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Public international law, European Union law, comparative public law. Since 1924.
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🎉 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
Sandesh Sivakumaran, Eliav Lieblich, and Anne Peters holding the award certificate together, with bookshelves in the background, during the festive atmosphere of the prize ceremony. Portrait of Eliav Lieblich at the podium, with microphone, in front of a screen showing the award ceremony title and the University of Cambridge and Lauterpacht Centre logos. Group photo of seven people in formal attire at the MaxCamPIL award ceremony, standing in front of a screen displaying the logos of the University of Cambridge and Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, and details about the event for Prof. Eliav Lieblich.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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⚖️ 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.
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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🗓️ 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...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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📆 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.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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The speakers traced how human rights law evolves through dialogue, critique, and contestation — a day full of intellectual exchange and renewal.
🎥 Full programme & video: www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/V... (3/6)
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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The panels addressed critical topics - #ClimateChange, #migration, #disinformation, and #AI - reflecting on the ECHR’s global impact and its role in an emerging transnational network of human rights courts. (2/6)
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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🇪🇺 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)
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Im #Wintersemester 2025/26 veranstalten Robert Stendel und Richard Dören das Lektürekolloquium „Völkerrechtswissenschaft unter dem Hakenkreuz“ an der Juristischen Fakultät der #UniversitätHeidelberg.
October 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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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
Abstract painting "Collision" (2022) by Ismail Noh, characterized by expressive brushwork and a dynamic color palette of blues, oranges, yellows, and blacks. The composition suggests fluid motion and energetic interaction between forms, with sweeping gestural marks creating visual tension and movement throughout the canvas.
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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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
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October 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📚 « 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...
October 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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📢 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...
October 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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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...
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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
Abstract painting "Collision" (2022) by Ismail Noh, characterized by expressive brushwork and a dynamic color palette of blues, oranges, yellows, and blacks. The composition suggests fluid motion and energetic interaction between forms, with sweeping gestural marks creating visual tension and movement throughout the canvas.
September 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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🎓 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
Two men in business suits standing in front of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law building. On the left is Professor Armin von Bogdandy wearing a dark blue suit with a blue tie and sunglasses. On the right is Philipp Sauter wearing a gray suit with a red tie and white pocket square. Both men are smiling and positioned directly in front of the institute's glass facade, with the Max Planck Institute logo and German text visible on the building behind them.
September 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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⚠️ We are experiencing an email system disruption. Our teams are working to fix it ASAP.

For urgent messages, please contact us by phone 📞 or via social media 📱.

Updates will follow when service is restored. Thank you for your patience 🙏.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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‘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
September 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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‘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
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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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
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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🎓 La Dra. Mariela Morales Antoniazzi recibió un merecido reconocimiento de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos por sus valiosas contribuciones al fortalecimiento de la justicia, la democracia y los derechos humanos en la región.
¡Felicitaciones!

#CorteIDH
August 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Do rules still matter when great powers stop pretending? @annepetersmpil.bsky.social argues yes: even cynical legal talk restrains power. Hypocrisy can keep norms alive; silence kills them.

Read via DER SPIEGEL (🔒📰)
👉 www.spiegel.de/spiegel/prin...

#MPILHeidelberg #AnnePeters
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August 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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1/ How can non-state actors like international organizations and businesses be held accountable for human rights violations?

Mateja Platise has devoted years to researching this critical question. In recognition of her achievements, she's been appointed Honorary Prof. at @goetheuni.bsky.social! 🎉
Three people stand in an office setting with bookshelves in the background. On the left, Prof. Dr. Stefan Kadelbach, Dean of the Faculty of Law, wearing a dark suit and striped tie. Together with Mateja S. Platise in the center, wearing a gray blazer over a white top, they hold a certificate in a blue folder. On the right, Prof. Dr. Reiner Hofmann, wearing a dark suit, glasses, and striped tie, stands with hands clasped. The occasion is Platise's appointment as Honorary Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt.
July 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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1/ Where were you on 11 Sept 2001? For Silja Vöneky (@uni-freiburg.de) —then a young MPIL fellow—it was a day that shook the world and the law. 🌍⚖️

#MPIL100 #InternationalLaw #LegalHistory #MemoryCulture #RuleOfLaw #Dissent #Guantanamo #WarOnTerror
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July 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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1/ 🗑️ Here's an uncomfortable truth: It took the MPIL 25 years to implement basic waste separation.

#MPIL100 #EnvironmentalLaw #Sustainability #InstitutionalChange #TheoryPracticeGap #ClimateAction #MPILHeidelberg
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July 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Morgen findet an der HU Berlin ein MPIL Buchgespräch zu “Proteste und Intervention” statt.

@floriankriener.bsky.social im Gespräch mit Max Lucks, MdB (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Dr. Mariam Salehi (Freie Universität Berlin, Moderation) und Dr. Lukas Wasielewski (Auswärtiges Amt)

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July 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM