Benjamin Duerr
@benjaminduerr.com
Diplomat. International lawyer. Writer | https://www.benjamin-duerr.com | The Hague / Den Haag (EN/NL/DE)
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Graham Allison and James Winnefeld, Jr. explain how the world has avoided great-power war since 1945—and examine the factors that could “bring the ongoing long peace to a close”:
The End of the Longest Peace?
One of history’s greatest achievements is under threat.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Graham Allison and James Winnefeld, Jr. explain how the world has avoided great-power war since 1945—and examine the factors that could “bring the ongoing long peace to a close”:
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Thank you for joining our Open Day at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy! 🙏
Your engagement made the day truly meaningful. From panels and project insights to the moot court and film screening, we loved sharing our work with you. Until next time! 🌍✨
Your engagement made the day truly meaningful. From panels and project insights to the moot court and film screening, we loved sharing our work with you. Until next time! 🌍✨
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thank you for joining our Open Day at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy! 🙏
Your engagement made the day truly meaningful. From panels and project insights to the moot court and film screening, we loved sharing our work with you. Until next time! 🌍✨
Your engagement made the day truly meaningful. From panels and project insights to the moot court and film screening, we loved sharing our work with you. Until next time! 🌍✨
Looking forward to moderate the discussion in the famous court house, 80 years after the opening of the Nuremberg trials: with @astridcoracini.bsky.social, Eckart Conze, and Lena Folanty.
⏳ 10 days to go!
Join us in Nuremberg to explore the past, present & future of international justice.
📅 23 Nov: Nuremberg Academy Open Day
👉 bit.ly/47CzCFw
📅 21–23 Nov: Memorium Nuremberg Trials Open House
👉 bit.ly/49RICrN
Free entry — don’t miss it!
@stadtnuernberg.bsky.social
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Join us in Nuremberg to explore the past, present & future of international justice.
📅 23 Nov: Nuremberg Academy Open Day
👉 bit.ly/47CzCFw
📅 21–23 Nov: Memorium Nuremberg Trials Open House
👉 bit.ly/49RICrN
Free entry — don’t miss it!
@stadtnuernberg.bsky.social
@diplo.de
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Looking forward to moderate the discussion in the famous court house, 80 years after the opening of the Nuremberg trials: with @astridcoracini.bsky.social, Eckart Conze, and Lena Folanty.
Wat moet er gebeuren met het archief van het VN-tribunaal voor Joegoslavië? “Een monument, opgebouwd uit het materiaal van harde juridische feiten en getuigenverklaringen”. @tjitskelingsma.bsky.social in @groene.nl www.groene.nl/artikel/het-...
Wat gaat er gebeuren met het archief van het Joegoslavië Tribunaal? En is dat de verantwoordelijkheid van Nederland? De klok tikt
Het is het grootste oorlogsmisdrijvenarchief ter wereld, maar vooralsnog is onduidelijk wat er gaat gebeuren met het archief van het Joegoslavië Tribunaal. ‘Ze lijken niet te beseffen dat dit archief ...
www.groene.nl
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Wat moet er gebeuren met het archief van het VN-tribunaal voor Joegoslavië? “Een monument, opgebouwd uit het materiaal van harde juridische feiten en getuigenverklaringen”. @tjitskelingsma.bsky.social in @groene.nl www.groene.nl/artikel/het-...
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Het internationale recht is niet voor iedereen gelijk, waarschuwt hoogleraar Elies van Sliedregt. Kleine vissen staan wel voor het Internationaal Strafhof, terwijl machtige spelers vervolging ontlopen. In gesprek met FTM vertelt Sliedregt hoe macht, recht en verantwoordelijkheid elkaar raken.
Hoogleraar internationaal strafrecht: ‘Probeer maar eens een zaak tegen het Israëlische leger aan te spannen’
Als het Westerse landen niet uitkomt, doen zij te weinig om oorlogsmisdrijven te voorkomen. De genocide in Gaza maakt dat pijnlijk duidelijk, zegt hoogleraar internationaal strafrecht Elies van Sliedr...
www.ftm.nl
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Het internationale recht is niet voor iedereen gelijk, waarschuwt hoogleraar Elies van Sliedregt. Kleine vissen staan wel voor het Internationaal Strafhof, terwijl machtige spelers vervolging ontlopen. In gesprek met FTM vertelt Sliedregt hoe macht, recht en verantwoordelijkheid elkaar raken.
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Thrilled to announce publication of my Ben Ferencz biography, 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨'𝘴 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳 - - you can pick up a copy here: www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10088/ -- former Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow calls it "part novel, part psychological study and part handbook on effective lawyering"
Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor
<p><b>The remarkable life of one of the twentieth century’s great warriors for justice, from Nuremberg to the first trial of the International Crimina
www.upress.virginia.edu
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thrilled to announce publication of my Ben Ferencz biography, 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨'𝘴 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳 - - you can pick up a copy here: www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10088/ -- former Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow calls it "part novel, part psychological study and part handbook on effective lawyering"
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"'We’re seeing a velocity of killing that can only be compared to the Rwandan genocide,' Yale lab executive director Nathaniel Raymond told CNN this week, saying sources had told his lab that thousands of people were dead." www.smh.com.au/world/africa...
In fallen city stained by blood, latest images reveal grim development
New satellite images taken over El Fasher suggest the next step of a large-scale massacre is under way, as international pressure grows.
www.smh.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"'We’re seeing a velocity of killing that can only be compared to the Rwandan genocide,' Yale lab executive director Nathaniel Raymond told CNN this week, saying sources had told his lab that thousands of people were dead." www.smh.com.au/world/africa...
Do we need a World Climate Court? Would such a court help enforce international climate obligations, or politicise them further? www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/... @zaoerv.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Do we need a World Climate Court? Would such a court help enforce international climate obligations, or politicise them further? www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/... @zaoerv.bsky.social
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Call for Papers Conflict – Peace – Democracy Blog!
Titel: Si vis Pacem, Para Bellum: How Much Violence Does Peace Need?
This blog series critically examines the role of violence for international peace and security
Send your text to [email protected] not later than January 11, 2026.
Titel: Si vis Pacem, Para Bellum: How Much Violence Does Peace Need?
This blog series critically examines the role of violence for international peace and security
Send your text to [email protected] not later than January 11, 2026.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Call for Papers Conflict – Peace – Democracy Blog!
Titel: Si vis Pacem, Para Bellum: How Much Violence Does Peace Need?
This blog series critically examines the role of violence for international peace and security
Send your text to [email protected] not later than January 11, 2026.
Titel: Si vis Pacem, Para Bellum: How Much Violence Does Peace Need?
This blog series critically examines the role of violence for international peace and security
Send your text to [email protected] not later than January 11, 2026.
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Honoured that my "Absented at the Creation: Nuremberg Women & International Criminal Justice"(academic.oup.com/edited-volum...) is among works by 4 dozen contributors to this new collection
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Honoured that my "Absented at the Creation: Nuremberg Women & International Criminal Justice"(academic.oup.com/edited-volum...) is among works by 4 dozen contributors to this new collection
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Celebrating today 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights. Born of the ashes of WWII, the Convention affirms everyone‘s inalienable human #dignity & upholds everyone‘s #humanrights. Find out how the Convention defends your rights every day: www.coe.int/en/web/impac... #ECHR75
Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int
European convention on human rights : How it changed the lives of many people across the continent.
www.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Celebrating today 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights. Born of the ashes of WWII, the Convention affirms everyone‘s inalienable human #dignity & upholds everyone‘s #humanrights. Find out how the Convention defends your rights every day: www.coe.int/en/web/impac... #ECHR75
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A. Wess Mitchell’s new book, “Great Power Diplomacy,” deftly explains how and why diplomacy has mattered over the last two millennia—and why it really matters today.
Add This to the Canon of Great Diplomacy Books
A. Wess Mitchell’s tour through two millennia of diplomacy is catnip for foreign-policy wonks.
foreignpolicy.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A. Wess Mitchell’s new book, “Great Power Diplomacy,” deftly explains how and why diplomacy has mattered over the last two millennia—and why it really matters today.
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If Europe wants to maintain credibility when invoking international law in Ukraine, Gaza, or elsewhere, it cannot ignore the atrocities happening in Sudan, write @willbrownecfr.bsky.social @cinziabianco.bsky.social @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47DGv8r
https://bit.ly/47DGv8r
Sudan: A war Europe cannot stop, but cannot ignore
El-Fasher in North Darfur is now the epicentre of the world’s greatest humanitarian catastrophe. Europe’s options are limited, but there are still ways to hold the responsible accountable.
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If Europe wants to maintain credibility when invoking international law in Ukraine, Gaza, or elsewhere, it cannot ignore the atrocities happening in Sudan, write @willbrownecfr.bsky.social @cinziabianco.bsky.social @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47DGv8r
https://bit.ly/47DGv8r
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Out Now!
In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 146 – When Is It A War? with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg
With the last weeks of U.S. strikes on alleged drug dealer boats and saying they are in “a non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels, we ask ‘when is war’ and whet…
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October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Out Now!
In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
ICC replaces Microsoft software with German system OpenDesk, as a consequence of US sanctions: Handelsblatt www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-i...
Handelsblatt
www.handelsblatt.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
ICC replaces Microsoft software with German system OpenDesk, as a consequence of US sanctions: Handelsblatt www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-i...
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Gaza is the most flagrant example of trends that have been developing in the international system for over 20 years, argues Khaled Mansour, a former UN spokesperson who watched these developments from a front-row seat.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Gaza is the most flagrant example of trends that have been developing in the international system for over 20 years, argues Khaled Mansour, a former UN spokesperson who watched these developments from a front-row seat.
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‘De mens is niet gedoemd tot oorlogvoeren’
‘De mens is niet gedoemd tot oorlogvoeren’
Nee, oorlog is níet van alle tijden, stelt evolutionair antropoloog Carel van Schaik. En nog steeds gaat oorlogvoeren ons niet natuurlijk af. ‘We kunnen er weer mee stoppen.’
www.trouw.nl
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
‘De mens is niet gedoemd tot oorlogvoeren’
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“The nuclear landscape is changing in ways that are bringing proliferation back to the fore,” write Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, @ernestmoniz.bsky.social, and Meghan O’Sullivan. How should the United States navigate this new era of nuclear risk?
The Proliferation Problem Is Back
Washington must adapt its playbook for a new era of nuclear risk.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“The nuclear landscape is changing in ways that are bringing proliferation back to the fore,” write Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, @ernestmoniz.bsky.social, and Meghan O’Sullivan. How should the United States navigate this new era of nuclear risk?
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Turbulent times are generating hard-headed politics in the EU and NATO. My column, The Telegram, reports on a strikingly serious and grimly realistic mood in Brussels, an international capital wrestling with an age of strongmen.
economist.com/internationa...
from The Economist
economist.com/internationa...
from The Economist
Brussels feels like a city preparing for war
Europe readies itself to survive in a world of hostile strongmen
economist.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Turbulent times are generating hard-headed politics in the EU and NATO. My column, The Telegram, reports on a strikingly serious and grimly realistic mood in Brussels, an international capital wrestling with an age of strongmen.
economist.com/internationa...
from The Economist
economist.com/internationa...
from The Economist
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"Progress in international law often emerges not in spite of crisis, but because of it."
William Aceves, Amity Boye, and @jesspeake.bsky.social ask: How can today's crises become opportunities for innovation?
www.justsecurity.org/122915/crisi...
William Aceves, Amity Boye, and @jesspeake.bsky.social ask: How can today's crises become opportunities for innovation?
www.justsecurity.org/122915/crisi...
Crisis as Catalyst: Past, Present, and Future of International Law
To see crisis as catalyst is to reject fatalism and to believe that law can be both a shield and a compass in turbulent times.
www.justsecurity.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Progress in international law often emerges not in spite of crisis, but because of it."
William Aceves, Amity Boye, and @jesspeake.bsky.social ask: How can today's crises become opportunities for innovation?
www.justsecurity.org/122915/crisi...
William Aceves, Amity Boye, and @jesspeake.bsky.social ask: How can today's crises become opportunities for innovation?
www.justsecurity.org/122915/crisi...
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On the latest episode of After America, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Judge Navi Pillay joins Dr Shortis to discuss accountability in international law and the prerequisites for genuine peace.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
No peace without accountability: Sydney Peace Laureate Navi Pillay
Donald Trump may have declared the war on Gaza over, but a welcome-but-shaky ceasefire and lasting peace are not the same thing.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
On the latest episode of After America, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Judge Navi Pillay joins Dr Shortis to discuss accountability in international law and the prerequisites for genuine peace.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
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Vor 75 Jahren traten die Genfer Konventionen als Lehre aus den Weltkriegen in Kraft. Ihr Versprechen, Zivilist*innen in Kriegen zu schützen, ist heute brüchig: Gaza, Ukraine und Sudan – weltweit nehmen bewaffnete Konflikte zu und Zivilist*innen werden immer öfter Zielscheibe militärischer Angriffe.
Krieg, Recht, Realität: Im Oktober 1950 traten die Genfer Konventionen in Kraft
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Vor 75 Jahren traten die Genfer Konventionen als Lehre aus den Weltkriegen in Kraft. Ihr Versprechen, Zivilist*innen in Kriegen zu schützen, ist heute brüchig: Gaza, Ukraine und Sudan – weltweit nehmen bewaffnete Konflikte zu und Zivilist*innen werden immer öfter Zielscheibe militärischer Angriffe.
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@mikebecker.bsky.social & I quoted in this Al Jazeera article on the #SouthAfrica v #Israel #ICJ case. #intLaw www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
Will Gaza ceasefire change South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel?
South African leaders say the case to hold Israeli leaders accountable will continue, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@mikebecker.bsky.social & I quoted in this Al Jazeera article on the #SouthAfrica v #Israel #ICJ case. #intLaw www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
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Interesting observations on the views on war responsibility of the outgoing and incoming PMs.
Japan’s wartime history causes contemporary problems
economist.com/asia/2025/10...
Japan’s wartime history causes contemporary problems
economist.com/asia/2025/10...
Japan’s wartime history causes contemporary problems
Politicians are at loggerheads over how to remember the past
economist.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Interesting observations on the views on war responsibility of the outgoing and incoming PMs.
Japan’s wartime history causes contemporary problems
economist.com/asia/2025/10...
Japan’s wartime history causes contemporary problems
economist.com/asia/2025/10...