The post Navigating the North: Perspectives on Sustainable Development in the Arctic appeared first on Völkerrechtsblog. ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 07-02-2025
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The post EnRoL! – The Human Rights and Rule of Law Speaker Series appeared first on Völkerrechtsblog. ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 07-02-2025
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A call for submissions has been issued for the research project "At the Vanishing Point: The Collectable College of International Lawyers." The project looks at how international law is mediated through the material objects that it produces. Thus far it has yielded an exhibition, social media accounts, and a website. The call is here.       ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 06-02-2025
Blog: International Law Reporter
A call for submissions has been issued for a special issue of the Chinese Journal of Transnational Law on "Empires, International Organizations, and Transnational Legal History." The call is here.       ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 06-02-2025
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The European Society of International Law's 2025 Research Forum will take place March 20-21, in Cantania, hosted by the Department of Law of the University of Catania. The theme is: "“International Law in the Age of Permacrisis." Registration is here.       ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 06-02-2025
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On February 12, 2025, the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law will host a panel discussion on "International and National Responses to Climate Change: 2024 Stocktake," including Agnes Rydberg, Ivano Alogna, and Malgosia Fitzmaurice. Details (online participation is available) are here.       ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 06-02-2025
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The United States and Denmark have been embroiled in political tensions over President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland, possibly even by force. The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, has recently met some of her EU counterparts to gain their political support for preserving Denmark’s territorial integrity. The current status of Greenland and its historic evolvement have been aptly explained in this blog. The aim of this post is to analyse how contemporary international... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 06-02-2025
Blog: European Journal of International Law (EJIL)
[25-27 September 2025] The ELU-S Annual Conference will take place in Prague and will be hosted by the Law Faculty of Charles University.... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 06-02-2025
Blog: European Law Blog
The International Law and Social Science Interest Group of the American Society of International Law and the Social Sciences and International Law Interest Group of the European Society of International Law have announced their "International Law and Social Science Speakers Series" for Spring 2025. The schedule is here. The series begins on February 12 with a talk by Lauge Poulsen on "Compensation, Economic Hostages, and Market Access" and commentary from Geraldo Vidigal and Joost Pauwelyn,... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 06-02-2025
Blog: International Law Reporter
The Department of Legal and Constitutional History of the University of Vienna and the African Law Association have issued a call for papers for a conference on "Beyond Development: Mapping Legal Entanglements between Africa and Europe," to take place Decemeber 4–5, 2025, in Vienna. The call is here.       ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 05-02-2025
Blog: International Law Reporter
A call for papers has been issued for the Sixth Workshop on Sociological Inquiries into International Law, to take place November 13–14, 2025, at Utrecht University. The theme is: "Sociological Inquiries into International Law in a Polarized World: Markets, National Security, and Democracy." The call is here.       ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 05-02-2025
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Introduction The Sassi and Benchellali v. France case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), that dealt with immunity of former United States (US) officials in criminal proceedings for allegations of torture in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, joins the ongoing discussion on immunity for State officials (the text of the decision is available in French, see here, for a non-official English translation, via Google Translate, see here). In particular, the case sheds light... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 05-02-2025
Blog: European Journal of International Law (EJIL)
The latest issue of La Comunità Internazionale (Vol. 79, no. 4, 2024) is out. Contents include: Articoli e SaggiRoberto Virzo, Fondamento ed esercizio della competenza consultiva del Tribunale internazionale del diritto del mare: considerazioni a margine del parere del 21 maggio 2024 Fulvia Staiano, The Assessment of Circumstances Requiring the Indication of Provisional Measures by the International Court of Justice: Too Much, Too Soon? Denard Veshi, The Impact of Refugee Influx on Host Nations’ National... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 05-02-2025
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A. Introduction The term ‘passportisation’ refers to the practice of extending nationality to substantial numbers of individuals beyond the boundary of the state, including by forcible imposition of nationality.  At an international level, two effects – each potentially an aim of value to the state extending its nationality –  are the erosion of the territorial sovereignty of the state of residence by the new ability of the state of nationality to intervene to protect those... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 04-02-2025
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The post Automatisch gespeicherter Entwurf appeared first on Völkerrechtsblog. ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 03-02-2025
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The post Max Planck Masterclass 2025 appeared first on Völkerrechtsblog. ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 03-02-2025
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The post CfP – Beyond Development: Mapping Legal Entanglements between Africa and Europe appeared first on Völkerrechtsblog. ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 03-02-2025
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The series editors of the International Human Rights Law in Practice Series (Brill | Nijhoff) have issued a call for proposals for the publication of monographs, commentaries, and documentary collections on any aspect falling within the remit of the series. The call is here.       ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 03-02-2025
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On 28 August 2024, the Falepili Union Treaty between Tuvalu and Australia entered into force. As the first climate resettlement treaty ever adopted in history, providing a defined climate mobility pathway, this peculiar legal instrument on climate cooperation offers numerous reflections enshrined in its first four articles (e.g. the recognition of Tuvalu’s sovereignty and continuity of statehood, the support to human mobility with dignity and the collaboration for security and stability). Notwithstanding that the Explanatory... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 03-02-2025
Blog: European Journal of International Law (EJIL)
Kevin Jon Heller (Univ. of Copenhagen - Centre for Military Studies) & Samuel Moyn (Yale Univ. - Law) have published The Vietnam War and International Law (in The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 3, Endings and Aftermaths, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen & Pierre Asselin eds., 2024). The SSRN version is here. Here's the abstract: This chapter offers a synthetic overview of the range of international law issues that arose during the course of the... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 02-02-2025
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Marco Longobardo (Univ. of Westminster - Law) has posted The Monetary Gold Principle and States' Obligations Triggered by a Serious Risks of Atrocities Being Committed by Another State: The Cases of the Duty to Prevent Genocide and the Duty to Ensure Respect for IHL (International Community Law Review, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:This article explores whether the Monetary Gold Principle applies to cases brought against a state for its failure to comply with its obligations triggered... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 02-02-2025
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The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 56, no. 1, 2025) is out. Contents include:Bastiaan E. Klerk, A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing? Reflections on the Institutional Nature of the New Regime for ABMTs and MPAs under the BBNJ Agreement Pradeep A. Singh, Aline Jaeckel & Jeff A. Ardron, A Pause or Moratorium for Deep Seabed Mining in the Area? The Legal Basis, Potential Pathways, and Possible Policy Implications Vonintsoa Rafaly, Beyond States:... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 02-02-2025
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Andreas Kulick (Johannes Gutenberg Univ. Mainz - Law) has posted Between Advice and Miracle: Expectations and Persuasiveness of ICJ Advisory Opinions. Here's the abstract: This contribution submits that, in light of the Court’s judicial function (Part 2), stakeholders initiating advisory proceedings seek advice with one or several of six types of expectations in mind (Part 3), ranging from advice as advice to advice as miracle (3.1-3.6). The type, management and failure of these expectations (4.1),... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 02-02-2025
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1. Call for Papers: Legal Aspects of Interactions between International Organizations and the Private Sector. The PRIVIGO project (“International Organizations between Mission and Market”), sponsored by the European Research Council and located at the Erik Castrén Institute, is organizing a workshop in Helsinki on 23 May 2025. The theme is Legal Aspects of Interactions between International Organizations and the Private Sector. They hope to attract specifically work that is empirical/doctrinal in nature, preferably involving international... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 02-02-2025
Blog: European Journal of International Law (EJIL)
The PRIVIGO project (“International Organizations between Mission and Market”), sponsored by the European Research Council and located at the Erik Castrén Institute, has issued a call for papers for a workshop on "Legal Aspects of Interactions between International Organizations and the Private Sector," to take place May 23, 2025, in Helsinki. The call is here.       ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 01-02-2025
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The inaugural issue of the Journal of Global Health Law (Vol. 1, no. 2, 2024) is out. Contents include:Articles John Coggon, Defining global health law Lisa Forman, The evolving international law standards governing restrictions of economic, social, and cultural rights during public health emergencies Luciano Bottini Filho, Interpreting the international right to health in global health priority-setting (or what lies beyond a fair procedure) Belinda Reeve & Roger Magnusson, Reducing unhealthy food and beverage advertising... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 01-02-2025
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The post Call appeared first on Völkerrechtsblog. ... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 31-01-2025
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About a decade ago, hybrid warfare made its big breakthrough. The concept had been around for a number of years, but few people knew what it meant and even fewer seemed to care. In 2014, Russia launched the opening act of its ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine, taking control of the Crimean Peninsula. It did so through a combination of different means, including military force, disinformation, economic pressure, nuclear blackmail and obfuscation. Moscow’s synergistic... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 31-01-2025
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Francisco Orrego Vicuña has published International Law in Search of Rebalance (Brill | Nijhoff 2025). Here's the abstract: Is the nature of international law today essentially different from the past five centuries, or does it reflect a gradual transformation within certain basic principles that remain unaltered? This book considers the profound structural changes of international law, in line with the requirements of globalization, and tracks the law’s evolution over the centuries with special regard to... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 31-01-2025
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In 2024, there was a notable rise in allegations of non-kinetic hybrid threats originating from state actors. Cognitive warfare —the manipulation and weaponisation of the human mind—particularly gained prominence as a potent tool in international politics and competition for power. NATO has described it as the 21st-century game changer, and a potential sixth warfighting domain in addition to land, sea, air, space, and the cyber domains. The growing interest in human cognition as a domain... Mehr
Veröffentlicht: 30-01-2025
Blog: European Journal of International Law (EJIL)