Maximilian Bertamini

Maximilian Bertamini is a PhD candidate at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV). His doctoral research on the legality of resource mining in outer space revolves around ‘national appropriation’ in international law, sovereignty and property in legal theory, and outer space law.

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Defending International Law in 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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Statehood in Motion?

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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The Most Exciting Field of International Law

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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What Needs to Be Said

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

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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International Law and Sand

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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Mine, mine, mine!

Maximilian Bertamini

In an impressive display of questionable timing and priorities, the US President may just have rung in the first round of a new space age. While “non-viral” news currently fly...

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In dubio contra bellum

Maximilian Bertamini Benedikt Behlert

What does Turkey’s operation “Peace Spring” against Kurdish militias in Northern Syria and the subsequent reactions of the international community mean for the prohibition on the use of force? “The...

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Keeping it clean (part II)

Maximilian Bertamini Stephan Schultz

This Bofax is the second part of a two-part series - inspired by India successfully testing an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile against an Indian satellite and thereby causing space debris -...

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Keeping it clean (part I)

Maximilian Bertamini Stephan Schultz

On March 27th India successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile against one of its own test satellites, creating a cloud of space debris which might collide with the International Space Station...

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Trading Blows

Maximilian Bertamini Rouven Diekjobst

On Wednesday, February 27th 2019 Pakistan reportedly shot down two Indian warplanes, after India conducted airstrikes on the Pakistani side of the disputed border region of Kashmir against training camps of...