Lawfare: The Mortal Kombat of Jurisprudence
17.03.2025
Carl von Clausewitz, a prominent Prussian military theorist at the beginning of the 19th century, in his major work “Vom Kriege” (On War), described war as nothing more than the continuation...
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#44 Feminist Resistance in Armed Conflicts: Beyond Victimhood, Toward Justice
07.03.2025
Polina Kulish
Rishiti Choudaha
Céline Chausse
Sissy Katsoni
Women play diverse and complex roles in armed conflicts – whether as combatants, peacebuilders, community organizers, or as those directly impacted by war, including through gender-based violence. Yet, international law...
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Filling the Gap
03.03.2025
Wars are never gender-neutral. Gaza serves as a stark reminder of this reality, with nearly one million women and girls bearing "the worst brunt" of nine months of conflict, according...
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Introducing the Fourth Annual ‘Women in International Law’ Symposium
03.03.2025
Céline Chausse
Rishiti Choudaha
Polina Kulish
Sissy Katsoni
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on the 8th of March, Völkerrechtsblog hosts the 'Women in International Law' symposium. Held each year during this week, it features...
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To Cide or Not to Cide – Ecocide, What Have You Started?
07.05.2024
The destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza since October 2023 has recently been described as being at an "unprecedented level" (UNCTAD Report, p. 9). According to the Guardian, 70% of...
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In the Tenth Year of the War
02.05.2024
In 2014, I was invited to write a post on Ukraine. Everyone understood Ukraine’s crisis mattered, and wouldn’t be short, so I wrote three. Instead of discussing doctrinal unniceties, I...
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Who’s Afraid of Human Rights in War? (Part II)
18.04.2024
In Part I of this response, I addressed the background of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the fact pattern of Narayan and Others v. Azerbaijan before the European Court of Human...
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Who’s Afraid of Human Rights in War? (Part I)
17.04.2024
From the ravaged streets of Gaza to the decimated cities of Ukraine, the calamitous consequences of disavowing international human rights law (IHRL) in situations of armed conflict have seldom been...
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Is the Harmonisation of IHL and IHRL Eroding?
18.03.2024
Editor's note: a two-part rebuttal to this piece by Mischa Gureghian Hall has been published on Völkerrechtsblog (see Part I and Part II). On 19 December 2023, the European...
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To Participate or Not to Participate?
05.03.2024
Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) are often portrayed as passive and trauma-ridden individuals whose participation in social, political and economic life and community reintegration are hindered by stigma, shame...
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Reversing Disability Discrimination in Armed Conflict
05.03.2024
An estimated 1.3 billion people, approximately 16 per cent of the world population, live with some form of disability, with substantially higher rates in conflict-affected populations. In armed conflict, the...
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Western Sahara: Questions of Neutrality?
16.10.2023
For decades, Algeria has been the major supporter of the Sahrawi liberation movement (Frente Polisario) in its struggle against Moroccan occupying forces. This support not only takes place on the...
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Compensation for Damages during Armed Conflict
24.05.2023
This episode of the “Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen” with the speaker Steven van de Put focuses on the increasing practice of states compensating individuals during armed conflict. The presenter highlights specifically the...
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Was wird aus der Beistandsklausel der EU?
08.08.2022
Finnland und Schweden haben seit dem Abend des 28. Juni Gewissheit: Beide werden Mitglieder im Verteidigungsbündnis der NATO. Nach einigen Zugeständnissen an die Türkei (ebenfalls NATO-Mitglied) können nun die Verfahren...
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A Violent Effort to Rewrite History?
19.04.2021
The geographically small Nagorno-Karabakh is rich in cultural and religious heritage. It is therefore not surprising that the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over this contested territory spurred not...
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