Prohibition of Racial Discrimination is not Enough

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Prohibition of Racial Discrimination is not Enough

27.09.2023

Tobias Wirthle

On 27 June 2023, 17-year-old Nahel M. was fatally shot by police during a vehicle stop in Paris, sparking nationwide riots. On the basis of video evidence, a number of...

Symposium
Progress and International Law: A Cursed Relationship?

The “Responsibility to and for Progress” in International Law

22.09.2023

Martin Schwamborn

How do we achieve a responsible approach to progress and its consequences? This old question of humankind has been given new momentum by recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI): Numerous...

Symposium
Progress and International Law: A Cursed Relationship?

Border Dialectics: Progress, Regress, and Resistance

20.09.2023

Giulia Raimondo

Received knowledge about the protection of migrants in international law tells a story of progress. A story of expanded refugee definitions, complementary protection, and extraterritorial obligations. Yet a counternarrative has...

Symposium
Progress and International Law: A Cursed Relationship?

Locating Progress in the European Convention on Human Rights

19.09.2023

Jens T. Theilen

Progress may seem to be a temporal concept. That is certainly how it is usually understood in the literature on progress and international law. Statements of progress are said, for...

Article

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...

Article

Iran’s Appointment as the Chair-Rapporteur of the UNHRC Social Forum

08.06.2023

Reza Khabook

On 10 May 2023, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) President appointed the Islamic Republic of Iran to chair the 2023 Social Forum. The upcoming Forum focuses on...

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God Save the King – From “Annoying” Protesters?

07.06.2023

Jona Höni Linus Bergauer

For peaceful protesters, the United Kingdom (‘UK’) has turned into difficult terrain over the last years. In the recent past, this has become increasingly obvious, especially by the way the...

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Trojan Horses with Emergency Lights

16.05.2023

Lisa M. Cohen

Medical impartiality, the principle that during armed conflicts or civil unrest, no one should interfere with the access to or delivery of medical services, is of utmost importance for effective...

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Trash or Treasure?

03.05.2023

Vivien Wefringhaus

What do you think happens with your phone after its approximately two years of usage? It will probably be on its way abroad together with other electronic equipment. With due...

Article

Beyond Property Relations

19.04.2023

Gabriele Wadlig

In December 2022, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the supervisory body of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) adopted General Comment No....

Article

The Future of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Human Rights

02.03.2023

Petra Sussner

Over the last decades, the regulation of gender and sexuality has undergone major changes in Europe. From Athens to Reykjavik, same-sex unions are legal reality. States must no longer require...

Article

The Future of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Human Rights

09.02.2023

Jens T. Theilen

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has a long history of adjudicating cases concerning sexual orientation and gender identity. Many of those cases involved the controversial interpretive approach known...

Article

Emergency Derogation or Curtailment of Human Rights?

06.02.2023

Shiva Sharifzad Reza Khabook

Following the killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in the so-called "Morality Police" custody due to the alleged non-compliance with Iran's hijab regulation, mass protests erupted all over the country in...

Article

The Vocal, yet Elusive Elephant in the Room of Supply Chain Regulation

20.12.2022

Jonas Hein

Sitting at the helm of the EU Council on 1 December 2022, Jozef Síkela, the Czech Minister for Industry and Trade, seemed astonished at the result of a vote count...

Symposium
Racial Profiling in Germany

Race and Empire in International Law

14.12.2022

Anna Hankings-Evans

The prohibition of racial discrimination has played a marginal role within the global human rights agenda. This corresponds to the subordination and neglect of ‘race’ in how international legal scholars...

Symposium
Adivasi Struggles in Chhattisgarh

India Trains Its Sights on Dissent in Chhattisgarh

28.10.2022

Allison West

Development in the form of profit-driven resource exploitation ventures in India’s central state of Chhattisgarh, led by corporations and facilitated by the state, have wreaked havoc on the lives and...

Article

Behind the Curtain

17.10.2022

Paolo Passaglia

It is increasingly difficult to form social relations, to work, or to get information about the work of government or public offices without having access to information and communications technologies...

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Wofür kämpfen?

25.07.2022

Niklas Reetz

Der russische Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine ist zu einem Zermürbungskrieg im Osten des Landes geworden. Seine Fortdauer kostet jeden Tag unzählige Menschenleben. Dennoch zeigt sich gerade in Hinblick auf die...

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Völkerrechtspodcast

#3 Bindung an Menschenrechte im Ausland

05.03.2021

Sophie Schuberth Erik Tuchtfeld Isabel Lischewski Philipp Eschenhagen

Wie man Staaten dazu bekommt, auch für ihr Handeln jenseits ihres Territoriums Verantwortung zu übernehmen, ist ein altes Problem des Völkerrechts – umso drängender wird es, wenn dieses Handeln Menschenrechte...