Saksham Agrawal analyses how the ECtHR's Semenya v. Switzerland judgment exposes limits in Switzerland's arbitration framework, arguing that it calls for recalibrating PILA and reassessing arbitral autonomy. #Switzerland, #HumanRights, #Arbitration voelkerrechtsblog.org/after-semenya/

In his contribution to the 📣 #Symposium on the #ICRC's Customary IHL Study twenty years on📣, Stanislau Lashkevich sketches a calibrated reading of state practice that aims to complement, rather than displace, the Study’s universalist method.✨️ voelkerrechtsblog.org/beyond-headc...

Rouven Diekjobst (@diekjobst.bsky.social), Rosa-Lena Lauterbach (@rosalauterbach.bsky.social) and Paulina Rob kick off our #Symposium on customary IHL. Find out more about its reflections from scholarship and the exciting articles coming up! 💭✨️ voelkerrechtsblog.org/revisiting-c...

Our workshop may be over, but that doesn‘t mean the conversation is. It has been an incredible two days of reflecting on customary #IHL and the ICRC‘s 2005 study. The series to our event between @articlesofwar.bsky.social and @voelkerrechtsblog.org launched today - follow along!

@diekjobst.bsky.social, @rosalauterbach.bsky.social and Paulina Rob introduce the joint series between #ArticlesofWar and @voelkerrechtsblog.org, which highlights the contested terrain of customary international humanitarian law two decades after the ICRC’s Study was first published.

Since its publication in 2005, #ICRC Study of Customary #IHL has assumed an authoritative position in the identification and application of the law of #armedconflict. lieber.westpoint.edu/revisiting-c...

📣 Our new #Symposium, hosted by #Ö and #ArticlesOfWar (@articlesofwar.bsky.social)! On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the #ICRC's customary IHL study, its authority, methodology, and relevance will be analyzed from various angles. Read more here✨️: voelkerrechtsblog.org/symposium/re...

Truly grateful to the editors sharing this experience. Great piece and such an admirable level of integrity and courage anywhere but specifically in the German context.

"I have been deeply disappointed by the great majority of my tenured peers who have disturbingly remained silent and passive". JEAN D'ASPREMONT in conversation with ANNA SOPHIA TIEDEKE on censorship and learning from oppressed groups how to resist silently verfassungsblog.de/learning-fro...

The 'Knowledge under Occupation' symposium closes its curtains with a conversational epilogue. @jdamh.bsky.social discusses with Anna Sophia Tiedeke how academics can 'say words without saying them' and employ strategies of silent resistance. voelkerrechtsblog.org/learning-fro...

The 'Knowledge under Occupation’ symposium’s illustration is finally revealed! @marinavelickovic.bsky.social inspired us with her solidarity and a very creative way of depicting the suffocating effects of restrictions on academic freedom. voelkerrechtsblog.org/dear-anna-kh...

How does the struggle over the term "genocide" shape international law? @isafei.bsky.social & members of #Ö examine genocide not only as mass killing but as the dismantling of the common - the social, cultural, & ecological relations that sustain communities. voelkerrechtsblog.org/whats-in-a-n...

Souheir Edelbi discusses with Khaled El Mahmoud on the Palestine Project and on how law schools can support students during times of crisis, resist institutional silence, and defend academic freedom. voelkerrechtsblog.org/building-cri...

Seyla Benhabib reflects on how the erosion of multilateral human rights and the rise of sovereigntist impunity narrow the very spaces where critical inquiry can thrive. She warns that as academic freedom is increasingly pressured and delegitimized. voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-gaza-war...

Does an editorial decision to publish legitimise the piece’s author, the author’s affiliated inst. or the piece’s content? @smanley5.bsky.social reflects on this question in light of recent debates around publ. on EJIL:Talk! & in the Leiden Journal of Intl. Law. voelkerrechtsblog.org/editorial-de...

Sabrina Seikh´s contribution reflects on how international law’s silence around Palestine obscures the ongoing Nakba, and calls for legal vocabularies that confront structural violence rather than reduce it to isolated issues. voelkerrechtsblog.org/say-my-name-...

In his contribution to the 'Knowledge under Occupation' symposium, @itamann.bsky.social investigates the involvement of privileges, personal ethics and structural discrimination in determining who gets to speak in Israeli universities. voelkerrechtsblog.org/who-gets-to-...

In this contribution to the "Knowledge under Occupation" symposium, Vasuki Nesiah analyses AAUP v. Rubio, foregrounding the importance of “listening rights” in the struggle over academic freedom and free speech in the university. voelkerrechtsblog.org/academic-fre...

This contribution highlights the silencing of Palestinians in media, law and international institutions through the lens of Dotson's framework of epistemic violence. The author shows the manifold ways, in which Palestinians are denied epistemic agency. voelkerrechtsblog.org/testimonial-...

The 'Knowledge under Occupation' symposium continues with @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social analysis on the chilling effect that the conflation between 'antisemitism' and 'anti-Zionism' has on academic freedom and on the way in which international law is taught. voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...

Aren't silencing attempts against a symposium highlighting academic silencing ironic? Khaled El Mahmoud, Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Sissy Katsoni think so! In their contribution to the symp., the eds. of #Ö share the silencing attempts they faced while organising it. voelkerrechtsblog.org/isnt-it-ironic

In many Western universities, both on-campus solidarity with the Palestinian people and academic engagement with Palestine have been met with repression and censorship. Fabio Cristiano and Alessandra Spadaro focus on the reality in Dutch universities. voelkerrechtsblog.org/spacio-cide-...

Otto Spijkers, @jeffhandmaker.bsky.social and Renee Kolpa explore the selective approach of Dutch universities concerning cooperations with Russian universities on the one hand and Israeli universities on the other. voelkerrechtsblog.org/protesting-a...

Excited to share my article on Israeli Universities' most recent crackdown on speech and its effects on Palestinians' knowledge production. The article was published today as part of the Völkerrechtsblog symposium 'Knowledge Under Occupation'.

„A research institute that adopts a pro-Israeli stance expresses a political, rather than scientific, position. This may be mission-driven, too, but a publicly funded academic institution would likely avoid being perceived as a ‘Tendenzbetrieb’ in this context.“

Read the powerful contribution by @adimansour.bsky.social on how disciplinary procedures against Palestinian students and scholars in Israeli universities have transformed academic institutions into spaces of epistemic policing. voelkerrechtsblog.org/epistemic-ap...

@felixhartmann.bsky.social examines employee free speech in German workplaces after 10/7/23. As courts struggle with balancing rights & raison d’état, his contribution urges clearer guidelines to protect employees' expression while respecting workplace duties. voelkerrechtsblog.org/raison-detat...

The 'Knowledge under Occupation' symposium opens with Professor Ben Saul's reflection on Germany’s recent decision to classify the BDS movement as an “extremist threat”. As the author warns, this classification poses risks for fundamental rights: voelkerrechtsblog.org/boycott-dive...

Organized by Khaled El Mahmoud, Sissy Katsoni, and Anna Sophia Tiedeke. 📃 Find an up-to-date overview of all published contributions here: voelkerrechtsblog.org/symposium/kn...

Our friends at @voelkerrechtsblog.org have launched a symposium on “Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage” today. We are cross-posting the introduction by KHALED EL MAHMOUD, SISSY KATSONI, and ANNA SOPHIA TIEDEKE: verfassungsblog.de/introducing-...

Watch the space below for the next two weeks. Thank you @voelkerrechtsblog.org, @verfassungsblog.de & everyone involved for standing firm and making this possible. This symposium, and the lessons we take from the subject it tackles, are of critical importance. voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/symposium...

a timely and important symposium at @voelkerrechtsblog.org : ‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’ voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...

📣 Our new symposium, #KnowledgeUnderOccupation: Academic Freedom and #Palestine on the Global Stage, is finally online! Throughout this week and the next, #Ö brings together diverse voices reflecting on how #AcademicFreedom is increasingly restricted: voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...

Important @voelkerrechtsblog.org blog by Prof @harrovanasselt.bsky.social - time for companies to take careful note. @hugheshall.bsky.social @climatehughes.bsky.social @landeconomy.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

In a new blog post at @voelkerrechtsblog.org, I discuss the implications of the ICJ's Advisory Opinion for corporate climate accountability. Though the Court doesn't say much explicitly, the key is to read between the lines. voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-private-...

Yesterday, the @voelkerrechtsblog.org published a piece by @cohelongo.bsky.social and I commenting on the ICJ's climate change adivsory opinion : voelkerrechtsblog.org/strengthenin...

“An international legal system operating beyond a purely state-centric paradigm”: Lillian Robb and Vishal Prasad reflect on how the ICJ Advisory Opinion is symptomatic of systematic shifts and changes. voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/both-a-gl...

"The Private Life of the ICJ Advisory Opinion": Analyzing the implications of the ICJ Climate Change AO for corporate climate accountability, @harrovanasselt.bsky.social discusses what the ICJ said (and what it didn’t) about the role of the private sector. voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/the-priva...

“The nature of a ‘landmark’ decision is that it creates a narrative ‘before’ and ‘after’”: Rashmi Dharia reflects on the role of microhistorical narratives in the context of the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion. voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/vanishing...

@philpaiement.bsky.social and @cohelongo.bsky.social show how the ICJ advisory opinions removed crucial barriers and point out where more work is needed to hold States accountable for their impacts on the global climate voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/strengthe...

Khaled El Mahmoud explains how the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion systematically builds on ITLOS’s 2024 ruling, signaling a growing practice of cross-judicial law-making and promoting coherent, integrated climate jurisprudence across international courts. 🌎⚖️ voelkerrechtsblog.org/one-climate-...

Andreas Kulick: “The lasting legal impact and influence of the Advisory Opinion of 23 July [...] depends to  a considerable degree on how well the Court succeeds in managing and responding to expectations held prior to its delivery.” ⚖️ #ClimateChange, #ICJ voelkerrechtsblog.org/great-expect...

David M. Scott examines how international tribunals handle environmental treaties over time, balancing legal stability with evolving norms and highlights how courts navigate the interpretation of old laws in light of new ecological realities.  #ICJ, #Temporality voelkerrechtsblog.org/timing-the-e...

While the #ICJ highlights equity and the need to challenge the powerdynamics leading to a North-South divide, @lovleenb.bsky.social explains that we must further “challenge the limits of international law and seek solutions to this planetary crisis beyond” it.  voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-advisory...

Malavika Rao explains the #ICJ’s acknowledgement of climate-driven displacement, affirmation of non-refoulement protections for those fleeing life-threatening conditions, and underscoring of cooperation and continued statehood, even if territory vanishes. 🌎⚖️ voelkerrechtsblog.org/climate-disp...

@juanauz.bsky.social explains how the #ICJ and #IACtHR climate opinions forge a blueprint for climate justice together, linking state responsibility, human rights, and reparations, establishing the "groundwork for a new phase of climate litigation.”🌎⚖️ voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-legal-co...

Naimeh Masumy explains how the U.S. dollar’s longstanding supremacy faces rising challenges. While the system remains difficult to replace, the BRICS nations promote new monetary systems, potentially pioneering innovative frameworks. Read her analysis here:  voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-dollar-i...

My latest post, part of @voelkerrechtsblog.org symposium on the ICJ’s advisory opinion of 23 July 2025 on climate change, looks at how the Opinion engages with climate displacement - what it says, what it leaves open. Read it here: voelkerrechtsblog.org/climate-disp...

Thanks to @voelkerrechtsblog.org for publishing my analysis on how the ICJ treated the right of self-determination in the context of climate change impacts voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-icjs-his...