Intlaw Research Group (KFG) "The International Rule of Law

Working Papers

Values in the International Community: Jus cogens in light of the International Law Commission's 2022 Conclusions

Does Digitalisation Change International Law Structurally?

Looking Behind the Façade of Monism, Dualism and Pluralism

Populism, Globalisation and International Law

Domestic and International Criminal Justice: Challenges Ahead

Time to Wake Up: Reservations to the Istanbul Convention and the Role of GREVIO

Ex Iniuria Ius Oritur? – Norm Change and Norm Erosion of the Prohibition of Torture

The Current Work of the International Law Commission on Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction – Comments on the Procedural Safeguards Provisionally Adopted in 2021

Meta’s Oversight Board and Transnational Hybrid Adjudication – What Consequences for International Law?

Neither Dr Jekyll, nor Mr Hyde, Just a National Judge… National Courts’ Strategies of Resistance to International Law

Infrastructural Developmentalism and its Many Types of Global Law – A Comparison between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and China’s Belt & Road Initiative

Cities and Local Governments: International Development from Below?

The Jurisprudence of the Rules-Based Order: Germany's Indo-Pacific Guidelines and the South China Sea Code of Conduct

Possible Indirect Legal Effects under International Law of Non-Legally Binding Instruments

A Multilateral Track for Sustainable Development Along the Belt and Road: Aligning Country Ownership with International Rule of Law

Regional Approaches to International Law (RAIL): Rise or Decline of International Law?

Populism, the Pandemic & Prospects for International Law

Norm(ative) Change in International Relations: A Conceptual Framework

The United States and the International Law of Global Security

The WTO’s Crisis: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Judicial Independence at International Courts and Tribunals: Lessons Drawn From the Experiences of the International Court of Justice and the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation

Pronouncements of Expert Treaty Bodies: From ‘Black Boxes’ to ‘Key Catalysts’ in International Law?

Rise and Decline of International Rule of Law: Case of Non-State Armed Actors

Resurgent Authoritarianism and the International Rule of Law

How to Identify Customary International Law? – On the Final Outcome of the Work of the International Law Commission (2018)

Human Rights Courts and Global Constitutionalism: Coordination through Judicial Dialogue

Holding Domestic Judges Accountable under International Criminal Law – A Useful Step to Foster the International Rule of Law?

Values and Power Relations – The “Disillusionment” of International Law?

Selecting Investment Arbitrators: Reconciling Party Autonomy and the International Rule of Law

A Renaissance of the Doctrine of Rebus Sic Stantibus?

Securing of Resources as a Valid Reason for Using Force? – A Pre-Emptive Defence of the Prohibition on the Use of Force

The Double-facing Foreign Relations Function of the Executive and Its Self-enforcing Obligation to Comply with International Law

Populist Governments and International Law

The Assault on International Adjudication and the Limits of Withdrawal

A Metamorphosis of International Law? Value changes in the international legal order from the perspectives of legal and political science

International Women’s Rights: Progress Under Attack?