Curious about the impact of global warming on animal law?
Join us next week for "Global Animal Law and Global Warming" presented by Professor Anne Peters (Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) as part of our Talking Animals series. (1/2)
An artistic illustration representing European society, featuring a diverse crowd of brightly coloured, faceless silhouettes in the foreground. A stylized landscape of houses sits behind them under a sky of flowing yellow and blue ribbons, with the European Union flag's yellow stars visible in the top left corner.
Early-career scholars: is "European society" a lived reality or a legal construct? Bring your doctrinal, socio-legal, or critical arguments to our MPIL conference (17-18 Sept).
Deadline: 31 March 2026.
Full call: www.mpil.de/en/pub/news/...
#CallForPapers #EuropeanLaw
Take a walk on the dark side of European society: @silviasteininger.bsky.social and @jennyos.bsky.social on who is (and who is not) recognised.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📣 Join us on 12 March (18:00 CET), at Humboldt University of Berlin, for a panel on “Multiperspectivism in International Legal Scholarship”.
Hosted by @annepetersmpil.bsky.social & @chr-marxsen.bsky.social, with Kalika Mehta, Fuad Zarbiyev & @drqv.bsky.social
www.mpil.de/apps/eventca...
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Jochen Abraham Frowein (1934–2026) has passed away.
A pivotal figure in international law, he served as MPIL Director, VP of the European Commission of Human Rights, and mentor to generations of scholars. We are grateful for his immense scholarly legacy.
Full obituary: www.mpil.de/en/pub/i7104...
#NewEpisodeAlert 🎙️🚢
In ep. 9 of the Voices of JHIL podcast, Scott Andrew Keefer joins us to discuss the international legal dynamics of the naval arms race of the early 20th century.
@mpil.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
Listen to our newest ep. here🎧: www.buzzsprout.com/2314029/epis...
From Heidelberg’s seminar rooms to shaping Europe’s legal response to a war of aggression: In our #MPIL100 conversation series, Jörg Polakiewicz talks about the “Heidelberg Method,” Western blind spots, and why legal rigor still matters in times of crisis. Watch now: youtu.be/fVhBAHAwHcE?...
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International law is in turmoil; scholarship shouldn't be hard to find. 📧
We’ve relaunched the MPIL newsletter to cut the noise & connect you to our research.
Feb issue: Law & Emotions, ECHR @ 75, & US Foreign Policy.
Join the list ↓
www.mpil.de/en/pub/servi...
#InternationalLaw #MPILHeidelberg
The "Guantanamo model" for Greenland: U.S. gets complete jurisdiction, Denmark keeps sovereignty on paper.
MPIL's @annepetersmpil.bsky.social explains what Trump's "framework" actually means—and why NATO can't sign it.
Watch (DE): youtu.be/SfOVMeb9VHE?...
"Luftnummer oder UN 2.0?" US-Präsident Trump hat in Davos einen "Friedensrat" ins Leben gerufen. Er soll weltweit Konflikte lösen. Welche Länder machen mit? Ist der "Friedensrat" eine Konkurrenz zur UN? Anne Peters, Direktorin @mpil.de, ordnet die Situation ein: www.tagesschau.de/video/video-...
Trump's Greenland push tests whether self-determination still matters.
@annepetersmpil.bsky.social: Greenlanders must decide, likely via multiple referenda. Direct payments would be troubling (vote-buying), but infrastructure or military leases could work.
🔗🔒 www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/s...
From "epistemic nationalism" to the "time of monsters" -@annepetersmpil.bsky.social on why scholars cannot stay silent in a turbulent decade for international law.
Watch the full MPIL100 conversation with Anne Peters and Heike Krieger: youtu.be/NOeNg3GX6Gk
#MPIL100 #InternationalLaw
“Purchase” or “lease” of Greenland does not fit into (post-)modern international law, as @annepetersmpil.bsky.social stresses – what matters is Greenland’s right to self-determination, not Trump’s dealmaking.
🔗 www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa... (paywall)
#Greenland #USPolitics #Arctic
5/ How do international courts engage with climate change? 🌍
JANNIKA JAHN (@mpil.de) traces the European approach to climate litigation in global context — and shows how a shared core of human-rights-based climate due diligence is emerging.
verfassungsblog.de/the-european...
Call for applications! I'll be holding the 2026 Masterclass at the @mpil.de on 26-29 May 2026, on what Hegel's philosophy adds to the study of EU law. The call is open to all academics with an interest in the topic, with a special PhD workshop. Apply by 22 March 2026: jobs.mpil.de/jobposting/e...
Reminder: @mpil.de and the Humboldt University will host the Sixth Authors’ Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on 12–13 March 2026 in Berlin. Researchers can apply as ‘engaged listeners’. Register by 15 December: law.mpg.de/event/max-pl... #MPINetworkEvent
Can you hold war criminals accountable without prison? Colombia's peace court just convicted FARC leaders for 21,000+ kidnappings—choosing monitored reparative work instead.
New interview with MPIL's Carolina Bejarano Martínez ↓
www.linkedin.com/pulse/nunca-...
#TransitionalJustice #ICCALLab
From constitutional courts to democratic resilience—Armin von Bogdandy traces MPIL's 60-year collaboration with Latin America.
Watch (ES/EN subtitles): youtu.be/wTXXOQVISaM
#ICCAL #XXSeminarioICCAL #MPILHeidelberg
COP30 ended with no new protections for people displaced by climate impacts.
Laura Kraft on why climate-displaced people remain "doubly invisible" — and which legal tools states are already ignoring.
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/doubly...
#COP30 #MPILHeidelberg
2/ How has the European Convention on Human Rights shaped European society?
ARMIN VON BOGDANDY (@mpil.de) traces the Convention’s significance for Article 2 TEU’s European society in four steps:
verfassungsblog.de/the-echrs-co...
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75 years of the ECHR ✨⚖️
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
In the 5th Rudolf Bernhardt Lecture, Dr Juliana Valle Pereira Guerra (#ICJ) shows how the Court’s 2025 climate advisory opinion can move from principle to practice—through procedure: jurisdiction, standing, erga omnes, provisional measures, interventions.
Watch: youtu.be/ob98v4kfnh4
#ClimateLaw
@mpil.de and the Humboldt University will host the Sixth Authors’ Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on 12–13 March 2026 in Berlin. Researchers can apply as ‘engaged listeners’. Register by 15 December: law.mpg.de/event/max-pl...
#MPINetworkEvent
Tomorrow! Tune in to the #Migration #Law conference at Università degli studi di Palermo. On the first panel (11:00-12:30), @danaschmalz.bsky.social will discuss the #Lithuania v. #Belarus ICJ case.
🔗 Follow online: lnkd.in/e9ybg8ZF
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.
🎉 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
⚖️ 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.
Call for Applications as Engaged Listeners: Armed Conflict and Climate Change (Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War), www.mpil.de/files/pdf6/c...
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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...
80 Jahre UN – Anlass zur kritischen Bilanz.
In ZDFheute betont #MPIL @kemmereralex.bsky.social
„Die Existenz der UN hängt davon ab, ob es gelingt, wieder alle führenden Staaten einzubinden.“
👉 Jetzt den Artikel lesen: zdfheute.de/politik/uno-80-jahre-gruendung-voelkerrecht-menschenrechte-100.html
📆 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.
🔗 www.sidi-isil.org/wp-content/u...
