The United States has used air bases located in third states in the armed conflict with Iran that began on 28 February 2026. Yet, the action of the…

Since 8 October 2023, the day after Hamas’s attack on Israel, arms exports have been the subject of much debate. After spiking in 2023 (see report concerning…

For many years, the United States has been sending warships through the Taiwan Strait in a corridor it considers to be “international waters”. The transits,…

Introduction: Facts and Background of the Case On 15 July 2024, five individuals from Palestine applied for interim legal relief before the Administrative Court Frankfurt against…

In my post of March 12, 2024, on this blog, I offered some reflections on what I called a ‘noteworthy touch of Janus-facedness’ regarding Germany’s position…

In this post I will discuss the complementarity objections expressed by Germany and some other participants in the ongoing ICC arrest warrant proceedings in the…

On 30 July, the International Law Commission (ILC) reached another milestone in its project on immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction by taking note of draft articles…

An earlier version of this contribution was published in German by NJW-aktuell. In early June, the German Parliament – Bundestag – passed significant…

On June 6th, the German legislator, the Bundestag, adopted a new law reforming the German international criminal code (CCIAL / Völkerstrafgesetzbuch). The adoption of the reform…

When President Salam announced the ICJ’s decision not to indicate provisional measures against Germany as requested by Nicaragua on Tuesday, the legal advisers of States…