Maxim Bönnemann

Dec 7, 2024 | verfassungsblog.de | Maxim Bönnemann

1. Am Montag hat der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) mit Anhörungen in einem Verfahren begonnen, das als „the world’s biggest legal case“ bezeichnet wurde. In dem von der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen beantragten Gutachten („Advisory Opinion“) zu den „Pflichten der Staaten in Bezug auf den Klimawandel“ äußern sich fast 100 Staaten und mehrere Organisationen. Worum geht es in dem Verfahren? Das Verfahren geht auf eine Studierendeninitiative in Vanuatu zurück.

Oct 18, 2024 | verfassungsblog.de | Moritz Schramm |Janina Dill |Maxim Bönnemann

The war in Gaza has escalated dramatically this week. Hundreds of thousands of suffering civilians in northern Gaza are bringing questions of international humanitarian law back into focus. Criticism of arms deliveries is also growing louder in several European countries, including Germany.

Oct 11, 2024 | verfassungsblog.de | Anja Bossow |Eva Maria Bredler |Maxim Bönnemann

Every lawyer knows that law and its language are malleable tools that can serve different functions. Over the past year, one of these has gained increasing significance: law’s capacity to act as a medium of communication. At a time where other channels are gradually collapsing, with hostility and silence replacing dialogue and debate, law offers a way to articulate our disagreements within the confines of its vocabulary, rules and methods.

Aug 30, 2024 | verfassungsblog.de | Maxim Bönnemann |Maximilian Steinbeis

The Verfassungsblog editorial is back from the summer break. Let’s not give you the wrong impression though: Whatever has been going on here over the past few weeks, calling it a break would be misleading. Sommerloch? More like a passing wisp of cloud in the searing blue summer sky, both in terms of the topics at hand and the sheer volume of texts received and published. The Thuringia team has been tirelessly active all summer, giving lectures, conducting workshops, and giving interviews.

Apr 9, 2024 | verfassungsblog.de | Maxim Bönnemann |Maria Antonia Tigre

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.