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Awarding inspiration

22.01.2020

Angelo Jr Golia

In 2018 the Max Planck Society established the Max Planck-Cambridge Prize for International Law (MaxCamPIL), a research prize awarded jointly by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and...

Interview

Whose rights? Whose justice? (Second part)

13.12.2019

Anna-Julia Saiger

Völkerrechtsblog is pleased to present the second part of the interview with Marta Torre‑Schaub. In this section, we will discuss the status of the Amazonian forest in international law, the importance...

Interview

Whose rights? Whose justice? (First part)

12.12.2019

Anna-Julia Saiger

The urgent need to combat climate change seems widely accepted. Nonetheless, the measures taken so far have remained ineffective while irreparable environmental damages are constantly augmenting and threats to the...

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Quel droit? Quelle justice? (Deuxiéme partie)

06.12.2019

Anna-Julia Saiger

Völkerrechtsblog est ravi de vous présenter la deuxième partie de l’interview avec Marta Torre‑Schaub. Dans cette partie, nous parlerons du statut de la région Amazonienne en droit international, de l’importance des...

Interview

Quel droit? Quelle justice? (Première partie)

05.12.2019

Anna-Julia Saiger

Il ne paraît guère nécessaire de répéter l’urgence demandée pour lutter contre le changement climatique. Néanmoins, les mesures prises jusque‑là sont restées ineffectives, les dommages irréparables pour l’environnement augmentent. De...

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Law in capitalism

28.10.2019

Thomas Dollmaier

Katharina Pistor is the Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School, New York, and Director of the Law School’s Center on Global Legal Transformation. After delivering...

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With a diplomatic solution, there would be no loser.

30.08.2019

Christian Pogies Rüdiger Wolfrum

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important waterways worldwide. Nearly one fifth of the global transport of oil and about one quarter of the production of liquefied...

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Bei einer diplomatischen Lösung gibt es keinen Verlierer

21.08.2019

Christian Pogies Rüdiger Wolfrum

Die Straße von Hormus ist einer der wichtigsten Wasserwege. Knapp ein Fünftel der globalen Öl-Transporte und etwa ein Viertel der weltweiten Produktion von Flüssiggas passieren jährlich die wenige Kilometer breite...

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Irresolvable Norm Conflicts

“The one who decides is guilty”

24.06.2019

Valentin Jeutner

Wolfgang Thierse (SPD) was the President of the German Bundestag from 1998 to 2005 and its Vice-President from 2005 to 2013. From 1991 to 2013, Thierse was chairman of the...

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Irresolvable Norm Conflicts

„Wer entscheidet, macht sich schuldig“

24.06.2019

Valentin Jeutner

Wolfgang Thierse (SPD) war von 1998 – 2005 Präsident und von 2005 – 2013 Vizepräsident des Deutschen Bundestages. Von 1991 – 2013 war Thierse Vorsitzender der Grundwertekommission der SPD. Das...

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‘Understanding our colonial past is a prerequisite to understanding the current migration situation’

15.02.2019

Kavena Hambira

Wolfgang Kaleck is the founder and General Secretary of the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), a legal human rights organisation based in Berlin, Germany, dedicated to hold...

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Demokratie und Völkerrecht

15.08.2018

Dana Schmalz

Es wird zur Zeit viel über die Funktionsfähigkeit von Demokratie und über die Effektivität internationalen Rechts gesprochen, aber selten über beides zusammen. Wer wäre besser aufgestellt, um dazu etwas Erhellendes...

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On history, geography, and radical change in international law

02.05.2018

Silvia Steininger Tom Sparks

These are exciting times for international legal scholarship - on this point, the interviewers and Professor BS Chimni can immediately agree. But what are the consequences of recent challenges to...

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Critical Race Perspectives on International Law

“There is still a lot of work to be done.”

28.02.2018

Dana Schmalz

Patricia Tuitt is a UK based legal academic with a sustained track record of teaching, research and strategic management within the field of critical legal studies. She has written extensively...

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Article

David gegen Goliath

23.08.2017

Mareike Riedel Survival International

Wenn man über indigene Völker in den Medien liest, dann liest man in der Regel leider selten Gutes: Land Grabbing, Vertreibung oder, wie in Australien, der Kampf der Aborigines um...

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“You learn a lot from your teachers but mostly from your students”

06.07.2017

Dana Schmalz Raffaela Kunz

From Joseph Weiler you can learn a lot - not only about what he teaches, but also about how to teach. That was the widely shared impression of participants in the 2017 Masterclass at the Max Planck Institute...

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“The Inter-American System has always been in crisis, and we always found a way out”

17.10.2016

Raffaela Kunz Lucas Sánchez

Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot is the Vice President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and one of the most progressive judges currently in office. This summer he spent some...

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„Who among us gets to be global?“

18.05.2016

Dana Schmalz

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian wrote a book entitled „The Cosmopolites“, which speaks about global citizenship in a way that is deeply informed by the theoretical discussion but at the same time...

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Law as a site of politics (Part II)

17.02.2016

Mareike Riedel

Völkerrechtsblog is delighted to post the second part of our conversation with Hilary Charlesworth. In this part of the interview she tells us more about the power of rituals and ritualism in human rights...

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Law as a site of politics (Part I)

15.02.2016

Mareike Riedel

Hilary Charlesworth is best known for her work on feminist theory and international law, however her intellectual curiosity extends far beyond this - for example she recently explored the role...

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Debating Cosmopolitan Law

03.08.2015

Christoph Brendel

This is the second part of a fictional conversation with Immanuel Kant and Georg Friedrich von Martens. These two outstanding scholars never met face-to-face in real life but come together...

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Debating Cosmopolitan Law

29.07.2015

Christoph Brendel

This fictional conversation will bring together two persons of outstanding importance for science in the late 18th and early 19th century who never met face-to-face. One was a professor of...

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Klima- und umweltbedingte Flucht

There is no point in waiting

15.07.2015

Dana Schmalz

To better understand how climate change affects migration and displacement, we were inevitably led to interview Walter Kälin. Professor Kälin holds a chair at the University Bern, with a research...

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Klima- und umweltbedingte Flucht

Es hat keinen Sinn zu warten.

15.07.2015

Dana Schmalz

Wenn es um Klimawandel als Ursache von Migration und Flucht geht, dann bietet sich ein Gespräch mit Walter Kälin an. Seit dreißig Jahren forscht und lehrt Professor Kälin an der...

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„Am Völkerrecht kommt heute niemand mehr vorbei.“

10.07.2015

Dana Schmalz

Professor Rudolf Bernhardt hat eine glanzvolle Karriere hinter sich: Er war Direktor des Max-Planck-Instituts für Völkerrecht, saß lange Jahre im völkerrechtswissenschaftlichen Beirat des Auswärtigen Amtes, war Richter und Präsident am...

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Insights from the Practitioner of International Law

08.10.2014

Katrin Kohoutek

Professor James Crawford is not only the Special Rapporteur of the Draft Articles on State Responsibility, but has extensive experience as counsel in international litigation. Thus talking to him is...

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On kitsch, zombies and true love

21.05.2014

Dana Schmalz

Listening to him doesn’t get boring. Martti Koskenniemi is one of the great critical minds in contemporary scholarship of international law, and when he talks, no stone is left on...

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