Justine Batura

Justine Batura is a Berlin-based lawyer in the field of energy law, with a focus on renewables and the related national, European and international authorisation and subsidy law. With an LL.M in international law and practical experiences in international bodies, she has a solid background in international law. Her areas of interest include International Human Rights Law, Sustainability Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, and Fundamental Rights.

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Climate Change Conference COP29

Climate Governance and the Energy Transition: Lessons from COP29

Christoph Bertram Justine Batura

Dear Christoph, welcome to Völkerrechtsblog! We are delighted to have you join us for this interview. To begin, let’s delve into the realm of international climate governance. In terms of...

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Symposium
Climate Change Conference COP29

Climate Justice or Market Expansion? Unpacking COP29’s Financing Decisions

Bertha Iris Argueta Tejeda Justine Batura

Dear Bertha, welcome to Völkerrechtsblog. Thanks for agreeing to take the time to answer our questions so thoroughly. How do you assess the commitment of the states – particularly the...

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Climate Change Conference COP29

Climate Diplomacy in an Era of Permacrisis

Justine Batura Khaled El Mahmoud

Humanity is facing in an era marked by turbulence, uncertainty, and instability. Increasingly referred to as a permacrisis, this period is defined by a series of complex and interconnected crises...

Media

Of Parties, Third Parties, and Treaty Interpretation: Ukraine v. Russia before the European Court of Human Rights

Isabella Risini Justine Batura

An unprecedented number of member States have requested permission to intervene in the case Ukraine v. Russia (X) before the European Court of Human Rights. The significance that can be...

Interview

“I resigned because Russia had become an absolutely indefensible client”

Alain Pellet Justine Batura Julian A. Hettihewa Polina Kulish

“International law is what international lawyers do and how they think.” claims Mr Martti Koskenniemi. Given the minimal formal regulation of counsel and the absence of a code of ethics...

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« J’ai démissionné car la Russie était devenue un client absolument indéfendable »

Alain Pellet Justine Batura Julian A. Hettihewa Polina Kulish

“International law is what international lawyers do and how they think.” affirme M. Martti Koskenniemi. Compte tenu de la règlementation minimale applicable aux conseils en l'absence d'un code de déontologie...

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Framing Business & Human Rights?

A Framework Agreement in Business and Human Rights?

Surya Deva Claire Methven O'Brien Michael Riegner Anna Sophia Tiedeke Justine Batura

We are pleased to conclude our Symposium with a special treat for our readers: a double interview with two renowned scholars, Surya Deva and Claire Methven O’Brien, who are rather emblematic for different approaches...

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Framing Business & Human Rights?

Framing Business & Human Rights?

Justine Batura Anna Sophia Tiedeke Michael Riegner

Business and human rights (BHR), as an emerging field of modern law and legal research, is at an inflection point. On the one hand, its most prominent set of norms,...

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The Closing Door in Strasbourg

Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou Justine Batura Nesa Zimmermann

In response to the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukrainian territory, the Committee of Ministers (CoM) has decided yesterday to suspend its rights of representation in the Council of...

#Ö: Our own News

Call for Papers: Opening Access, Closing the Knowledge Gap?

Raffaela Kunz Dana Schmalz Justine Batura Raphael Oidtmann

International law is, by definition, a global discipline. Yet in practice, scholarly discourse often remains hampered by the borders of national publishing cultures and fora. The voices that are most...

#Ö: Our own News

Editorial #10: On Equal Access to the International Legal Profession

The interns' room at Palais Wilson, hosting most of the UN's human rights activities, is a pleasant room with a gorgeous view of Lake Geneva. In contrast, the entry door...

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Media
Defining Ecocide

Defining Ecocide – An Interview with Christina Voigt

Justine Batura Philipp Eschenhagen Raphael Oidtmann Christina Voigt

Wrapping up our Symposium ‘Defining Ecocide’, Christina Voigt, member of the Independent Expert Panel, explains her views on the definition of ecocide. In a conversation with Justine Batura, Philipp Eschenhagen...

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Defining Ecocide

Introducing the Symposium on the Draft Definition of Ecocide

Justine Batura Philipp Eschenhagen Raphael Oidtmann

The proposed definition of a novel international crime of ecocide - unveiled on 22 June by the StopEcocide initiative - has been discussed widely across the international law blogosphere and beyond....

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Rewarding in International Law

From Sticks to Carrots?

Justine Batura Veronika Fikfak Christian Pogies

A new article on how States could be encouraged to comply with international law promises to revolutionize how we think about incentives in international relations. In ‘Rewarding in International Law’,...

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Inter-State Cases under the ECHR

On Current Developments and Reforms

Justine Batura Isabella Risini

What is the significance of inter-State cases within the European System of Human Rights? And what does their constant increase over the last decade mean for the European Court of...

Interview

Defining Ecocide

Philippe Sands Justine Batura Philipp Eschenhagen Raphael Oidtmann

The initiative StopEcocide aims to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by incorporating a fifth international crime: 'Ecocide'. To that end, it recently commissioned an independent expert drafting panel to draft a...

Article

Don’t Settle For Less

Nora Jauer Justine Batura

The German Parliament will debate today a draft for a due diligence act intended to protect human rights in global supply chains ('Lieferkettengesetz'), as submitted by the German government. The...

Interview

“What Should Be a Better Alternative to the Council of Europe’s Unique System?”

Axel Berg Justine Batura Muratcan Sabuncu

From November 2020 until May 2021, Germany holds the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe’s decision-making body. At the halfway point of the term, we had...

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The role of the ILC

The International Law Commission as an interpreter of international law?

Justine Batura Sué González Hauck Sophie Schuberth

The role of the International Law Commission (ILC), as the subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly charged with the promotion and codification of progressive development of international law, has...

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Empty Chairs

Empty chairs

Justine Batura Nesa Zimmermann

“Enforced disappearance is a particularly heinous crime”. This phrase has been repeated time and again by civil society organisations and UN experts, and states have condemned this crime countless times....

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Empty Chairs

Call for Contributions: Symposium on Enforced Disappearances

Justine Batura Nesa Zimmermann

The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) and the 40th anniversary...

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A ‘golden age’ of inter-state complaints?

Isabella Risini Justine Batura Lukas Kleinert

Recently, the Principality of Liechtenstein brought an inter-state complaint against the Czech Republic to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Already before, the two countries shared a complicated relationship....