The New European Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer

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The New European Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer

13.05.2025

Salim Amin

On March 12, 2025, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe unanimously adopted the European Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer (‘the Convention’). This instrument...

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Call for Contributions: Symposium on Knowledge under Occupation

14.03.2025

Khaled El Mahmoud Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni Anna Sophia Tiedeke

We hereby announce our forthcoming online blogpost symposium, ‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’, which will be held in collaboration with Opinio Juris and will...

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Editorial #43: The Ides of March

12.03.2025

Rouven Diekjobst

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Caesar is warned to “Beware the Ides of March” (Act I, Scene II). Still, he did not foresee his eventual assassination and was blindsided by his...

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America Reimagined

04.11.2024

Frederike Kanschat Gordon Friedrichs

Traditionally viewed as a leader in upholding a rules-based international order, the U.S. saw its global role fundamentally challenged during Donald Trump’s first presidency. Trump's "America First" approach disrupted international...

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“Pax Falastini”

10.06.2024

Adrian Kreutz

Since the conception of the Zionist state in Herzl’s utopia, the relationship between Israel and Palestine has been the thermometer of global politics: Early socialist experiments, 19th century state-building fantasies,...

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International Organizations, the Rule of Law, and the Role of the Legal Advisor

23.02.2024

Noora Arajärvi

This episode of the Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen series dissects the crucial role of international organizations (IOs), the rule of law, and the significance of legal advisors within them, focusing on examples...