The Sound of Silence: Europe, Palestine, and Migration Law
24.11.2025
Pedro Sanz Díaz
Alex Geraki-Trimi
Janine Silga
In early 2025 – eighteen months into the ongoing genocide in Gaza – two of the authors attended a workshop at a leading European research institution in the field of...
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The Politics of Reception
24.06.2025
Edward Jones Corredera
Mark Somos
Hendrik Simon
400 years ago, Hugo Grotius published his most important work, De iure belli ac pacis (IBP). The work made Grotius famous and earned him the title of father of modern...
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The New European Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer
13.05.2025
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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Remembering Abel Nathan Willing (1856-1925)
01.04.2025
Dass der US-amerikanische Völkerrechtler Abel Nathan Willing völlig in Vergessenheit geraten ist, lag nicht nur an den juristisch-politischen Zeitumständen. Auch seine Persönlichkeit, die mit dem Etikett „schwierig“ nur unzureichend gekennzeichnet...
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Remembering Abel Nathan Willing (1856-1925)
01.04.2025
The fact that the American international law expert Abel Nathan Willing fell completely in oblivion was not only due to the legal and political circumstances of the time. His personality,...
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(Re-)Discoveries in a ‘Lost’ Text
04.06.2024
“Problems of international law in particular are still all too often discussed within national circles. The contributors and staff of journals normally come from more or less the same State....
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‘Where is Martti Koskenniemi?’
25.05.2024
To set rather an authentic atmosphere before or while reading the blog post, the author suggests the following artistic pieces to consult (here, here, here). The recommended pieces demonstrate that...
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In The Eyes of the Organizers
28.02.2023
Isabel Lischewski
Pierre Thielbörger
The 2023 German National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court are upon us, and in the last few months, not only the competing teams have been...
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In Remembrance of Professor Cançado Trindade
29.06.2022
Saudade is a special word in Portuguese. It can convey, all at once, deep nostalgia, the sadness of departures, and the joy and gratitude for memories of good times. May our...
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