Beyond the Reactor
25.07.2025
Aaron Dumont
Kai Budelmann
With Israel’s strikes against Iranian territory on June 13, 2025, the long-simmering confrontation between Israel and Iran has escalated into open hostilities, marking a dangerous new phase in their conflict....
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Between Principle and Power
22.07.2025
Gaza and Iran are not simply sites of armed conflict; they are legal thresholds—points at which the integrity of the post-1945 legal order is tested and, increasingly, revealed as inefficient....
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Israel’s Rising Lion
17.07.2025
It is never trite to emphasize that the law on the use of force is straightforward: it prohibits the use of force in international relations. Before 1945, it was left...
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Iran’s Appointment as the Chair-Rapporteur of the UNHRC Social Forum
08.06.2023
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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Trojan Horses with Emergency Lights
16.05.2023
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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Certain Iranian (Frozen) Assets
17.04.2023
Mit seinem jüngsten Urteil im Streit zwischen dem Iran und den USA hat der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) dem Iran unter Heranziehung einer widersprüchlichen Maßstabsbildung den Zugang zu eingefrorenen Zentralbank-Vermögen versperrt....
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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...
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Die Rückkehr des „Bloody November” im Iran
24.11.2022
Das International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s Atrocities (dt. Das Internationale Tribunal zu den Gräueltaten des Iran, kurz Aban-Tribunal) verkündete nach zweijährigen Ermittlungen zu den Ereignissen vom November 2019 in Iran...
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The Return of Iran’s “Bloody November”?
21.11.2022
On 30 September 2022, the International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s Atrocities (short Aban Tribunal) delivered its judgment after two years of investigation into the events of November 2019 in Iran....
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