Völkerrechtler Alexander Wentker, Universität Potsdam, über die Grenzen des Völkerrechts im Nahostkonflikt

I am very grateful to Marko, Ashley, Philippa, and Paul for their thoughtful contributions. I greatly appreciate their thorough engagement with my work. To conclude the symposium, I will react to a fe...

The following comments are offered from the perspective of a government lawyer but very much on a personal basis; they do not necessarily represent the views of the UK Government. The relationship bet...

I explore in this post how the use of AI-based Decision Support Systems (AI-DSS) could disrupt the three criteria developed by Alexander Wentker for identifying co-parties to an armed conflict. I firs...

Alex Wentker’s book, which will stand as the definitive work on co-party status for years, offers an extremely careful and comprehensive look at the nature and implications of being a co-party to an a...

I doubt that a doctoral thesis – and then a book – on international law could be more timely than Alexander Wentker’s Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law. The ongoing wars in Ukraine a...

Abstract. This book analyses why it matters and how it is established that a State, international organisation, or armed group is a party to an armed confl

Introduction Russia’s war of aggression has sparked intense public debates about whether and how to support Ukraine across many Western States over the past three years. These debates capture the hear...

THE ARMED ATTACK EXCEPTION TO NEUTRALITY IN INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY LAW - Volume 73 Issue 4

When joining in armed conflicts, parties must be aware of how becoming a co-party determines the rules that apply to their conduct.

Interview mit Völkerrechtler Alexander Wentker | Video | Im Gespräch bei BR24 ist Alexander Wentker, Völkerrechtler am Max Planck-Institut in Heidelberg. Er hat seine Doktorarbeit über die brisante Fr...

Nicaragua alleges that Germany violates the Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law by assisting Israel and also by failing to prevent violations of these bodies of law. It requests the...

How states, international organizations and armed groups become parties to armed conflict.

Taurus-Flugkörper an die Ukraine zu liefern, könnte Deutschland zur Kriegspartei machen, fürchtet Scholz. Das sagt ein Völkerrechtsexperte dazu.