5/ How do international courts engage with climate change? 🌍 JANNIKA JAHN (@mpil.de) traces the European approach to climate litigation in global context — and shows how a shared core of human-rights-based climate due diligence is emerging. verfassungsblog.de/the-european...

Call for applications! I'll be holding the 2026 Masterclass at the @mpil.de on 26-29 May 2026, on what Hegel's philosophy adds to the study of EU law. The call is open to all academics with an interest in the topic, with a special PhD workshop. Apply by 22 March 2026: jobs.mpil.de/jobposting/e...

Reminder: @mpil.de and the Humboldt University will host the Sixth Authors’ Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on 12–13 March 2026 in Berlin. Researchers can apply as ‘engaged listeners’. Register by 15 December: law.mpg.de/event/max-pl... #MPINetworkEvent

Can you hold war criminals accountable without prison? Colombia's peace court just convicted FARC leaders for 21,000+ kidnappings—choosing monitored reparative work instead. New interview with MPIL's Carolina Bejarano Martínez ↓ www.linkedin.com/pulse/nunca-... #TransitionalJustice #ICCALLab

From constitutional courts to democratic resilience—Armin von Bogdandy traces MPIL's 60-year collaboration with Latin America. Watch (ES/EN subtitles): youtu.be/wTXXOQVISaM #ICCAL #XXSeminarioICCAL #MPILHeidelberg

COP30 ended with no new protections for people displaced by climate impacts. Laura Kraft on why climate-displaced people remain "doubly invisible" — and which legal tools states are already ignoring. 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/doubly... #COP30 #MPILHeidelberg

2/ How has the European Convention on Human Rights shaped European society? ARMIN VON BOGDANDY (@mpil.de) traces the Convention’s significance for Article 2 TEU’s European society in four steps: verfassungsblog.de/the-echrs-co...

75 years of the ECHR ✨⚖️ A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges. Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future. verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...

In the 5th Rudolf Bernhardt Lecture, Dr Juliana Valle Pereira Guerra (#ICJ) shows how the Court’s 2025 climate advisory opinion can move from principle to practice—through procedure: jurisdiction, standing, erga omnes, provisional measures, interventions. Watch: youtu.be/ob98v4kfnh4 #ClimateLaw

@mpil.de and the Humboldt University will host the Sixth Authors’ Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on 12–13 March 2026 in Berlin. Researchers can apply as ‘engaged listeners’. Register by 15 December: law.mpg.de/event/max-pl... #MPINetworkEvent

Tomorrow! Tune in to the #Migration #Law conference at Università degli studi di Palermo. On the first panel (11:00-12:30), @danaschmalz.bsky.social will discuss the #Lithuania v. #Belarus ICJ case. 🔗 Follow online: lnkd.in/e9ybg8ZF

🎉 Congratulations to Professor @eliavl.bsky.social (Tel Aviv U Law), recipient of the 2025 Max Planck–Cambridge Prize for outstanding research in international law. Thanks to the #MaxCamPIL jury and @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social! More info: www.mpil.de/de/pub/forsc... #MPIL #LCIL

⚖️ How can human rights frameworks keep pace with technologies that evolve faster than regulation? Here are some impressions from the Ibero-American Colloquium No. 333 with Prof. Eduardo Bertoni, Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at @auwcl.bsky.social.

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