{"id":21059,"date":"2023-12-05T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/?p=21059"},"modified":"2023-12-05T12:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T11:51:15","slug":"editorial-33-from-a-proximate-ending-to-new-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/de\/editorial-33-from-a-proximate-ending-to-new-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial #33: From a Proximate Ending to New Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the end of the calendar year is approaching, a new beginning at our blog has been marked. Since last Friday, our team has officially grown much bigger, and 12 wonderful new members have joined our editorial team. Following a recent call for new team members, over 70 applications reached our email address, and we are deeply grateful for each and every one of them. Nonetheless, we had to make a tough decision and we are now in the position to warmly welcome 12 new members, whom you will soon virtually meet (whether via email or through our editorials and blogposts). What a fascinating beginning to mark the end of the year!<\/p>\n<p>During the past month, another beginning was announced, that of the <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/editorial-32-inviting-you-to-the-infinite-mirror-of-reflections\/\">reflecti\u00d6ns symposium<\/a>. The latter is\u00a0a novel open-ended review format on the blog, which aims to explore how different publication formats can best complement each other. The review format highlights how blogposts can function as a prism and junction of scholarly debate by making visible and connecting scholarship of the past with ideas of the future. For\u00a0<strong>reflecti\u00d6ns<\/strong>\u00a0we look forward to reading your proposals for scholarly pieces to be featured and discussed on the blog or your response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/calls-for-papers\/call-for-reflections-on-ordering-and-disordering\/\">calls for\u00a0reflecti\u00d6ns<\/a> that we will be issuing.<\/p>\n<p>The broad thematic range of the blogposts published on our blog during November allowed us to get an understanding of various current international law-related developments. First, Robin Ramsahye <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/israel-and-gaza-in-the-heat-of-the-moment\/\">stressed<\/a> that sound legal analysis must prevail over other rhetoric, especially when it comes to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Vandita Khanna then <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/equality-as-integral\/\">explored<\/a> the application of Article 14 of the ECHR in the recent ECtHR jurisprudence and underlined that a re-framing can best inform the court\u2019s task of examining Article 14 complaints in conjunction with other Convention guarantees. Subsequently, Eric R\u00fccker and Kai Budelmann <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/taking-care-of-other-peoples-history\/\">assessed<\/a> how the law of armed conflict on cultural property addresses Russia\u2019s allegations about the temporary protection of exhibits against the supposed shelling and looting by the Ukrainian armed forces, while Irene Miano <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/an-inclusive-international-court-of-justice\/\">examined<\/a> the ICJ\u2019s role as an inclusive institution and reflected on the impact of the recent amendments of the court\u2019s Rules for the ICJ\u2019s institutional image. Meanwhile, during our most recent podcast, Erik Tuchtfeld <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/31-un-behindertenrechtskonvention-ableismus-und-recht-swissenschaft\/\">spoke<\/a> with Lys Kulamadayil about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and critically looked at discriminatory structures in legal scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/symposium\/the-theory-practice-and-interpretation-of-customary-international-law\/\">book review symposium<\/a> also took place on our blog during the past month as various scholars got together to reflect on \u00a0Panos Merkouris\u2019, J\u00f6rg Kammerhofer\u2019s and Noora Araj\u00e4rvi\u2019s edited volume \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/theory-practice-and-interpretation-of-customary-international-law\/D030370C78282DE8F00F463195BFC715\">The Theory, Practice, and Interpretation of Customary International Law<\/a>\u201d. In their reflections, Monica Garcia-Salmones, Eirik Bjorge, Orfeas Chasapis Tassinis and Outi Korhonen engaged with contributions from different parts of the book and commented on the ideas expressed therein, while the symposium closed with the editors\u2019 response to the reviewers\u2019 remarks. Moreover, Hendrik Simon <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/fetishizing-the-state-gentili-and-the-myth-of-the-modern-laws-of-war\/\">interviewed<\/a> Claire Vergerio on her book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/war-states-and-international-order\/A5EE85AA9B5A81FAD10B86B0286DE22A\">War, States, and International Order<\/a>\u201d, in the context of the symposium \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/symposium\/interview-series-international-law-and-the-political\/\">International Law and the Political<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Philipp Glah\u00e9 and Alexandra Kemmerer <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/mpil100\/\">reflected<\/a> on the 100 years of history of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, while Nora Salem <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/teaching-international-law-in-the-middle-east\/\">shared her thoughts<\/a> on the implications of \u2018fearing Israel\u2019s response as well as the response to the response by the international community\u2019 for teaching international law to students generally, and specifically to students in the Middle East. Finally, Davit Khachatryan <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/transboundary-elements-of-crime\/\">delved into<\/a> the exodus of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh from an international criminal law standpoint, while Kajo Kramp, Moritz Drescher, Mette Steffen and Laura Valdivia <a href=\"https:\/\/voelkerrechtsblog.org\/wann-wird-das-asylbewerberleistungsgesetz-erwachsen\/\">revisited<\/a> the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act (AsylbLG) and highlighted the incompatibility of Sections 4 and 6 thereof with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that you enjoyed the above reads during the past month, and we look forward to sharing with you new ones this December!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the end of the calendar year is approaching, a new beginning at our blog has been marked. Since last Friday, our team has officially grown much bigger, and 12 wonderful new members have joined our editorial team. 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