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Sophie Schuberth

@sophieschuberth.bsky.social

PhD candidate in international law at Freie Universität Berlin & Law Clerk at Higher Regional Court Berlin Interested in international law, especially peremptory norms, duty to cooperate, occupation, state responsibility, IHL, use of force, ICJ

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If you are in Berlin, please join me for my talk, "War Unbound," on Monday evening at the Freie Universität Berlin! Details here:

www.jura.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...

24.10.2025 07:40 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

You can find the written version of my talk here: 👇
www.ismllw.org/wp-content/u...
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09.10.2025 11:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

... on a fascinating panel discussing 'The Law of Occupation and State Practice'.

In my presentation, “The (Il)Legality of Occupation: An Integrated Jus Ad Bellum Approach", I explored the relationship between occupation, general international law, and jus cogens norms. /2

09.10.2025 11:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Grateful to the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War for the opportunity to speak at the VIII “Silent leges inter arma?” Conference in beautiful Bruges last month. 🙏

I had the pleasure of joining Hanne Cuyckens, Prof. Dr. Natia Kalandarishvili-Mueller, and Nele Verlinden .. /1

09.10.2025 11:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

02.10.2025 16:34 — 👍 112    🔁 42    💬 36    📌 16
The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s Palestine Advisory Opinion | International & Comparative Law Quarterly | Cambridge Core The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s Palestine Advisory Opinion

Just published in ICLQ via @cambup-law.cambridge.org, an excellent article by Marko Milanovic @unirdg-law.bsky.social analysing the notion of an illegal occupation in the recent #ICJ Advisory Opinion on Palestine.

#InternationalLaw #IHL #Occupation #AdvisoryOpinion

09.09.2025 10:24 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Duncker & Humblot - Berlin: Third Party Obligations and World Ordering in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Ein Forum für die Wissenschaft seit 1798.

New publication👇

@heikekrieger.bsky.social writing about 'Third Party Obligations and World Ordering in the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory' in the German Yearbook of International Law

elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/article/7557...

22.08.2025 09:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The 8th ‘Silent leges inter arma?’ conference will be organised in the city of Bruges from 16-19 September 2025 by the 🇧🇪 Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War.

Check out this year’s topics and other information at: ismllw.org

24.06.2025 18:33 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Only 3 weeks left to register for this event hosted in Bruges from 16 to 19 September 2025!

Check out the detailed programme at www.ismllw.org.

The Supporting Partners of this event

👉 Netherlands Defence Academy

👉the Centre for International Humanitarian and Operational Law, Palacky University

23.07.2025 19:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Quote: “Small island States have contributed the least to climate change, yet now face an existential threat.”

Quote: “Small island States have contributed the least to climate change, yet now face an existential threat.”

Do statehood and sovereignty persist when a state sinks?

AURELIO CORNEO and JUDITH SCHERER examine what the ICJ says on this question in its climate advisory opinion and explore the issues of territory, population, and government in times of climate crisis.

verfassungsblog.de/montevideo-c...

19.08.2025 15:51 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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A State consent dilemma in the current work of the International Law Commission on the theory of sources The International Law Commission (ILC) has published its advance report on the work completed during its 76th session this May. This post focuses on progress in two topics related to the theory of sou...

A State consent dilemma in the current work of the International Law Commission on the theory of sources | by Dmytro Soldatenko

14.07.2025 11:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The ICJ "for the first time explicitly acknowledged the legal standing of all States in relation to obligations erga omnes (in the sense of Article 48(1)(b) ASR). Until now, the Court’s decisions on collective obligations had been confined to obligations erga omnes partes arising under treaties." 👇

28.07.2025 10:24 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

The duty to cooperate under customary international law is fundamental to the response to climate change, and is intrinsically linked to the duty to prevent harm, requiring good faith, continuous and sustained forms of collective action, applying to all states (subject only to CBDR);...10/17

23.07.2025 18:29 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change:

23.07.2025 16:39 — 👍 85    🔁 28    💬 4    📌 3
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Israels Angriff auf Iran: Selbstverteidigung oder ein Bruch des Völkerrechts? Obwohl Israel einer existenziellen Gefahr ausgesetzt war, sehen Experten den Militärschlag gegen Irans Atomprogramm als völkerrechtswidrig an. Die Professorin Heike Krieger erklärt, warum das so ist u...

Ein Gespräch zum Iran und zum Völkerrecht mit der NZZ (hinter paywall)

www.nzz.ch/internationa...

28.06.2025 07:39 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up Yesterday, the United States joined Israel in its use of force against Iran by conducting a precision bombing operation targeting Iranian nuclear sites. Like Israel’s use of force before it, this use ...

The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up | by Marko Milanovic

23.06.2025 11:11 — 👍 18    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 9
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Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ On 19 May 2025, Lithuania instituted proceedings against Belarus before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging violations of the 2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Se...

Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ | by Niccolò Ridi and Matina Papadaki

16.06.2025 12:39 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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A Humanitarian Action by the UN General Assembly in Gaza? The atrocious situation in the Gaza Strip demands action by the international community to end serious and massive violations of human rights and humanitarian law. As reported by impartial observers, ...

A Humanitarian Action by the UN General Assembly in Gaza? | by Enzo Cannizzaro

17.06.2025 16:10 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown... Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

05.06.2025 15:31 — 👍 1910    🔁 1438    💬 19    📌 105
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World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more t...

Historic decision at #WHA78:

Member States of WHO today formally adopted by consensus the world's first #PandemicAgreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics.

🔗 bit.ly/43p0DsH

20.05.2025 09:31 — 👍 514    🔁 117    💬 10    📌 14

The newly announced tribunal to try the crime of aggression in Ukraine is a good step forward, if not what many of us hoped was possible. For the deep background, take a look at this @justsecurity.org series that started with this post in September 2022: www.justsecurity.org/83117/the-ca...

09.05.2025 11:46 — 👍 58    🔁 23    💬 2    📌 1
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The program for the 20th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law is online. Come join us in Berlin!

www.esil2025.de/_files/ugd/b...

09.05.2025 06:09 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

This event - "The future of international law - an anchor in a crumbling world" - will be simultaneously translated into English and live streamed.

Registration link below.

06.05.2025 08:44 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Die Zukunft des Völkerrechts, ich freue mich auf die Diskussion mit den Kollegen.

calendar.boell.de/de/event/die...

06.05.2025 08:39 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
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Task force suggests major UN reforms, consolidation: internal memo | International UNITED NATIONS, United States, May 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A United Nations task force has proposed major reforms aimed at

I talk to @afpfr.bsky.social about UN reform plans.

"We do not know how far Guterres will run with these ideas, but he is now in his final period in office, so he may decide to go out with a bang!"

www.bssnews.net/internationa...

03.05.2025 13:39 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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📢 Our #callforpapers for Volume 28 (2025) is now out!

📖 Theme: "Facts in International Humanitarian Law"

📅 Abstract deadline: 13 June

More info: www.asser.nl/asserpress/d...

#IHL #LOAC

30.04.2025 08:14 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 7

Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof hat ein Verfahren gegen Ungarn eingeleitet.

www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...

19.04.2025 04:03 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty The agreement is designed to ensure more cooperation between nations in the event of another pandemic.

Todays big international law news, that seems to be buried in the back pages. This pandemic treaty now needs to be adopted at the World Health Assembky in May.
#PandemicAccord www.bbc.com/news/article...

17.04.2025 08:01 — 👍 11    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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#45 Ohne Schutz? Die Integrität von Wahlen und ausländische Einflusskampagnen

✨Neuer #Völkerrechtspodcast zur Integrität von Wahlen und ausländischen Einflusskampagnen!

🎙️ Moderation: @erik.d-64.social & Rouven Diekjobst

🗣️ Interview: @erik.d-64.social mit Henning Lahmann

📚 Grundlagenteil: @isalischewski.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/45-ohne-s...

11.04.2025 17:08 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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📖 Philippe Sands @philippesands.bsky.social returns w/ "38 Londres Street"—a gripping story of law, memory & pursuit.

🎙️Join the conversation on 6 May 2025 in Courtroom 600.

From Pinochet to Patagonia—don't miss it.

🔗 bit.ly/4jbHZeG

#PhilippeSands #38LondresStreet #NurembergAcademy #Courtroom600

11.04.2025 06:00 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

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