Pierre Thielbörger

Pierre Thielbörger is a professor of German Public Law and Public International Law as well as Executive Director of the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), both at Ruhr University Bochum. He serves as co-convener of the Interest Group on Human Rights within the European Society of International Law (ESIL), acts as President of the General Assembly of the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA) and is Adjunct Professor at the Hertie School in Berlin.

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A Silver Lining of the US Election?

Pierre Thielbörger

So Trump won. Pollsters predicted 50:50 chances for both candidates just before the election (see e.g. here and here). But it was not to be: Donald Trump won in a...

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The Person Behind the Academic

Chatting with Pierre Thielbörger

Pierre Thielbörger Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

Welcome to the latest interview of the Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’! With us we have Prof. Pierre Thielbörger, and through the following questions, we will try to...

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Blögiversary: Celebrating Ten Years of Völkerrechtsblog

Happy Birthday, Völkerrechtsblog!

Pierre Thielbörger

I became involved with the blog first in the scientific advisory board eight years ago. In this time, I have realized how much effort, stress resistance, and creativity goes into...

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Prisoner of War Videos on Facebook

Pierre Thielbörger Jan-Phillip Graf

When violent clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces reignited the international armed conflict (IAC) in Nagorno-Karabakh last year, social media was flooded with videos allegedly portraying the mistreatment of prisoners...

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In The Eyes of the Organizers

Isabel Lischewski Pierre Thielbörger

The 2023 German National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court are upon us, and in the last few months, not only the competing teams have been...

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Nachruf Knut Ipsen

Pierre Thielbörger

Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Knut Ipsen ist am 17. März 2022 im Alter von 86 Jahren gestorben. Als „wissenschaftlicher und hochschulpolitischer Macher“ hatte er eine beispiellose Karriere, die ganz...

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Livestream: Poland’s “Constitutional Crisis” in Light of EU and Human Rights Law

Pierre Thielbörger

The year 2015 marked the beginning of a tumultuous time for the Polish judiciary. The adopted laws changed the organization and the functioning of the Constitutional Tribunal (CT), the National...

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Livestream: Discussion with John Ruggie on the 10th Anniversary of ‘his’ Guiding Principles

John Ruggie Pierre Thielbörger Anita Ramasastry Robert McCorquodale

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the endorsement of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the UN Human Rights Council, the Institute for International...

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100 Days of Biden

Pierre Thielbörger

When Joseph R. Biden won the US Presidential election on 3 November 2020, the dawn of a new era seemed at our doorstep. 100 days after his inauguration, this post...

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Flashbangs against empowerment

Pierre Thielbörger

The last weeks were turbulent in Belarus. For the first time in his 26 year-reign, president Alexander Lukashenko faces a meaningful challenge to his power in the form of a...

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Handschlag oder Kniefall?

Timeela Manandhar Pierre Thielbörger

Am 16.07.2019 hat die UN-Arbeitsgruppe „Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights“ (OEIWG) einen überarbeiteten Entwurf [revised draft (RD)] für einen...

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Una-Fjord-able: Why Trump cannot buy Greenland

Timeela Manandhar Pierre Thielbörger

Many people thought it was a belated April’s Fools joke: US media reported that US President Donald Trump is considering to purchase Greenland, currently an autonomous region of the Kingdom...

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“Nun sag’, wie hast Du’s mit der Gerechtigkeit?”

Özgen Özdemir Pierre Thielbörger

Viel ist darüber gesagt worden (s. hier und hier), wie moralisch enttäuschend und politisch besorgniserregend die Entscheidung des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofes (IStGH) ist, keine Situationsermittlung nach Art. 15 Abs. 3 Rom...