ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law

What Is the European Health Union?
The latest ZaöRV features a #SpecialIssue on the #EuropeanHealthUnion.
Weilert, Viallarreal, and Hering set the scene for the European Health Union, examining its legal foundations, key challenges, and global outlook after COVID-19: www.inlibra.com/de/document/...

Human Rights Beyond Treaties

In the new #ZaöRV 4/2025, Flávia Piovesan & James (Jim) Cavallaro revisit Christian Tomuschat’s classic ZaöRV article on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

A classic revisited - critically and boldly. Read now #OpenAccess: www.inlibra.com/de/document/...

📢 Exciting news!
The new issue of #ZaöRV/ HJIL 4/2025 is out now #OpenAccess 🌍✨

This edition features a #comment on the European Media Freedom Act, alongside a #special issue on the European Health Union.

📸Take a first look at the new contents!

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💰Animal Welfare Conditionality in the World Bank’s Legal Framework

In the latest #ZaöRV, Moritz Pollack analyses to what extent the #WorldBank’s legal framework considers #animal welfare. Read his article here:

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#ZaöRV #HJIL #InternationalLaw #OpenAccess

🌍 Greenland & International Law

Katja Göcke’s 2009 #ZaöRV article breaks down Greenland’s legal status under international law—a very topical (re-)read in light of current headlines and Trump’s expressed interest in U.S. control over Greenland. Read now #OpenAccess.

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🌊 Resilience of UNCLOS in the Ocean-Climate Nexus
UNCLOS turns 40+ but can it adapt to climate change? Yoshifumi Tanaka argues that due diligence, precaution, & ecosystem approaches may hold the key. Read now #OpenAccess in the latest issue of the #ZaöRV: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

🌍⚖ Do We Need a World Climate Court?
In the new ZaöRV, Keller, Gurash and Heri explore the mandate, limits& legitimacy of a World Climate Court. Would a World Climate Court help enforce global climate obligations—or politicize them further? Read now #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

🇩🇪⚖In the #ZaöRV’s Re-reading Historic Articles series, Paulina Starski revisits Steinberger’s classic on the Federal Constitutional Court and explores how today’s case law engages with EU & international law. Available now #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

🔹 The Right to Vote of Non-Resident Citizens
In the new #ZaöRV’s comment, Davide Paris explores if all expats should vote in home elections - or only those with a “close connection”. A provocative rethink on democracy & diaspora suffrage. Read now #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

📖✨ Sneak peek into #ZaöRV 3/2025:
From diaspora voting & German constitutional openness to a world climate court, UNCLOS, animal welfare + a symposium on Digital Empires. Plenty of insights and debates await in this issue. Available now #OpenAccess:
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📖 My review of Anu Bradford’s "Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology" (Oxford University Press 2023) is out on @zaoerv.bsky.social

Many thanks to @alexanderwentker.bsky.social and @erik.d-64.social for editing this timely book review symposium.

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📚 The new issue of the Heidelberg Journal of International Law (ZaöRV) is out and available now (Issue 3/2025)!

#OpenAccess articles on international law, European law & more.

👉 Read here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

#ZaöRV #HJIL #InternationalLaw #OpenAccess

📢 When Solange I Met Neubauer

In #ZaöRV 2/2025, Eyal Benvenisti explores what happens when national courts use Solange to protect global interests while reviewing international organizations. Now available #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

📢 Solange and Anti-Globalism

In the latest #ZaöRV, Karen Alter shows how the Solange doctrine has become a tool to defend constitutional democracy against rising anti-globalist pressures. Read her interesting article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

#HJIL #InternationalLaw

ZaöRV 2/2025 features an article by Anuscheh Farahat & Teresa Violante, who compare Solange I to Solange IV, and argue why Solange IV is at least as bold as Solange I was at the time. Read their assessment of the role of national courts from Solange I to IV: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

📢 Freeing Constitutional Identity

@jscholt.bsky.social reads Solange I as a groundbreaking judgment on constitutional identity, arguing why constitutionaly identity does not need to be linked to unamendability. A truly interesting article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/... #ZaöRV

📢 Constitutional Courts and the EU

In ZaöRV 2/2025, Ana Bobić analyzes how constitutional courts confront the EU’s reconfiguration, especially in the area of the Euro crisis and criminal law. Find the ZaöRV's article - as always - #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

📢 Matej Avbelj's #ZaöRV article analyses what, if anything, has been an original theoretical and institutional contribution of #Solange I. Read now why the decision is a prime example of social constructivism in the field of law and politics beyond the state: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

🌍Solange I goes abroad

In the #ZaöRV, Niels Graaf traces how Solange I was translated—legally and literally—into French and Italian debates. Read now #OpenAccess how the German decision is understood and applied differently along national lines.

#ZaöRV #HJIL

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📢What if the dissent had won?

In the latest #ZaöRV, Franz C. Mayer explores the Solange I dissent—and how it might have changed EU law. Read about parallel paths not taken, a parallel legal universe. Available #OpenAccess.

#ConstitutionalLaw #SolangeI #HJIL

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📢 Must-read!

The new #ZaöRV features an article by Andrej Lang who puts #Solange I in historical context. Read now #OpenAccess why Solange I is not parochial and backward, but in many regards a modern and forward-looking decision.

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#HJIL #Solange

📢50 years of Solange I!
The new #ZaöRV issue revisits a constitutional classic: What is the legacy of #Solange I in a world of overlapping legal orders? Read the introduction to the special issue by Lang, Kovács & Kumm!

#Constitutionalism #HJIL #OpenAccess

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From State Sovereignty to Human Rights– and Back?
In the latestet #ZaöRV, Farahat & Kießling revisit the Prohibition of Collective Expulsion in the ECHR from a Historical Perspective.

Read their argument now #OpenAccess!

#HumanRights #Sovereignty #ECHR #HJIL

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📢New article in the #ZaöRV!
Can international tribunals still matter in times of great power competition? Christian Schultheiss explores the impact of the South China Sea arbitration in his #OpenAccess comment.

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#InternationalLaw #SouthChinaSea #HJIL

📢 Exciting news!
The new issue of ZaöRV/Heidelberg Journal of International Law 2/2025 is out now #OpenAccess🌍

This edition features a special issue on “Re-Examining Solange I”.

📸 Get a look at the new contents, and stay tuned for more updates!

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#HJIL #ZaöRV

“Smart sanctions” on Russian oligarchs?
Alexander Blankenagel argues why EU's sanctions on Russian business elites, including the freezing of their property, are neither smart nor lawful. Read his timely analysis #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

Isabel Walther's article in the #ZaöRV dives into a German ruling on exceptions to functional immunity. She unpacks why the decision by the Federal Court of Justice raises international and constitutional law concerns & much more. Read #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

🌱 Environmental Community Interests
In the #ZaöRV Keynote (Issue 1/2025), Malgosia Fitzmaurice analyzes how community interests can be redressed beyond court proceedings, focusing on international environmental law. Read her topical Keynote #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

The ocean treaty is signed. Now what?
In the new #ZaöRV, @carcru.bsky.social examines the potential of the Implementation and Compliance Committee under the BBNJ treaty as a tool for advancing cooperation under the Law of the Sea Convention. Read now: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

Elisa Ruozzi's article in the #ZaöRV analyzes how common spaces and interests are addressed at the reparations stage. She explores emerging institutional innovations across legal regimes in public international law. Read her intriguing article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...