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Use of force

2024 (1) 
  • 23 January – Germany Supports Expansive Interpretation of the Right to Self-Defence Against Attacks by the Houthis on Commercial Shipping in the Red Sea
2021 (1)
  • 25 May – Germany backs Israel’s right to self-defence against Hamas “rocket terror”
2020 (3)
  • 29 June – Germany continues aerial refuelling of anti-IS coalition over Syria – and refines the right of sustainable self-defence
  • 23 January – The U.S. killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani: of wrong trees and red herrings, and why the killing may be lawful after all
  • 10 January – Germany “strongly condemns” Iranian missile attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq
2019 (3)
  • 15 November – Germany backs India’s cross-border strikes against terrorists in Pakistan administered Kashmir
  • 21 October – A roundabout way to say that the Turkish invasion of north-eastern Syria is illegal under international law
  • 21 October – The Federal Government continues to justify the fight against ISIL in Syria on grounds of collective self-defence
  • 10 October – German Constitutional Court considers self-defence against non-State actors a tenable interpretation of Article 51 of the UN Charter
2018 (3)
  • 22 May – Israel’s right to self-defence against Iranian rocket attack from within Syria
  • 14 February – Israel’s claim to self-defence has a “very high plausibility”
  • 26 January –Difficulties in assessing the illegality of the Turkish intervention in Syria
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Recent Posts

  • Nicaragua Continues ICJ Proceedings Against Germany
  • Germany Announces Its Continued Commitment to the Ottawa Convention
  • Germany Offers Semi-Public Apology to Azerbaijan Over Displaying Separatist Flag of the ‘Republic of Artsakh’
  • Germany Announces Cancellation of Non-Existent Air Services Agreement with Iran in Response to Iran’s Provision of Ballistic Missiles to Russia
  • Germany’s Position on an ‘International Network Law’

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  • Air and space law
  • Antarctica
  • Armed conflict and international humanitarian law
  • Arms control and disarmament
  • Coercive measures short of the use of force
  • Diplomatic and consular protection
  • Diplomatic and consular relations
  • Human Rights
  • International Court of Justice
  • International criminal law
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  • Organs of the State and their status
  • Peaceful settlement of disputes
  • Political independence
  • Position of the individual
  • Protection of cultural property
  • Sources of international law
  • State immunity
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