Andreas Zimmermann
Andreas Zimmermann is Professor of International and European Law at the University of Potsdam, Germany and Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights.
June 9, 2025
Andreas Zimmermann
I. Introduction Certain aspects and the (then still potential) outcome of the ICJ Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Sudan (Sudan v. United Arab Emirates) were already discussed on this blog here and here, including the issue of…
August 20, 2024
Andreas Zimmermann
Ukraine, the ICC and Art. 124 Rome Statute On August 15, 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy submitted to the Ukrainian parliament a bill on the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and its amendments. Ukraine might thus in the foreseeable future become the 125th contracting party of the Rome Statute. At the same time,…
May 13, 2024
Andreas Zimmermann
Since declaring independence in 2008, Kosovo has made the recognition of its statehood and the related issue of its membership in international organizations a priority of its foreign policy. After the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recommended on 16 April 2024, by 131 votes in favour, 29 against and 11 abstentions, that Kosovo be invited…
March 5, 2018
Andreas Zimmermann
Note from the Editors: This week we hold the first EJIL:Talk! Contributing Editors' Debate, where some or all of our distinguished Contributing Editors lend their views on broad themes of international law and the state of the art, science, and discipline of international law. Our thanks to Andreas Zimmermann (Co-Director of the Berlin-Potsdam Research Group, 'The…
March 29, 2021
Andreas Zimmermann
“To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles (…)” Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 Just like Hamlet, Kenya…
August 20, 2024
Andreas Zimmermann
Ukraine, the ICC and Art. 124 Rome Statute On August 15, 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy submitted to the Ukrainian parliament a bill on the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and its amendments. Ukraine might thus in the foreseeable future become the 125th contracting party of the Rome Statute. At the same time,…