Call for Applications as Engaged Listeners: Armed Conflict and Climate Change (Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War), www.mpil.de/files/pdf6/c...

🗓️ Nov 18, 1 PM CET @danaschmalz.bsky.social (MPIL) on demographic concerns & migration control over 50 years—from birth rate politics to mobility restrictions. Tuesday Dialogues | Einstein Center Population Diversity Free, online More info & registration: einstein-diversity.com/event/bevolk...

80 Jahre UN – Anlass zur kritischen Bilanz. In ZDFheute betont #MPIL @kemmereralex.bsky.social „Die Existenz der UN hängt davon ab, ob es gelingt, wieder alle führenden Staaten einzubinden.“ 👉 Jetzt den Artikel lesen: zdfheute.de/politik/uno-80-jahre-gruendung-voelkerrecht-menschenrechte-100.html

📆 Save the date: On 21 November, @danaschmalz.bsky.social will discuss the "Alleged Smuggling of Migrants ( #Lithuania v. #Belarus)" case before the ICJ, at a conference on #IL and #EU migration law hosted by the University of Palermo. 🔗 www.sidi-isil.org/wp-content/u...

#NewIssue 📣 📚 JHIL 3/25 can be read here: brill.com/view/journal... @mpil.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Are you an early career researcher in law looking for new academic opportunities? Join the Max Planck Law Open House—an online info session and Q&A—on 2 December, 15:30 CET to learn about PhD and postdoc possibilities across our network: law.mpg.de/event/open-h... #OpenHouseEvent

COVID mink culls: 23M animals eliminated. No debate. No legal voice. @annepetersmpil.bsky.social asks: What if animals had rights—not just welfare rules? Courts in Ecuador, Colombia, India are testing this. Watch her Hamburg lecture: www.mpipriv.de/1988974/03-0... #GlobalAnimalLaw #AnnePeters

Mein Vortrag zu Bevölkerungszahlen und Nachhaltigkeit ist jetzt nachzuhören bei DLF Nova Hörsaal: www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/bevo...

🇪🇺 Marking 75 years of the #EuropeanConvention on Human Rights, #MPIL co-hosted a symposium with the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, warmly welcomed by Minister Stefanie Hubig & Deputy State Secretary Johannes Dimroth, exploring transnat. perspectives and glob. interaction. (1/6)

Keynote 2 with @towfigh.bsky.social #maxplancklawconference

Welcome to this year’s Annual Conference! The first keynote is delivered by our new Chair - Anne Röthel. #maxplancklawconference

Im #Wintersemester 2025/26 veranstalten Robert Stendel und Richard Dören das Lektürekolloquium „Völkerrechtswissenschaft unter dem Hakenkreuz“ an der Juristischen Fakultät der #UniversitätHeidelberg.

📣 Paradoxien der Demokratie: Wie divers bleibt Deutschland? Podiumsgespräch am Dienstag (21.10.) mit #MPIL Fellow @danaschmalz.bsky.social, @ronensteinke.bsky.social und @tariktabbara.bsky.social zu Staatsangehörigkeit, Zugehörigkeit & Demokratie. www.jmberlin.de/podiumsgespr...

Gleich am @mpil.de: www.mpil.de/apps/eventca...

The EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia could be blocked by Hungary & Slovakia. Max Planck scholars Armin von Bogdandy & Dimitri Spieker explore legal avenues on how to overcome the vetoes & break the deadlock. www.mpg.de/25538859/eu-... @mpil.de @dimitrispieker.bsky.social

Can hope & solidarity counter contempt for international law? Seeking doctoral/postdoctoral researchers for our Feb 2026 Heidelberg conference. Interdisciplinary perspectives especially welcome. Deadline: Oct 31 Apply: www.mpil.de/en/pub/news/... #InternationalLaw #Emotions #MPILHeidelberg

Ist das #Völkerrecht nicht schon länger – oder gar immer – eine Disziplin der Krise? In Folge 50 des #Völkerrechtspodcast sprechen dazu u.a. #MPIL @goldmatt.bsky.social, @kemmereralex.bsky.social & @danaschmalz.bsky.social und teilen ihre Perspektiven. 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/2jAS...

Agriculture has been routinely protected from trade liberalisation. When it comes to trade in meat, ANNE PETERS (@annepetersmpil.bsky.social) argues, such protectionism deserves to be strengthened for the sake of animal welfare. verfassungsblog.de/internationa...

Stuck on a train? Join our event on 75 years of the European Convention of Human Rights via livestream from anywhere! www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/V... #ECHR75 #HumanRights

Looking forward to this conference on the ECHR at 75 years tomorrow in Berlin. I’ll be discussing migration before the @echr.coe.int with @danielthym.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and Catharina Ziebritzki @mpil.de - all infos and livestream here www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/V...

📚 « Gaza. Face à l’anéantissement » (Gallimard) Coordonné par V. Duclert, J. Matringe & E. Lagrange (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social / conseillère scientifique externe du #MPIL), cet ouvrage collectif mobilise l’histoire et le droit pour analyser la situation à Gaza. 🔗 www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/ga...

📢 Join us next Wednesday for a special conversation between Nancy Hernández López (@corteidh.bsky.social) and Susanne Baer, a joint event with @humboldtuni.bsky.social & @juristinnenbund.bsky.social. 🗓️ 8 October, 16:00–18:00. 📍 Unter den Linden 9, Room 213 🔗 www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/de/lf/oe/lsi...

On the 75th anniversary of the #ECHR, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection & #MPIL host a full-day symposium on #HumanRights. Join the #livestream to explore #transnational perspectives and panels on #ClimateChange, #Migration & #AI. Details 👉 www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/V...

How do emotions shape international law's universality? As leaders weaponize fear while attacking norms, join us to explore this urgent question. Seeking engaged listeners for Feb 2026 in Heidelberg. Apply by Oct 31: www.mpil.de/en/pub/news/... Image: "Collision" (2022) by Ismail Noh

How do you turn enemies into constitutional partners? Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum shows how academia can host the hardest political talks. His #Sudan mediation in 2002 proved scholarship should settle real disputes, not just publish papers. 📺 youtu.be/S3iSzJOc-Bg #MPIL100 #MPIL #RüdigerWolfrum

🎓 Congrats Dr. Philipp Sauter! His PhD bridges physics + international law: "Fusion Energy in Nuclear Weapons Law" reveals legal blind spots as fusion approaches commercial viability. New treaties needed to ensure clean energy serves peace, not proliferation. #MPILHeidelberg #FusionEnergy

#NewEpisodeAlert🚨 Ep. 8 of the Voices of JHIL #podcast is here! In this ep., Peter Niesen joins us to discuss Bruno Arcidiacono’s article on Immanuel Kant’s conceptualisation of international law. Tune in 🎧: tinyurl.com/ReasonIsPacifist8 @mpil.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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📺 At the Inaugural Conference of the Vienna Center for Migration and Law (July 1, 2025), #MPIL @danaschmalz.bsky.social explored the often vague and contested definition of #integration – a key issue in law & policy – and shared some insights in a snapshot interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh6f...

‘Armed Attack’ by @chr-marxsen.bsky.social The right to self-defence in international law is triggered by an armed attack. But what are the requirements of this legal concept? Marxsen's entry is now available #OpenAccess in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 1/2 #MPEPIL

The scholar's impossible choice: engage with problematic powers, or preserve moral principle? Armin von Bogdandy traces this timeless dilemma from Nazi-era Germany to today's crises. 📺 Watch his full #MPIL100 conversation: youtu.be/93u2LwMT_ck #LegalHistory #InternationalLaw #EuropeanSociety

‘Res iudicata’ by Alfredo Crosato. Read now #OpenAccess: The principle of res judicata is one of the fundamental rules of international dispute settlement. Under which conditions does it apply, and what are its limitations? 1/2

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) has recently published a total of 25 articles – 17 updated and 8 new entries. 📚✨ Together, they reflect the dynamic development of International Law. #MPEPIL #OpenAccess #InternationalLaw

As machine translation advances and English becomes academia’s common language, Karin Oellers-Frahm reflects on what may be lost — and why future international lawyers must master the legal cultures behind the words. 📺 Watch her full #MPIL100 conversation: youtu.be/F07fZdEx_Qs

A Curator’s Voice in the Age of Search and Access Joachim Schwietzke unfolds a century‑spanning portrait of MPIL’s collection: From Berlin’s Royal Palace and a card‑catalog “central room,” through wartime loss and postwar rescues 📺 Watch his full #MPIL100 conversation: youtu.be/zItOFklNZgg?...

🎓Mariela Morales Antoniazzi wurde für ihre herausragenden Verdienste um die Amerikanische Menschenrechtskonvention sowie das Interamerikanische Menschenrechtssystem mit dem Gerichtshammer des Interamerikanischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte ausgezeichnet. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! #CorteIDH

@mpil.de is seeking candidates for a research position in the projects of Armin von Bogdandy (ICCAL), focusing on democratic resilience. Apply by 30 September: jobs.mpil.de/jobposting/4... #AcademicOpportunities

Der Weg ist frei für die Anton-WIlhelm-Amo-Straße. Wo u.a. das #BMJV zu Hause ist. So steht's auch schon auf dem Programm für unsere nächste Berliner Konferenz, die @mpil.de mit dem Bundesministerium für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz veranstaltet, am 9. Oktober. #EMK75 www.spiegel.de/panorama/ber...

"You don’t always have to be right immediately." Juliane Kokott’s path – from 1980s Heidelberg debates to 500+ EU court opinions – shows that resilience in academia isn’t about armor – it's about staying curious when others quit. 📺 Watch her full #MPIL100 conversation : youtu.be/ucBilyDUaHY?...

‘Law of the European Society’: @mpil.de (Heidelberg) is hiring for a research position in the projects of Armin von Bogdandy (Director). Apply by 31 August: jobs.mpil.de/jobposting/2... #AcademicOpportunities

From #CarlSchmitt's table to post-Cold War diplomacy. Konrad Buschbeck reflects on an insulated 1960s law institute, the 1968 protests from afar, and his path from scholar to science attaché in Poland. Watch his #MPIL100 conversation 📺 youtu.be/uZXlEMMmVxU?... #MPIL #Buschbeck

Marking the centenary of @mpil.de, Director @annepetersmpil.bsky.social revisits Bruns’ and Mosler’s visions of ‘International Law as a Legal Order’ to assess its relevance in a post-liberal world. Legal order emerges not as a given, but as a task. Read the #Perspective: law.mpg.de/perspectives...

Do rules still matter when great powers stop pretending? @annepetersmpil.bsky.social argues yes: even cynical legal talk restrains power. Hypocrisy can keep norms alive; silence kills them. Read via DER SPIEGEL (🔒📰) 👉 www.spiegel.de/spiegel/prin... #MPILHeidelberg #AnnePeters

From #Terrorism to #AI: Legal Scholarship in Changing Times Prof. Silja Vöneky reflects on two decades at the intersection of law, ethics, and AI—always prioritizing principled debate. Watch her #MPIL100 conversation with @silviasteininger.bsky.social: 📺 youtu.be/5nC-M_Vx1po?... #MPIL #Voeneky

My friend and colleague Robert Stendel and I have a new draft on SSRN of an article forthcoming in EJIL, entitled 'Monetary Gold in the Age of Public Interest Litigation'. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Comments (still) welcome! Here is the abstract:

The Second Edition of The Law and The Amazon Conference will be held this December in Belém, COP30’s host city. It. It explores how local and Indigenous legal narratives challenge global climate governance. Submissions due 24 August: law.mpg.de/event/ii-law... @mpilhlt.bsky.social @mpil.de

Now in English: Pedro A. Villarreal examines gaps in global health law exposed by Covid-19 and reflects on the proposed WHO pandemic agreement. Published in ‘MaxPlanckResearch’. Read more: law.mpg.de/news/overcom... @pedroav.bsky.social @mpil.de

A life at international law's crossroads: In this #MPIL100 Conversation, Jochen Frowein reflects on his MPIL journey—from shaping Ostpolitik to leading the European Commission of Human Rights. Dive into his stories bridging scholarship & diplomacy. 📺 youtu.be/clEjCjzq3s4?... #InternationalLaw

1/ How can non-state actors like international organizations and businesses be held accountable for human rights violations? Mateja Platise has devoted years to researching this critical question. In recognition of her achievements, she's been appointed Honorary Prof. at @goetheuni.bsky.social! 🎉

#NewIssue 📖Are you looking for a fresh read? Our book review section might be able to help! Read here: brill.com/view/journal... @mpil.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social