In der 58. Folge von „Justitias Töchter“ sprechen Dana und Selma mit der Expertin Valentina Chiofalo über das Gutachten der GFF zur Frage, ob die Partei „AfD“ verfassungswidrig ist im Sinne von Artikel 21 Absatz 2 des Grundgesetzes und vom BVerfG verboten werden könnte. www.djb.de/podcast/deta...

An der FU suchen wir eine neue Moot Court Betreuung! Hier ist die Ausschreibung: www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

Freie Universität Berlin, Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. Heike Krieger, sucht eine wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit. Die Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich des allgemeinen Völkerrechts, dem humanitären Völkerrecht und dem Menschenrechtsschutz. Bewerbungsfrist: 20.7.2026, www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

“The sanctions regime punishes Judges Prost, Bossa and Alapini-Gansou for having done nothing more than... faithfully discharge their judicial offices by rendering decisions with which the administration disagrees." Sanctioned ICC judges sue Trump in New York: www.courthousenews.com/sanctioned-i...

Sanctioned ICC judges sue Trump in New York

Three International Criminal Court judges filed the first lawsuit by sanctioned ICC judges themselves, saying U.S. measures targeting their work are unlawful and threaten judicial independence.

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Spurning just war, Pope Leo ends Catholic 'permission slip' for conflicts reut.rs/3S7e1Q1

Spurning just war, Pope Leo ends Catholic 'permission slip' for conflicts

Pope Leo this week repudiated a major teaching used by the Catholic Church since at ​least the fifth century to evaluate when countries might be justified in waging wars, in a move experts said could have long-reaching impact ‌for global powers.

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Interested in IHL and Courts? Submit an abstract to the most recent call for papers of the Yearbook of IHL! For further information, see here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Out now and in open access: academic.oup.com/book/62553 A huge thank you to all authors involved in the project and, in particular, to Asli Ozcelik Olcay, Giedre Jokubauskaite and Andreas Buser for the great cooperation over the years.

From Protracted Conflict to Sustainable Peace?: The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and International Law

Abstract. Across the globe, the number of protracted armed conflicts is rising, with many societies enduring the consequences of violence and conflict-rela

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18.3.26, 19:30 Uhr Cumberlandsche Bühne Völkerrecht oder Recht des Stärkeren? „Die „Chronik der laufenden Entgleisungen“ fragt nach der Schamlosigkeit der Macht - mit der Rechtsprofessorin Heike Krieger und der Leiterin des Instituts für Internationale Beziehungen der TU Braunschweig, Anja Jakobi.“

Die Bundesregierung bezeichnet den Krieg gegen den Iran weiterhin nicht als völkerrechtswidrig. Zahlreiche Wissenschaftler:innen aus dem Völkerrecht und den internationalen Beziehungen fordern eine Rückkehr der dt. Außenpolitik zur UN-Charta und zum Grundgesetz: verfassungsblog.de/stellungnahm...

Happy to share that I submitted my doctoral thesis 'The Duty to Cooperate in the Law of State Responsibility: Bringing Serious Breaches of Peremptory Norms to an End During Occupation' in December! 📖 ✏️ /1

Yes, it did. www.simplelaw.blog/p/3-ways-bad...

The End of an Era? On US Intervention in Venezuela and Its Consequences by Helmut Aust, Claus Kreß and myself verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a...

The End of an Era?

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Unseren Beitrag gibt es jetzt auch Online (allerdings hinter Paywall) www.faz.net/einspruch/ex...

Trump und das Völkerrecht: Das Ende einer Ära?

Das amerikanische Eingreifen in Venezuela hat langfristige Folgen für die völkerrechtliche Ordnung. Die Europäer sollten sich auf ihre Stärken besinnen.

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Heike Krieger@heikekrieger.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Gemeinsam mit Helmut Aust und Claus Kreß haben wir unsere Überlegungen zu den Folgen der US Außenpolitik für den Umgang mit dem Völkerrecht in der heutigen FAZ veröffentlicht.

Gemeinsam mit Helmut Aust und Claus Kreß haben wir unsere Überlegungen zu den Folgen der US Außenpolitik für den Umgang mit dem Völkerrecht in der heutigen FAZ veröffentlicht.

The vote in the UN 3rd Committee on Nov. 20, on a recurring resolution to reaffirm the jus cogens prohibition against torture, which has been typically adopted by consensus. This year a vote was required, and 3 states voted no...

This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is. The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'

Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...

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If you are in Berlin, please join me for my talk, "War Unbound," on Monday evening at the Freie Universität Berlin! Details here: www.jura.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...

Grateful to the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War for the opportunity to speak at the VIII “Silent leges inter arma?” Conference in beautiful Bruges last month. 🙏 I had the pleasure of joining Hanne Cuyckens, Prof. Dr. Natia Kalandarishvili-Mueller, and Nele Verlinden .. /1

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

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Just published in ICLQ via @cambup-law.cambridge.org, an excellent article by Marko Milanovic @unirdg-law.bsky.social analysing the notion of an illegal occupation in the recent #ICJ Advisory Opinion on Palestine. #InternationalLaw #IHL #Occupation #AdvisoryOpinion

New publication👇 @heikekrieger.bsky.social writing about 'Third Party Obligations and World Ordering in the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory' in the German Yearbook of International Law elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/article/7557...

The 8th ‘Silent leges inter arma?’ conference will be organised in the city of Bruges from 16-19 September 2025 by the 🇧🇪 Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. Check out this year’s topics and other information at: ismllw.org

Only 3 weeks left to register for this event hosted in Bruges from 16 to 19 September 2025! Check out the detailed programme at www.ismllw.org. The Supporting Partners of this event 👉 Netherlands Defence Academy 👉the Centre for International Humanitarian and Operational Law, Palacky University

Alfons Vanheusden@alfons-vanheusden.bsky.social · last yr.

The 8th ‘Silent leges inter arma?’ conference will be organised in the city of Bruges from 16-19 September 2025 by the 🇧🇪 Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. Check out this year’s topics and other information at: ismllw.org

Do statehood and sovereignty persist when a state sinks? AURELIO CORNEO and JUDITH SCHERER examine what the ICJ says on this question in its climate advisory opinion and explore the issues of territory, population, and government in times of climate crisis. verfassungsblog.de/montevideo-c...

A State consent dilemma in the current work of the International Law Commission on the theory of sources | by Dmytro Soldatenko

A State consent dilemma in the current work of the International Law Commission on the theory of sources

The International Law Commission (ILC) has published its advance report on the work completed during its 76th session this May. This post focuses on progress in two topics related to the theory of sou...

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The ICJ "for the first time explicitly acknowledged the legal standing of all States in relation to obligations erga omnes (in the sense of Article 48(1)(b) ASR). Until now, the Court’s decisions on collective obligations had been confined to obligations erga omnes partes arising under treaties." 👇

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State Responsibility in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change | by Federica Paddeu and Miles Jackson

The duty to cooperate under customary international law is fundamental to the response to climate change, and is intrinsically linked to the duty to prevent harm, requiring good faith, continuous and sustained forms of collective action, applying to all states (subject only to CBDR);...10/17

ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change:

Ein Gespräch zum Iran und zum Völkerrecht mit der NZZ (hinter paywall) www.nzz.ch/internationa...

Israels Angriff auf Iran: Selbstverteidigung oder ein Bruch des Völkerrechts?

Obwohl Israel einer existenziellen Gefahr ausgesetzt war, sehen Experten den Militärschlag gegen Irans Atomprogramm als völkerrechtswidrig an. Die Professorin Heike Krieger erklärt, warum das so ist u...

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The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up | by Marko Milanovic

The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up

Yesterday, the United States joined Israel in its use of force against Iran by conducting a precision bombing operation targeting Iranian nuclear sites. Like Israel’s use of force before it, this use ...

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