On Genocide, Amidst the Shouting, Silence is the Message

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On Genocide, Amidst the Shouting, Silence is the Message

29.10.2024

Timothy William Waters

Speaking in May at a celebration of Jewish Heritage Month, President Biden denounced the decision earlier that month by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek arrest...

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Remembrance Day for No One?

11.07.2024

Tim Huyeng Selin Schumacher

Commemoration tends to fail, and memorial days often lead to disappointment. The "International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica," enshrined in UN Resolution A/78/L.67/Rev.1, has...

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Gedenktag für Niemanden?

11.07.2024

Tim Huyeng Selin Schumacher

Gedenken tendiert zum Scheitern und Gedenktage zur Enttäuschung. Mit dem „International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica“ manifestiert sich in UN-Resolution A/78/L.67/Rev.1 ein globaler Aufhänger...

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Reinventing an ‘Unfortunate Invention’

06.06.2024

Kusha Grover Akaanksha Singh

‘It appears that each one feels free to interpret so-called “plausibility” of rights in the way one feels like; this may be due to the fact that the Court’s majority...

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Expanding the Limits of Genocidal Intent

18.05.2024

Adrián Agenjo

Traversing the labyrinthine corridors of the Peace Palace, we confront the question of the elusive nature of genocidal intent in the case of South Africa v. Israel. Genocide, just like...

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Blögiversary: Celebrating Ten Years of Völkerrechtsblog

Revisiting a Rejoinder on past Wrongs

03.05.2024

Felix Würkert

As the Völkerrechtsblog turns ten, I have the pleasure of revisiting an old blog post, asking myself how it has aged, what has changed since and how the post came...

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A Serious Humanitarian Crisis Leading to Genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh

13.09.2023

Arnold Vardanyan

It is already more than 270 days since the blockade of the Lachin Corridor, also known as the "road to life,” which connects the Nagorno-Karabakh region to Armenia and the...

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New Ways to Deal With Old Crimes?

15.03.2023

Mara Ebbers Anna Müller

Do countries take responsibility for grave violations of current international law committed in the past? This question has once again been raised in the negotiations between Germany and Namibia over...

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The Necessity of a Structural Investigation into the Cultural Genocide in Ukraine

15.02.2023

Tjorben Studt

Since the Russian invasion, both the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Federal Prosecutor's Office of Germany have started an investigation into events in Ukraine that...

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Litigating Reparations

25.01.2023

Karina Theurer

Throughout the world, indigenous populations are in a renewed push, demanding reparations from former colonial powers. On 19 January 2023, the Namibian lawyer Patrick Kauta filed an application to the...

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How “Attack on Titan” Complicates the Genocide Convention

07.12.2022

Abhijeet Shrivastava Anujay Shrivastava

There has been recent traction towards the idea that pop culture is relevant to the “study, practice, and teaching of international law”. Many scholars acknowledge that it is important to...