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On 26 September 2024, the Berlin Potsdam Research Group âThe International Rule of Law â Rise or Decline?â takes great pleasure in inviting you to the Panel Discussion on "International Law beyond the Current Crises".
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Janina Dill as new fellow.
On 16 May 2024, the Berlin Potsdam Research Group âThe International Rule of Law â Rise or Decline?â takes great pleasure in inviting you to the book discussion âThe Refugee Convention and its Protocol â What Future Role for International Refugee Law?â.
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Alfredo Crosato Neumann as a guest researcher.
The Research Group calls for papers for a workshop on "Double Standards and International Law" which will be held in July 2024.
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Akbar Rasulov as new fellow
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Leonardo S. C. Castilho as new fellow
Watch the video of the lecture "International Law and Human Rights Activism â The Case of Amnesty International" here.
The 2nd edition of the Commentary on âThe 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocolâ, edited notably by KFG-member Andreas Zimmermann in collaboration with Franziska Herrmann has been published by Oxford University Press.
On 1 February 2024, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Dr. Julia Duchrow on "International Law and Human Rights Activism - The Case of Amnesty International".
On 11 January 2024, the Berlin Potsdam Research Group âThe International Rule of Law â Rise or Decline?â,
in cooperation with the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, takes great pleasure
in inviting you to the launch of the book:
âThe International Legal Order in Global Governance - Norms, Power and Policyâ
by Dr. Alain Germeaux.
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Iryna Bogdanova, Dr. Hansong Li and Artur Simonyan
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Patryk I. Labuda as new fellow
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Janne Nijman and Ambassador ret. Dr. Peter Wittig as fellow and practitioner in residence.
Upcoming Public Event:
On 27 November 2023, the research group will host a panel discussion on "The Decline of the World Trade Organization as a Forum for Trade Governance: Who Wins and Who Loses?".
Watch the video of the lecture"The International Criminal Court â Between Internationality and Sovereignty" here.
The Research Group welcomes Dr. James Devaney and Daniel Ricardo Quiroga-VillamarĂn as guest researchers
On 17 October 2023, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Dr. Ute Hohoff on "The International Criminal Court â Between Internationality and Sovereignty".
Together with the Australian National University and Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (Harvard Law School), the research group is hosting a workshop on the topic:
âPolitical economy and the international laws of violenceâ
on September 28 and 29, 2023.
More information is available here
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Ntina Tzouvala and Dr. Kathryn Greenman
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Lucia Leontiev, Dr. Benedict Coleridge and Prof. Dr. Nicolas Lamp
The Berlin Potsdam Research Group "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for a fellowship.
Watch the video of the lecture "Liberalism between Two Cold Wars" here.
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo and Prof. Dr. Pablo Kalmanovitz
Watch the video of the lecture "Values in the International Community: Jus cogens in light of the International Law Commissionâs 2022 Conclusions" here.
On 20th June 2023, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Samuel Moyn on "Liberalism between Two Cold Wars".
On 12 June 2023, the Research Group will host a book launch of the book âThe Regulation of Intelligence Activities under International Lawâ by Sophie Duroy.
On 4 May 2023, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Sir Michael Wood on âValues in the International Community: Jus cogens in light of the International Law Commissionâs 2022 Conclusions".
On 27 April 2023, the Research Group will host a Roundtable Discussion on the topic of âThe United Nations, War and Global Disorderâ.
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. HĂ©lĂšne Tigroudja and Prof. Dr. Michael Byers
The KFG "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for two new student assistants. The closing date for applications is 03.04.2023.
The Berlin Potsdam Research Group "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for a Fellowship.
Three new working papers have been published.
The KFG "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for a student assistant. The closing date for applications is 13 February 2023.
Watch the video of the lecture "Is the Church of European Integration facing a Reformation?" here.
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Fuad Zarbiyev.
On 8th December 2022, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Joseph Weiler on "Is the Church of European Integration facing a Reformation?".
Watch the video of the lecture "The Public/Private Relation and International Law" here.
Watch the video of the lecture "Updating the International Law Endowment in the Era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence" here.
On 22 September 2022, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Benedict Kingsbury on "Updating the International Law Endowment in the Era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence".
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Benedict Kingsbury.
Watch the video of the lecture "Not Reinventing the Wheel: Using Existing Exceptions to Sovereign Immunity to Enhance Accountability" here.
The Berlin Potsdam Research Group "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for a Post-doctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d).
On 8 September 2022, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Philippa Webb on "Not Reinventing the Wheel: Using Existing Exceptions to Sovereign Immunity to Enhance Accountability".
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Philippa Webb.
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Wiebke RĂŒckert as new Practitioner in Residence.
The Research Group welcomes Dr. Kyle Reed and Dr. Julien Berger as new fellows.
Watch the video of the lecture "Inside the Biden Administration's Approach to International Law and Institutions" here.
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Roman Yedeliev as new fellow.
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Mutaz Qafisheh, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Wuerth, Dr. Anam Soomro, and Dr. Liliya Khasanova
as new fellows.
The KFG "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for a student assistant. The closing date for applications is 13 June 2022.
On 02 June 2022, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Harold H. Koh on 'Inside the Biden Administration's Approach to International Law and Institutions'.
On 30 May 2022, KFG Fellows Sophie Duroy and Rishi Gulati will host an online workshop on the notion of global security as understood in public international law, social sciences, political theory, and in practice.
On 16 May 2022, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Samantha Besson on âThe Public/Private Relation and International Lawâ.
On 2 May 2022 in an event co-hosted by FUELS and KFG, Thomas Burri will speak about "The Human Decision in International Law".
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Samantha Besson as new fellow, joining the research group on 2 May 2022.
The Research Group invites applications for a new student assistant. The closing date for applications is 18 March 2022.
We invite you to an Online Roundtable Discussion on âThe end of the international legal order? Russiaâs aggression against Ukraineâ on 3 March 2022 6-7:30 pm CET.
The Research Group welcomes Prof. Dr. Raul Pangalangan and Dr. Geraldo Vidigal as new fellows, joining the research group in February 2021.
Watch the video of the lecture "The Polish Constitutional Tribunal and European Union law on a collision course" here.
Working Paper No. 52, 'Neither Dr Jekyll, nor Mr Hyde, Just a National Judge⊠National Courtsâ Strategies of Resistance to International Law' by Apollin Koagne Zouapet has been published.
Working Paper No. 51, 'Infrastructural Developmentalism and its Many Types of Global Law â A Comparison between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Chinaâs Belt & Road Initiative' by Alejandro Rodiles has been published.
The Research Group invites applications for new student assistants. The closing date for applications is 14.01.2022.
On 13 December 2021, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Dr. Pawel Filipek on âThe Polish Constitutional Tribunal and European Union law on a collision courseâ.
Prof. Dr. Alina Miron has joined the Research Group as a new fellow today.
Watch the video of the lecture "The 1951 Refugee Convention at 70: Whither the Convention in the Global Refugee Regime?" here.
On 28 October 2021, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Cathryn Costello on âThe 1951 Refugee Convention at 70: Whither the Convention in the Global Refugee Regime?â.
The Berlin Potsdam Research Group âThe International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for a Fellowship starting on 1 January 2022 or at a later mutually agreed date.
New fellow Dr. Hallvard Sandven joins the KFG.
New fellows Dr. Sophie Duroy and Dr. Rishi Gulati join the KFG.
Working Paper No. 50, 'Cities and Local Governments: International Development from Below?' by Helmut Aust and Alejandro Rodiles has been published.
Working Paper No. 49, 'The Jurisprudence of the Rules-Based Order: Germany's Indo-Pacific Guidelines and the South China Sea Code of Conduct' by Malcolm Jorgensen has been published.
Working Paper No. 48, 'Possible Indirect Legal Effects under International Law of Non-Legally Binding Instruments' by Andreas Zimmermann and Nora Jauer has been published.
Working Paper No. 47, 'A Multilateral Track for Sustainable Development Along the Belt and Road: Aligning Country Ownership with International Rule of Law' by Johanna Aleria Lorenzo has been published.
Working Paper No. 46, 'Regional Approaches to International Law (RAIL): Rise or Decline of International Law?' by Apollin Koagne Zouapet has been published.
On 01.03.2021, Prof. Dr. Kirsten Schmalenbach joins the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as a new senior fellow.
On 11.01.2021, Praggya Surana joined the Research Group as a new fellow.
Prof. Georg Nolte has been elected as judge of the International Court
of Justice for a 9 year term where he will start his judgeship in
February 2021.
Working Paper No. 45, 'Populism, the Pandemic & Prospects for International Law' by Campbell McLachlan has been published.
On 01.10.2020, Dr. Andrea Schapper joins the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
New senior fellow and post-doctoral fellows have joined the Research Group.
On 12 June 2020, Campbell McLachlan hosted an online symposium on systemic integration and systematicity in international law.
The KFG "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for a student assistant. The closing date for applications is 04.02.2020 and the application process is open from 13.01.2020.
On 07.01.2020, Prof. Shirley Scott joined the Kolleg-Forschergruppe as a new senior fellow.
On 12 and 13 December 2019, Georg Nolte, together with ILC Special Rapporteur Marcelo VĂĄzquez-BermĂșdez, hosted a workshop on general principles of law which are currently debated in the scientific discourse and which will be debated in the future ILC work.
The KFG "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" invites applications for student assistants, starting April 2020. The closing date for applications is 31.12.2019 and the application process is open from 10.12.2019.
The Research Group, which took up its work in 2015 and is supported by Freie UniversitÀt, Humboldt UniversitÀt and UniversitÀt Potsdam, examines the role of international law in a changing global order. In the second funding period, the group will focus on which type of international law we may see emerging.
The Research Group takes great pleasure in inviting you to a public panel discussion "What Type of International Law?" on 26 September 2019.
The KFG is proud to present the publishment of the book "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" edited by Heike Krieger, Georg Nolte and Andreas Zimmermann.
Working Papers No. 32 â 36 by Julian Kulaga, James Devaney, Alain Pellet, Wayne Sandholtz and Konrad Neugebauer have been published.
On 1 June 2019, Prof. Monica Hakimi joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
Watch the video of the lecture "Values and Power Relations â The "Disillusionment" of International Law" here.
Dr Danae Azaria, Associate Professor at UCL Laws, and Senior Fellow at the âKFG â The International Rule of Lawâ, has been invited to give a lecture on international law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile in collaboration with the Faculty of Law of Universidad de Chile.
Her lecture is based on Dr Azariaâs latest research at the KFG-The International Rule of Law entitled âCodification by Interpretation: The International Law Commission as an Interpreter of International Lawâ.
On 13 May 2019, the Research Group hosted a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor em. Alain Pellet on âValues and Power Relations â The âDisillusionmentâ of International Lawâ.
Watch the video of the lecture "International Lawyers and the Backlash against Global Rule" here.
On 02 May 2019, KFG senior fellow Campbell McLachlan will deliver the LALIVE Lecture at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. Based on his KFG Working Paper No. 28, the lecture is entitled âThe Assault on International Adjudication and the Limits of Withdrawalâ.
On 1 May 2019, Prof. Dr. Liliana ObregĂłn and Prof. Dr. Wayne Sandholtz
joined the Research Group as new senior fellows.
Watch the video of the lecture "The Paris Climate Change instruments as a blueprint for new legal approaches?" here.
On 11 February 2019, the Research Group hosted a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Martti Koskenniemi on âInternational Lawyers and the Backlash against Global Ruleâ.
Until August 2019, the KFG is part of the open-air exhibition SCIENCE IN THE CENTER presenting selected research projects from across the region.
On 4 February 2019, the Research Group hosted a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Laurence Boisson de Chazournes on âThe Paris Climate Change instruments as a blueprint for new legal approaches?â.
On 1 January 2019, Prof. Dr. Liliana ObregĂłn joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
Parlamentarischer Abend âVölkerrecht in Gefahr? Die internationale Verantwortung Deutschlands im Gegenwind autoritĂ€rer und populistischer Tendenzenâ mit Heike Krieger
20. November 2018, Deutsche Parlamentarische Gesellschaft
Public Lecture by Professor Mikael Rask Madsen on âThe European Court of Human Rights: From Boom to Backlash", 23 October 2018, Freie UniversitĂ€t Berlin
On 1 September 2018, Prof. Andrew Hurrell and Prof. Dr. Keun-Gwan Lee joined the Research Group as new senior fellows.
On 1 August 2018, Prof. Dr. Campbell McLachlan joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
Watch the video of the lecture "Authority in International Law" here.
On 25 June 2018, the Research Group hosted a Thomas Franck Lecture by Sir Franklin Berman on "Authority in International Law".
Watch the video of the panel discussion "Recht und Sicherheit Global - Politische und völkerrechtliche Aspekte einer Mitgliedschaft Deutschlands im UN-Sicherheitsrat" here.
The discussion will take place on Saturday, 9 June 2018, from 7.30 pm to 9 pm Humboldt UniversitÀt zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, room 2014 A (east wing, 1st floor).
On 15 May 2018, Prof. Andrew Hurrell joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
Watch the video of the lecture "Decline of International Refugee Law?" here.
On 23 April 2018, the Research Group hosted a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Terje Einarsen, University of Bergen, on the topic âDecline of International Refugee Law?â.
On 1 April 2018, Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Dunoff joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
On 1 March 2018, Prof. Dr. Paolo Palchetti joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
On 01 February 2018, Prof. Dr. Pierre d'Argent and Prof. Dr. Oliver Diggelmann joined the Research Group as new senior fellows.
On 01 January 2018, Prof. Dr. Christian J. Tams joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
Watch the video of the lecture "The Unbearable Lightness of International Law" here.
Watch the video of the lecture "From high hopes to disillusionment? Human rights protection in Europe in an ever more hostile environment." here.
âCan we detect paradigmatic shifts when we see them?â, Simon BlĂ€tgenâs observations from the KFG Workshop âDecline or Transformation? Norm Change and Values in International Lawâ, have been published on Voelkerrechtsblog.org.
On 4 December 2017, the Research Group hosted a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Andrea Bianchi, Graduate Institute Geneva, on the topic âThe Unbearable Lightness of International Lawâ.
On 30 November 2017, the Research Group hosted a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Angelika NuĂberger on the topic âFrom high hopes to disillusionment? Human rights protection in Europe in an ever more hostile environment.â
On 24 and 25 November 2017, Heike Krieger and Andrea Liese hosted the KFG's first workshop. Convening renowned scholars of international law and international relations, the group discussed from an interdisciplinary perspective how international norms and their underlying values are changing.
On 13 November 2017, the Research Group hosted a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Bardo Fassbender, University of St. Gallen, on the topic
âThe International Rule of Law and the United Nations Charter - Original Design and Present Challenges.â
On 1 September 2017, Prof. Dr. Diane A. Desierto, Prof. Dr. Vera Rusinova and Prof. Dr. Geir Ulfstein joined the Research Group as new senior fellows.
On 1 September 2017, Sir Franklin Berman, Prof. Dr. Harald Braun and Dr. Aniruddha Rajput joined the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as practitioners-in-residence.
On 1 September 2017, Dr. Yuwen Fan, Dr. Malcolm Jorgensen, Balingene Kahombo and Velimir Zivkovic joined the Research Group as new fellows.
Watch the video of the lecture on "Acts of State and the Principle of Legality in International Affairs - The lawâs response to withdrawal from international adjudication" here.
"International Law in an Era of Populism", 4 July 2017, 6.30 pm to 8 pm, Indiana University Europe Gateway, Gneisenaustr. 27, 10961 Berlin
24 June 2017 at 6 pm, Humboldt UniversitÀt zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, room 2093 (west wing, 2nd floor)
"Acts of State and the Principle of Legality in International Affairs: The lawâs response to withdrawal from international adjudication", 21 June 2017, 18:15, Bebelplatz 1, room E34
On 10 June 2017, Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Dunoff joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
On 1 June 2017, Prof. Dr. Lavanya Rajamani joined the Research Group as a new senior fellow.
Watch the video of the lecture on "International Law as a Belief System" here.
On 1 February 2017, Prof. Dr Tiyanjana Maluwa joined the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as a new senior fellow.
Watch the video of the lecture on "The End of the Global Rule of Law?" here.
"International Law as a Belief System", 6 February 2017, 18:00 c.t., Unter den Linden 9, lecture hall 213
On 1 January 2017, Dr. Aniruddha Rajput joined the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as a practitioner-in-residence.
"The End of the Global Rule of Law?", 15 December 2016, 18:00 c.t., Unter den Linden 9, lecture hall 213
"Defining the International Rule of Law: Providing Reality to a National Legal Idea", 12 December 2016, 18:00 c.t., Unter den Linden 9, lecture hall 213
Watch the video of the lecture on "Are we facing a 'Disenchantment' (Entzauberung) of the International Legal Order?" here.
"Are we facing a 'Disenchantment' (Entzauberung) of the International Legal Order?", 17 October 2016, 18:00 c.t., Unter den Linden 9, lecture hall 213
On 15 September 2016, Prof. Maurice Kamto joined the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as a new senior fellow.
On 1 September 2016, Prof. Andrew Hurrell and Prof. Jean D'Aspremont joined the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as new senior fellows.
Watch the video of the lecture on "The Global Climate Regime 1992-2016: Shifting Norms, Changing Structures and Moving Targets" here
Panel on "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?", 18 June 2016, 17:00, Bebelplatz 2, room E 34
"The Global Climate Regime 1992-2016: Shifting Norms, Changing Structures and Moving Targets", 15 June 2016, 18:00 c.t., Unter den Linden 9, lecture hall 213
On 1 May 2016, Prof. Jutta Brunnée joined the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as a new senior fellow.
"AbrĂŒstungsvertrĂ€ge in der UN: Erwartungen und Chancen", 18. April 2016, 18 Uhr c.t., Unter den Linden 9, Hörsaal 213
"The International Rule of Law: Rise or Decline?", 14 April 2016, 6.15 p.m. - Senatssaal, Humboldt-UniversitÀt zu Berlin
In April 2016, Prof. Congyan Cai and Prof. Thilo Marauhn joined the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as new senior fellows.
On 1 January 2016, Prof. Maurice Kamto joined the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe as a new senior fellow.
On 1 October 2015, the Research Group "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" started its work.
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