Alexander Wentker
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About/Bio
Dr Alexander Wentker is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam and Humboldt-University Berlin and a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. Alexander is a fully qualified German lawyer and holds a doctorate in law and an MJur from the University of Oxford as well as a Maîtrise en droit from Université Paris II-Panthéon-Assas. He is an associate fellow of Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) and a former clerk of the Supreme Court of Namibia.
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At War: When Do States Supporting Ukraine or Russia become Parties to the Conflict and What Would that Mean?
March 14, 2022
Alexander Wentker
In the face of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Western States have been scaling up their assistance to Ukraine. In addition to massive economic and financial sanctions against Russia, many States have been delivering weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine. Some States have also been sharing ‘battlefield’ intelligence with Ukraine. The US, for example, has set up…
Jurisdictional Immunities in the New York Southern District Court? The case of Rukoro et al. v. Federal Republic of Germany
In 2015, German State officials began referring to the atrocities committed by Imperial German soldiers in today’s Namibia between 1904 and 1908 as ‘what would now be called genocide’. This paradigm shift sparked considerable societal debate about Germany’s long neglected colonial past – finally, one might say. Although an official apology is still lacking, Germany and Namibia…
Venezuela’s Non-Participation Before the ICJ in the Dispute over the Essequibo Region
June 29, 2018
Alexander Wentker
On 18 June 2018, Venezuela notified the International Court of Justice that it intends not to participate in the proceedings before the Court in the case over the Essequibo region brought by Guyana (for an excellent analysis of Guyana’s application and the complex historical and procedural background on this blog see here). Venezuela’s move…
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Popular articles by Alexander Wentker
At War: When Do States Supporting Ukraine or Russia become Parties to the Conflict and What Would that Mean?
March 14, 2022
Alexander Wentker
In the face of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Western States have been scaling up their assistance to Ukraine. In addition to massive economic and financial sanctions against Russia, many States have been delivering weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine. Some States have also been sharing ‘battlefield’ intelligence with Ukraine. The US, for example, has set up…
Venezuela’s Non-Participation Before the ICJ in the Dispute over the Essequibo Region
June 29, 2018
Alexander Wentker
On 18 June 2018, Venezuela notified the International Court of Justice that it intends not to participate in the proceedings before the Court in the case over the Essequibo region brought by Guyana (for an excellent analysis of Guyana’s application and the complex historical and procedural background on this blog see here). Venezuela’s move…
Taking the Road Less Travelled: The ICJ’s Pragmatic Approach to Provisional Measures in Nicaragua v Germany
When President Salam announced the ICJ’s decision not to indicate provisional measures against Germany as requested by Nicaragua on Tuesday, the legal advisers of States lending support to the warring parties in Gaza were probably closely listening. As we argue in this post, the ICJ was acutely aware of the implications any decision would have…