Khaled El Mahmoud

Khaled is working as a law clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin. Prior to this, he worked as a research assistant at the Chair of European and International Law at the University of Potsdam. His research interests focus on international environmental law, the law of the sea, and the procedural law of international courts and tribunals. He is also a Managing Editor at Völkerrechtsblog.

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Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage

What’s in a Name? Genocide, the Universal and the Common in International Law

Isabel Feichtner Anna Sophia Tiedeke Khaled El Mahmoud Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

The following text was prompted by a discontent with the way international lawyers in Germany have addressed the question of genocide in Gaza, if they have done so at all....

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Interview
Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage

Building Critical Spaces: The Palestine Project and the Future of Legal Education

Souheir Edelbi Khaled El Mahmoud

I am honoured to be speaking with Dr. Souheir Edelbi, one of the founders of the Palestine Project and a legal academic whose work sits at the intersection of pedagogy, international criminal...

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Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage

Isn’t it Ironic?

Khaled El Mahmoud Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni Anna Sophia Tiedeke

When a group of (early-career) scholars decides to organize a symposium on the alarming global restrictions of academic freedom – set against the backdrop of the “unfolding Genocide“ in Gaza...

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Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage

Introducing the Symposium ‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’

Khaled El Mahmoud Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni Anna Sophia Tiedeke

Earlier this year, in the Call for Contributions announcing the arrival of the present symposium, we highlighted numerous measures taken globally evincing an increasing attempt to silence or censor (academic)...

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Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion

One Climate, Many Courts

Khaled El Mahmoud

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’) issued its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, marking a significant moment in the evolving...

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Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion

Climate Change at the Forefront of the Structural Transformation of International Law

Khaled El Mahmoud Jannika Jahn Moritz Vinken

The ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate protection has far-reaching implications – both for climate action and for the entirety of (environmental) international law. The Court was faced with a complex...

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Call for Contributions: Symposium on Knowledge under Occupation

Khaled El Mahmoud Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni Anna Sophia Tiedeke

We hereby announce our forthcoming online blogpost symposium, ‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’, which will be held in collaboration with Opinio Juris and will...

Interview

Historical Revisionism or Selective Memory? Black History Month and Germany’s Colonial Past

Elisabeth Kaneza Khaled El Mahmoud

Elisabeth, thank you very much for agreeing to this interview. We are delighted to have the opportunity to engage with you on this significant topic. Black History Month is an...

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Special Editorial: A Nation in Crisis

Khaled El Mahmoud

The 19 February 2025 marks the fifth anniversary of the Hanau terror attack, a heinous act of violence perpetrated by a far-right extremist whose racist ideology culminated in the killing...

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Climate Change Conference COP29

Missed Opportunities in a Microcosm of Broader Challenges

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh Khaled El Mahmoud

Dear Margaretha, a very warm welcome back! I believe that the overall sentiment among all of us was one of ambitious expectations for the outcomes of COP29, accompanied by a...

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Climate Change Conference COP29

Setting the Scene for COP29

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh Khaled El Mahmoud

Dear Margaretha, we would like to express our gratitude for accepting our invitation and for agreeing to this interview. We are delighted to have the opportunity to engage in discourse...

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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...

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What #Ö Read during the Mid-Year Break (Part II)

Hendrik Simon Alicja Polakiewicz Khaled El Mahmoud

Welcome to Part II of What #Ö Read during the Mid-Year Break (read Part I here). Reading KafKant at the End of “the End of History” (or Summer) Immanuel...

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Editorial #37: All Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal than Others

Khaled El Mahmoud

A notable milestone in the annals of international criminal law is the anniversary of the Rome Statute, adopted on 17 July 1998, which constituted the most significant legal institution in...