Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law

Common spaces and interests are taking central stage in international law. In the context of judicial proceedings concerned with such interests and spaces, reparation raises particularly complex legal issues. For one, the common or shared character...

In reaction to the war against Ukraine, the EU has imposed severe sanctions on Russian business elites on the basis of Art. 215, 2nd para. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), including the freezing of their property. As the...

The Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABBNJ) stands for the new generation of agreements implementing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Among...

The Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) identified an exception to functional immunity for certain war crimes under customary international law in 2021 and extended it to all crimes under international law in 2024. The German legislator codified this...