There is now a whole genre of scholarship in which international lawyers ruminate on the disastrous state of the world – Philippa Webb and Lydia Kim recently did a good survey of it here on the blog. ...

Um Hannes Tretter und sein vielfältiges Schaffen zu würdigen, veranstalten wir ein Symposium, das sich dem in seinen letzten Lebensmonaten konzipierten Projekt „Notfall Demokratie“, widmet.

Die von Bürgermeisterin Anne Hidalgo umgesetzte grüne Revolution sollte der Stadt Wien Mut machen. In Paris wird geklotzt, statt an kleinen Rädchen zu drehen. Das hilft dem Stadtklima und macht die Tr...

It has become trite to question the role and meaning of international law in a world where it is being flouted – often flagrantly – on a daily basis. President Trump’s second term has prompted cries o...

USA, Russland und China ignorieren internationale Regeln oder wollen sie ändern. Die Juristin Heike Krieger beschreibt drei Szenarien, was aus dem Völkerrecht werden könnte.

Editorial: The populist right sees the European convention as a soft target in a longer campaign to degrade democratic checks and balances

In a post-American world, greed and nihilism are destroying Sudan.

A group of British peers, among them several distinguished lawyers, yesterday sent a letter to the Attorney-General, Lord Hermer, asking him to advise the UK Government that its announced forthcoming ...

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Secretary General Strasbourg 25 June 2025

Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, the IDF Chief of Staff, the Attorney General.

Sommer 1913: In einem protestantischen Dorf in Norddeutschland häufen sich grausame Zwischenfälle. Dem Dorflehrer schwant, was der Zuschauer längst vermutet: Die Kinder sind schuld – doch die Erwachse...

Syrien nach dem Sturz Assads: Steuern die neuen Machthaber hin zu einer islamisch geprägten Demokratie – oder in Richtung eines zweiten Afghanistans?

A rare look inside a region still reckoning with the toll of war crimes, even as new conflicts roil the nation.

Wie geht es nach dem Sturz Assads weiter? Eine Syrien-Expertin schätzt die Lage ein.

Today, my Office is filing an application for a warrant of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar. Image ICC Prosecutor Khan on ap...

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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas official Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also ...

Ambassador Buchwald draws lessons from past U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court as a guide for U.S. policymakers in responding to arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.

Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...

Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued a warrant of arrest fo...