Was the destruction of the #NovaKakhovka Dam by Russia #Ecocide under Art. 8 of the #RomeStatute?
Read the analysis by Aaron Dumont (IFHV Bochum). #ICC #WarCrimes
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/a-clear-war-crime-against-the-environment/
#Bofaxe #NovaKakhovka #ecocide #RomeStatute #icc #warcrimes
Vanessa Bliecke outlines the legal issues related to the case of Heidi Crowter, an activist with Down Syndrome, who will challenge the #British Abortion law before the #ECHR.
#Bofaxe #british #echr #disability #abortion #humanrights
Linus Bergauer & @JonaHoeni evaluate the recent #UK legislation facilitating the crackdown of #protests against the requirements of international #HumanRights law. #ICCPR #ECHR
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/god-save-the-king-from-annoying-protesters/
#Bofaxe #uk #protests #humanrights #ICCPR #echr
Spoiler: It's #OuterSpace law! 🚀 🌌
Find out which three aspects, according to Maximilian Bertamini (IFHV Bochum), make this field so worthy of excitement.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-most-exciting-field-of-international-law/
The far-reaching globalization of #waste streams, especially those for #electronics, calls for more binding international legal solutions, argues Vivien Wefringhaus.
"[P]ersons displaced from (...) #disasters are entitled to the same #protection as any other protection seekers when it comes to the positive obligation to #admit." Read the analysis by Sissy Katsoni. #Turkey #earthquake
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/an-unneighborly-gift-in-times-of-need/
#Bofaxe #disasters #protection #admit #turkey #earthquake
Meta has so far refrained from deleting videos of #POW|s from #Facebook. Pierre Thielbörger & Jan-Philipp Graf discuss some of the conceptual obstacles in applying #IHL to foreign corporations’ online conduct during #ArmedConflicts.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/prisoner-of-war-videos-on-facebook/
#Bofaxe #pow #facebook #ihl #armedconflicts
What does international law have to say about the #minimum age for #criminal responsibility?
Vanessa @bliecke takes a closer look.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/too-young-to-be-a-criminal/
If worse comes to worst, could #Taiwan invoke (collective) #SelfDefense against #China?
Read the analysis by Aaron Dumont (IFHV Bochum).
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/just-like-ukraine-but-worse/
#Bofaxe #taiwan #selfdefense #china
Dilara Yaman (IFHV Bochum) examines the implications of the #ICC's #ArrestWarrant against #Putin and the question of heads of states #immunity before the Court.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/heads-of-states-before-the-icc/
#Bofaxe #icc #arrestwarrant #Putin #immunity
Mara Ebbers (IFHV Bochum) examines the #IACtHR's jurisprudence on #abortion and concluding that this issue seems to be treated as a political than a legal question. #ReproductiveRights #HumanRights
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/forcing-women-to-deprioritize-their-health/
#Bofaxe #iacthr #abortion #reproductiverights #humanrights
Sonja Susann Schäfer (IFHV Bochum) examines who is internationally responsible to remove leaked oil off the #Philippine coast following the sinking of a tanker. #Marine #pollution #UNCLOS
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/when-a-princess-causes-a-nightmare/
#Bofaxe #philippine #Marine #pollution #unclos
Mara Ebbers & Anna Müller see little room within the existing international law for successful #reparations claims, such as the ones raised by #Namibia against #Germany. They instead propose an approach based on new political-legal initiatives.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/new-ways-to-deal-with-old-crimes/
#Bofaxe #reparations #namibia #germany
Jona Höni and Grischa Jost (@IFHV_Bochum) shed light on a form of modern day #slavery and its compatibility with international law: mandatory #prison labour. #HumanRights https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/human-dignity-is-inviolable-unless-you-are-a-prisoner/
#Bofaxe #slavery #prison #humanrights
The fragmented international legal framework on #pesticides does not suffice to pave the way towards a #sustainable agriculture. Vivien Wefringhaus (#IFHV Bochum) argues for an #ExportBan by states for products which are prohibited domestically.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/towards-a-sustainable-agriculture/
#Bofaxe #pesticides #sustainable #IFHV #ExportBan