In so einem unsolidarischen Gesundheitssystem, in dem Menschen am Existenzminimum keine adäquate Versorgung mehr bekämen, würde ich den Arztkittel an den Nagel hängen. Denn dann wären wir es, die benötigte Behandlungen vorenthalten, dafür bin ich nicht Arzt geworden.
Kooperation oder Konfrontation?
Podiumsdiskussion mit Olaf Scholz und Michael Kretschmer
5. Mai 2026 - 19:15 Uhr
Frauenkirche Dresden
www.frauenkirche-dresden.de/kalender/eve...
Civilian homes shouldn’t look like this. They are not a target
War is not only fought on front lines. It is lived in homes without power, in streets without safety, and in families trying to survive another day.
Respect for civilians and access to aid are not optional; they are essential.
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.
My chapter examines the tension between the pursuit of negative peace & the achievement of a post-conflict political order that respects and promotes human rights, particularly indigenous peoples' rights, looking at the Bangsamoro peace processes in the Philippines.
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This is quite extraordinary- scientists set a kind of trap for AI chat bots by inventing a fake disease. AI told people it was real and… the deliberately bogus preprints started being cited in peer reviewed literature 🫣
🧪 #MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
happy to see this is out! including a chapter by me on how the duration of armed conflicts might influence obligations under human rights law - check it out especially if you‘re interested in the CESCR‘s planned new General Comment!
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.
Volume 27 (2024) of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law – "International Humanitarian Law under Pressure" is out!
Unvergessen: Jacques Derrida
"The United States and Israel initiated strikes on Iran over one month ago, on February 28, 2026. The attack was a clear violation of the United Nations Charter."
www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...
NEW: Leading Israeli international law scholars' statement on how new Israeli death penalty law "violates basic rules of international law"
www.justsecurity.org/135364/israe...
On 28 February 2026, the United States commenced combat operations to defend the American people against attacks and ongoing threats from the Islamic Republic of Iran, in cooperation with our ally Israel. These combat operations were undertaken to protect United States Armed Forces in the region, to ensure the free flow of maritime commerce through the Strait of Hormuz and to protect our regional allies and partners from Iran and its proxies. This is the latest stage in the ongoing international armed conflict that my Government previously addressed in a letter to this Council on 27 June 2025. The United States is taking these necessary and proportionate actions in exercise of the inherent right of self-defense as reflected in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. These combat operations are also being conducted in close cooperation with, and in the collective self-defense of, Israel. The Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected peaceful coexistence and chosen international armed conflict with Israel as well, waging an unprovoked religious war of annihilation against a once-friendly United Nations Member State located hundreds of miles distant from its borders. Since June 2025, the regime has also massively expanded its ballistic missile production for the purpose of overwhelming regional air defenses in order to provide a shield for its efforts to reconstitute its nuclear program, which it refuses to relinquish. Gaming the international legal system, the Iranian regime routinely seeks to conceal its unlawful acts and to shield itself from accountability by, among other things, deploying proxies such as Hamas, Hizballah and the Houthis. For example, in a letter dated 5 February 2024, my Government reported that the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its partners and proxies had attacked United States personnel and facilities in Syria and Iraq. That letter identified nine prior letters sent to this Council between 2021 and 2024, a period th…
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Somewhat unexpectedly, the US government has submitted an Article 51 letter to the UNSC articulating the US int'l law justification for attacking Iran.
As someone who used to help draft these letters for the USG, I find the administration's legal arguments completely unconvincing. 1/n
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.“
The 2026 Holberg Prize is awarded to Australian-British scholar Lyndal Roper of the University of Oxford for her ground-breaking research into early modern European history.
holbergprize.org/laureates/ho...
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.“
Great piece, to the point, by Derk at the NRC, with Cedric, Julie, Sergey, and other experts and colleagues. Great title, great lead. If you read Dutch, read it. #InternationalLaw #InternationalRelations www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Thinking of setting up the BMCTT Party. Short for “But surely it’s a bit more complicated than that party.” Campaign slogan ‘Another day, another nuance.’ Who’s with me?
Aggression, Plain and Simple: A Response to Shany and Cohen on the Attack on Iran
By @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social and @bechamilton.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/133417/aggre...
Frauenminsterin Karin Prien streicht Geld für den Feministischen Juristinnentag in Hamburg. Ihre Vorgängerinnen hatten ihn jahrzehntelang unterstützt.
Pedro Sánchez has taken a strong position in refusing the US demand to use Spanish bases to strike Iran. Europe should show solidarity with Spain in the face of Donald Trump’s threats. https://bit.ly/4l7IYhs
‘The US has taken a further, major step in unhinging the global order. The core principle of that order is that no state can go to war in pursuit of its own national policy.’ I agree with my @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social colleague Prof Weller @chathamhouse.org. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/03/iran...
Aus aktuellem Anlass: Wer das Völkerrecht bricht, oder Rechtsbruch duldet, gefährdet nicht nur die Ukraine, sondern letztlich die Demokratie im eigenen Land. Rechtlosigkeit und Gewalt im Außenverhältnis schlagen auf das Innenverhältnis durch.
taz.de/Voelkerrecht...
Dunkelblaue Textkachel: Triage: Für Krisenzeiten brauchen wir eine klare gesetzliche Regelung, wie lebensrettende Ressourcen gerecht verteilt werden, sodass die Grund- und Menschenrechte aller Betroffenen gewahrt werden und jedwede Benachteiligung - etwa wegen einer Behinderung oder des Alters - wirksam verhindert wird.
Schutz vor Diskriminierung in Triage-Situationen muss sichergestellt werden
In Krisenzeiten, in denen lebensrettende Ressourcen knapp werden können, spitzt sich die Frage nach einem diskriminierungsfreien Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung zu.
www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/aktuelles/de...
