Lena Riemer

Lena Riemer holds a PhD in public international law from the Freie University Berlin. Currently, she works for an international organisation in the area of human rights.

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Dialing Into Jessup

Expect the Unexpected

Lena Riemer Sabrina Schäfer

Comparing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Jessup is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. The ICJ’s mandate is to adjudicate contentious questions of international law, while one...

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Trump’s latest attack on international law

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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Returns without examinations

On September 22, 2017, Greece’s highest administrative court – the Council of State – proclaimed that two Syrian asylum seekers can be deported to Turkey as a so-called safe third...