Andreas Zimmermann
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Andreas Zimmermann is Professor of International and European Law at the University of Potsdam, Germany and Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights.
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Five, four, three… and counting down? – the outcome of the recent triennial elections at the International Court of Justice –
November 17, 2023
Andreas Zimmermann
On November 9, 2023 the regular triennial election for the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’) took place in order to fill five vacancies. On that occasion, the United Nations General Assembly already at the first round, and…
‘Yes, they can …’: PCA national groups of States that are not members of the United Nations and the nomination of ICJ judges
December 16, 2022
Andreas Zimmermann
As of today, membership in the United Nations, and with it the status as a contracting party of the Statute of the ICJ as per Art. 93 (1) UN Charter, is, unlike in the first decades of the existence of the organization, almost universal. Yet, there continue to be entities, and notably Palestine and Kosovo, that have not…
“To Appear or not to Appear this was the Question” – The Saga of Kenya’s Non-Appearance in the Kenya –Somalia Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean Case
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…
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Times Are Changing – and What About the International Rule of Law Then?
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…
“To Appear or not to Appear this was the Question” – The Saga of Kenya’s Non-Appearance in the Kenya –Somalia Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean Case
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…
‘There’s life in the old dog yet …,’ or: the news of the death of Art. 124 Rome Statute were premature
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,…