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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 16/10/2026

To accompany Jean d'Aspremont thought-provoking contribution, we invite short contributions that engage with the changing conditions of legal and academic knowledge production. Please send your contributions to editors-in chief@voelkerrechtsblog.org with an indication of the subject MACHINES.

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 20/04/2026

In a recent interview with Khaled El Mahmoud Janan Abdu explains why Palestinian prisoners are political prisoners, their legal, political and living conditions as well as describes feminist approach to her work. You can now read the interview also in Arabic! voelkerrechtsblog.org/%D9%85%D8%B9...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 08/03/2026

To conclude: Tania Ixchel Atilano, Michelle Staggs Kelsall, and Joyce De Coninck reflected on the relationship between motherhood, the development of one’s academic career and how international legal academia could become a better place for women in academics. voelkerrechtsblog.org/54-publish-p...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 07/03/2026

Marianne Crielle V. argues that for women from the Global South pursuing careers in international law, structural inequalities render the choice of motherhood deeply constrained rather than freely made. voelkerrechtsblog.org/womanhood-in...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 07/03/2026

Aurélia Gervasoni on how political or ‘progressive’ children’s books translate legal norms/structure of power to child-accessible language, and how motherhood/caregiving can become spaces of critical knowledge production challenging dominant legal narratives. voelkerrechtsblog.org/p-is-for-par...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 06/03/2026

Tania Ixchel Atilano argues that openly discussing pregnancy and motherhood in legal academia is essential to exposing the structural and cultural barriers behind the ‘maternal wall’ and explains how to close the persistent gender gap. voelkerrechtsblog.org/motherhood-a...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 06/03/2026

In her post Sabaa Khan examines how mothers shape international environmental law through care-based knowledge: from Brundtland’s sustainable development to Inuit mothers driving persistent organic pollutants treaties. voelkerrechtsblog.org/care-as-lega...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 06/03/2026

Carolina Lozano Martínez and Xilene Margarita Díaz Palacio discuss the struggle of the ‘Mothers of Acari’ within the broader fight against enforced disappearance in Latin America and their maternal activism before the Inter-American human rights system. voelkerrechtsblog.org/mothers-of-a...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 05/03/2026

In her post Selin Altay demonstrates, through key ECtHR Article 8 judgments, how the Court has handled queer family-making through assisted reproduction and argue that its focus on a wide margin of appreciation often blocks legal recognition of these families. voelkerrechtsblog.org/redefining-f...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 05/03/2026

Miriam Bak McKenna and Maj Grasten arguing that although international legal frameworks largely refrain from defining ‘the mother’, the law nonetheless exercises various models of legitimate motherhood. voelkerrechtsblog.org/im-your-moth...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 04/03/2026

Dilara Karmen Yaman on motherhood constituting essential yet devalued reproductive labour sustaining capitalist accumulation and international law’s maintenance of the public/private divide structurally reinforces mothers’ economic dependency and double burden. voelkerrechtsblog.org/motherhood-a...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 04/03/2026

Devran Gulel, Sanja Djajic and Ruth Dineen demonstrating how the Hague Abduction Convention harms mothers fleeing domestic violence, and argue for national courts and the ECtHR to adopt a domestic abuse-informed interpretation of the Convention. voelkerrechtsblog.org/when-protect...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 04/03/2026

In her post Verónica García de Cortázar focuses on obstetric violence and highlights that childbirth is a physiological, social, experiential, and political event shaped by power dynamics and medicalisation. voelkerrechtsblog.org/why-the-cont...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 03/03/2026

Dr. Avv. Arianna Vettorel and Mariagiulia Masiero underline how international criminal law has struggled to name and prosecute reproductive violence coherently, and argue for recognition of reproductive autonomy as a distinct and stand-alone legal interest. voelkerrechtsblog.org/non-motherho...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 03/03/2026

Kim Ducho demonstrates how the law of armed conflict often recognises women mainly through pregnancy and motherhood, and will discuss how this framing can make people who are not mothers less visible in both legal protection and accountability. voelkerrechtsblog.org/mothers-and-...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 03/03/2026

Dilruba Begüm Kemaloğlu and Maria Zheltukha discussing the effects of Türkiye’s spousal consent requirement for sterilisation on women’s reproductive autonomy, despite international law recognizing reproductive decisions as an individual right. voelkerrechtsblog.org/when-consent...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 02/03/2026

Paulina Macías Ortega and Samantha Rodríguez Santillán on recognition of forced pregnancy as a form of gender-based violence in relevant jurisprudence, however international law must move toward the explicit recognition of girls’ right to non-motherhood. voelkerrechtsblog.org/girls-forced...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 02/03/2026

Swarna Latha R on how international human rights law constructs reproductive autonomy asymmetrically, protecting women from forced motherhood only when it constitutes harm or suffering. voelkerrechtsblog.org/motherhood-a...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 02/03/2026

In her contribution Annika Knauer examines whether the forthcoming General Recommendation No. 41 of the CEDAW Committee can effectively combat gender inequality through an anti-stereotyping approach. voelkerrechtsblog.org/women-are-mo...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 02/03/2026

✨In honor of International Women's Day, we invite you to the 5th annual Women In International Law Symposium✨ The focus is on the impact of international law on the protection of (non)motherhood & the impact of motherhood on the shaping of international law. voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 03/03/2025

✨In honor of #InternationalWomensDay, #Ö invites you to the 4th annual #WomenInInternationalLaw #Symposium✨This year, we focus on the roles, struggles, & agency of #WomenInConflictZones & beyond. Join us for a week of engaging discussions. #WomenInLaw 👉 voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 06/12/2024

Here are some quick stats on #SocialMedia from our #Ö editorial board meeting: #X = followers ↓ #Bluesky = followers ↑

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 11/02/2024

Neue Podcastfolge 🎧 Wir schauen nach #Bergkarabach und blicken zurück auf den Zerfall der #UdSSR und wie dort verschiedene Auffassungen von #Staatlichkeit zum Tragen kamen. 🎙️ mit Leonie Brassat, Philipp Eschenhagen, Isabel Lischewski & Erik Tuchtfeld open.spotify.com/episode/7tUI...

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 16/01/2024

Yay to Legal Blogging! 🎊🙌 We're honored that @voelkerrechtsblog.org is represented in the official bibliography 2020-2022 of the ICJ. ⚖️📖 www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul... Find all the listed articles in the 🧵 below ⤵️

Screenshot of the title page of the ICJ 2020-2022 bibliography.

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 22/12/2023

We're taking a little end-of-year break 🌠 Happy holidays from the @voelkerrechtsblog.org team and see you again on January 8!

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 01/12/2023

🎉 Ganze 244 Minuten gab es dieses Jahr vom Völkerrechtspodcast auf die Ohren. 🎙️ Danke an alle treuen und neuen Hörer*innen da draußen! #spotifywrapped 🎧 Folgt uns für Völkerrecht „to go“: open.spotify.com/show/4e1s8fJ...

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