The Law of Treaties and Ukraine’s Resource Curse
11.03.2025
The spectacle around their White House meeting on Friday, 28 February, between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy was and is widely reported. The meeting was supposed to peak in the...
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“Senator, I Can’t Give You a Yes or No Answer”
10.03.2025
At the end of January, videos of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings went viral. Kennedy – a controversial figure best known for his anti-vaccines rhetoric – was chosen by...
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The Indictment against Assange and Its Implications for the International Freedom of the Press
14.03.2024
Introduction Since 2009, the United States government has initiated 18 prosecutions related to media leaks under the Espionage Act, the most prominent one being the indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian...
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- International Law and the Political
Beyond Black and White: Normative Ambiguities and the Delivery of Cluster Bombs
12.07.2023
Elvira Rosert
Frank Sauer
Hendrik Simon
Following the decision by the United States of America to provide cluster bombs to Ukraine, a contentious public and academic discourse has emerged, centering on the legality and legitimacy of...
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A Circumvention of Refugee Rights?
22.06.2023
On the May 11, 2023, the pandemic US border regulation – Title 42 - ran out. To replace it, the Biden Administration put in place a new rule titled “Circumvention...
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- Framing Business & Human Rights?
Resisting Corporate Capture
23.06.2022
In 2014, the Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 26/9, which established, for the first time in the history of the United Nations, an intergovernmental body charged with the responsibility to...
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- Framing Business & Human Rights?
Oops! They Did It Again
22.06.2022
When they finally joined negotiations on the proposed business and human rights (BHR) treaty, the USA immediately called for ‘exploring alternative[s]’ to the current draft, including a potential framework convention. In...
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