My friend and colleague Robert Stendel and I have a new draft on SSRN of an article forthcoming in EJIL, entitled 'Monetary Gold in the Age of Public Interest Litigation'.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Comments (still) welcome!

Here is the abstract:

I am very happy, grateful, and honoured that my book (Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law) has received the 2025 Francis Lieber Prize of the American Society of International Law’s (@asilorg.bsky.social) Lieber Society.

You can read the book here: academic.oup.com/book/57564

Mehrere Verwaltungsgerichte beschäftigen sich zur Zeit mit Exportgenehmigungen für Waffen nach Israel. Die Verfahren testen die Reichweite verwaltungsgerichtlichen Rechtsschutzes und grundrechtlicher Schutzpflichten im Ausland. (1/2)

My latest article with @ICLQ_jnl has just been published open access: doi.org/10.1017/S002...

A short 🧵. The law of neutrality has traditionally prohibited States from militarily assisting belligerent States and has required them to prevent belligerent States from using their territory. 1/3

⚖️ Der IGH ist aktuell so beschäftigt wie nie. Nicht nur mit dem Klimawandel, sondern immer häufiger auch mit Kriegen. Damit wird er unweigerlich zum Akteur der internationalen Sicherheit. Wie er sich dabei positioniert, dazu ein paar Gedanken von mir in der JZ. 1/2
doi.org/10.1628/jz-2024-0316

I very much enjoyed discussing some ideas from my book at @uvalaw.bsky.social. Many thanks to Ashley Deeks for the kind invitation and a thoughtful conversation, to everyone who came along for excellent questions, and to all those involved for being such great hosts! (Recording & link to book👇)

📰 Nordkorea kämpft in der Ukraine – was das völkerrechtlich bedeutet hat @meretbaumann.bsky.social gestern in der @nzz.ch erklärt, mit ein paar Einschätzungen von mir.

www.nzz.ch/internationa...

Robert Stendel and I had a great time presenting and discussing our work on ICJ public interest litigation & the indispensable third party principle at the ASIL Mid-Year Meeting in Chicago on Friday. Many thanks to our thoughtful chair Isabella Uría and to @asilorg.bsky.social for a wonderful event!

I am very much looking forward to returning to Oxford for a book launch of my monograph📚. Join us next FR 22 Nov at 2.30-4 pm GMT – in person (All Souls College) or online (link below 👇 )!

www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

Last week, we launched our research paper on ‘Identifying co-parties to armed conflict in international law’
@chathamhouse.bsky.social. When States go to war, they often rely on the support of others. So do non-State armed groups - and international organisations. 1/

Delighted to see our piece (with the wonderful Claus Kreß) on inter-State assistance in war (in French) out in the current volume of the Annuaire Français de Droit International. Un grand merci aux éditeurs !

DM me if you’re interested in the paper and lack access to it.

📚My book has a cover! Publication expected mid next year, exact date to follow.

Last week, the wonderful Hannes Jöbstl joined our International Dispute Settlement class in snowy Berlin @jurafuberlin.bsky.social from The Hague to give our student a rich account of how the ICJ works behind the scenes. Hardly surprising that the students loved it - thank you, Hannes!

Looking forward to discuss my paper on aggression & neutrality at the American Society of International Law's Mid-Year Meeting in Pittsburgh today!