Universal Jurisdiction and Enhancing International Justice

24.01.2022

Mais Masadeh

When the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz convicted former Syrian State intelligence officer Anwar R. of crimes against humanity on January 13, 2022, survivors, activists, and lawyers unanimously praised German...

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Self-Defense or Self-Excuse?

20.12.2021

Lizaveta Tarasevich

On 13 November 2021, the New York Times (NYT) published an investigative article revealing how the US military had hidden an airstrike which had killed dozens of civilians in Syria...

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Love Is Taboo

13.12.2021

Vanessa Bliecke Rouven Diekjobst

Prison inmates are inherently subject to far-reaching interferences with their civil rights and liberties. Still, states increasingly tend to exceed their legal boundaries by imposing additional restrictions on them. Consequently,...

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Trampling Human Rights – and Getting Paid For It?!

08.12.2021

Jona Höni Grischa Jost

In early October shocking videos were released by Lighthouse Reports (a collaborative journalism platform) showing Croatian border police brutally beating young migrants with sticks and forcing them back into Bosnia....

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Is Your Dating App Swiping Left on Human Rights?

01.12.2021

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni Paul Philipp Stewens

TW // sexual violence, rape If you or someone you know experiences/has experienced sexual violence, please reach out for support here (for Germany; for an overview of national helplines see...

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Re-rethinking the Amicable Settlement of Inter-State ECHR Disputes

30.09.2021

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

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....

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Refoulement Beyond Pushbacks

20.09.2021

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

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...

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Is ‘Cyberwar’ Fought with Weapons?

09.09.2021

Lisa M. Cohen

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,...

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Purge – Until There Is No One Left

30.07.2021

Dilara Karmen Yaman

In February 2021, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) filed a complaint in Germany for crimes committed in Chechnya, allegedly by five perpetrators including the Chechen Deputy...

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International Law and Sand

21.07.2021

Vivien Wefringhaus Maximilian Bertamini

Sand?! Yes, sand. Sand – or rather a lack thereof – is quickly becoming an increasingly pressing global issue. As the scarcity of this inconspicuous, yet crucial all-rounder of a...

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“Genetic Cleansing” Under the Guise of Women’s Rights?

16.07.2021

Nadine Grünhagen Vanessa Bliecke

The fight for the protection and recognition of disabled persons’ rights frequently ends before it even starts. While about 25% of fetuses are generally aborted, this percentage rises to about 90% when the fetus is diagnosed...

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A House Divided

14.07.2021

Jana Rattay

In November 2020, tensions between Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments erupted into violent conflict, which is currently ongoing. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...

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Feasting on the Back of the Harvester

12.07.2021

Benedikt Behlert

Germany’s 2021 asparagus season has just come to a close. Traditionally, 24 June, the so-called “Spargelsilvester”, marks the end of the jolly “Spargelzeit”. In 2019, Germans ate 1.7 kg of...

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The Kids Aren’t Alright

30.06.2021

Jan-Phillip Graf

People who walked along the East River in mid-March towards the UN’s headquarters in New York found a peculiar picture: 168 empty school tables with blue UNICEF school bags on...

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Burmese Amber

24.06.2021

Paul Philipp Stewens

“Jurassic Park” popularized the potential of amber for the research of extinct life forms: specimens of plants and animals can survive millions of years in a three-dimensional shape, with the texture of...

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COVID-19 Vaccines and Work-Related Rights

22.06.2021

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

As States’ capacities to provide COVID-19 vaccines rise, questions on whether employers can lawfully require their employees to get vaccinated arise accordingly. As the lawfulness of States imposing compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations has been already...

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A Problem Bigger than Qatar

11.06.2021

Grischa Jost Jona Höni

With the European soccer Championship beginning this Friday, discussions regarding the human rights situations of host states rose once again, specifically concerning Azerbaijan’s oppression of the press and alleged war...

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Beyond Japan’s Decision

08.06.2021

Sonja Susann Schäfer Stephan Schultz

On March 11, 2011, the strongest earthquake recorded in Japan and an ensuing tsunami killed nearly 19.500 people and destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station releasing radioactive materials over...

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The Future of “Climate Refugees” in International Law

05.06.2021

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni Jan-Phillip Graf

The issue of “climate refugees” has attracted scholarly attention for over a decade. The historic ruling of the Human Rights Committee (‘HRCtee’) in Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand further increased...

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EU-Grundrechtecharta 2.0

21.05.2021

Alina Wolski

„Ich schreibe gerne und alles andere überlasse ich gerne anderen“, erklärte der Jurist und Schriftsteller Ferdinand von Schirach im Juni 2020, nachdem er die Idee eines Updates der Charta der...

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Now or Never

14.05.2021

Paul Philipp Stewens

“America is Back”! This is the central slogan of President Joseph Biden’s foreign policy and after the Trump presidency’s strains on the U.S. ties to its allies and on the...

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100 Days of Biden

27.04.2021

Pierre Thielbörger

When Joseph R. Biden won the US Presidential election on 3 November 2020, the dawn of a new era seemed at our doorstep. 100 days after his inauguration, this post...

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What Does the Vavřička Judgement Tell Us About the Compatibility of Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccinations with the ECHR?

21.04.2021

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

On the 8th of April, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’) issued its widely-anticipated judgement on Vavřička and others v. the Czech Republic shedding some...

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The Right to Live under Threat

08.04.2021

Fiza Lee-Winter Tonny Kirabira Laura Collins

Just hours before Myanmar’s newly elected government sat in for their first parliamentary session on 1st February, 2021, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other National League for Democracy (NLD)...

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#ManuelaJusticiayEsperanza?

19.03.2021

Vanessa Bliecke Ella Schönleben Jeremy De la Cruz Morales

On 10 and 11 March 2021, the public hearings on the historic case of Manuela and others v. El Salvador took place before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)....

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