Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger, M.PP. (Harvard), is Professor of German Public Law and Public International Law and Executive Director of the Institute for the International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) at Ruhr University Bochum. He is also Adjunct Professor of International Law at the Hertie School of Governance and Co-Chair of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Working Group on Human Rights. His main area of expertise include public international Law, (business and) human rights, international humanitarian law, the law and governance of climate change as well as German constitutional law.