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Prof #InternationalLaw & #PublicLaw @UniFreiburg #ResponsibleAI #EmTech/Judge #ConstCourt BaWü/ Chair DualUse Com/Past: Fellow @Harvard_Law/op. are my own

 Freiburg, Germany
Joined September 2011
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Perfect afternoon light - #wintersemester #UniFreiburg #Germany
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Dutch Court Orders the #Netherlands to Protect a Caribbean Island From #ClimateChange #humanrights nytimes.com/2026/01/28/clima… via @NYTimes

Court Orders the Netherlands to Protect a Caribbean Island From Climate Change

Bonaire, a Dutch overseas territory, deserves the same protections as Europe, the ruling said. The decision adds to a growing body of precedent worldwide.

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All these attacks are illegal - there is no armed conflict there is right to kill anyone … Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/po… via @NYTimes

Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks

Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?

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Yes! Europe Races to Save Its Financing Plan for Ukraine nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world… via @NYTimes

Stakes High, Europe Races to Save Its Financing Plan for Ukraine

The European Union has a proposal for how to turn Russian frozen assets into a giant loan for Ukraine. If it fails, it could further weaken Europe’s global image.

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@CIJ_ICJ3 Dec 2025
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: The term of office of the current #ICJ Registrar will expire on 31 July 2026. The Court invites qualified candidates to submit applications in accordance with Article 22 of the Rules of Court and in the vacancy announcement. Link: go.icj-cij.org/444eZQo
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Cartagena Protocol@BCHCPB20 Oct 2025
🧬Join the conversation on risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms (#LMOs) 🔗cbd.int/conferences/panama-2… @UNBiodiversity #SBSTTA27 @wadzanayi14 #GMOs #biotech #biotechnology
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We are hiring! Together with the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, we are looking for an Assistant Professor in the Social Studies of Medicine. It's a unique joint post! More details here: cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Cartagena Protocol@BCHCPB20 Oct 2025
Side event: Launch of the #Biosafety Technical Series 07: Additional voluntary guidance materials to support case-by-case risk assessments of living modified organisms (#LMOs) containing engineered gene drives, 21 Oct., 18:15 🔗cbd.int/side-events/6834 @wadzanayi14 #SBSTTA27
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"Creativity is combining facts no one else has connected before." Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her studies on fruit flies. Discover more about her life and work: bit.ly/2WYTSda
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Senior German #General Says Europe Must Do All It Can to Help #Ukraine nytimes.com/2025/10/20/world… via @NYTimes

Senior German General Says Europe Must Do All It Can to Help Ukraine (Published 2025)

European democracy and rule of law are at risk, the general says, so Europe must give Ukraine whatever it can to pressure Moscow, even if Trump does not.

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#Waffenruhe in Gaza: Wie die #Hamas mit Terror um die Vorherrschaft kämpft | FAZ faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausl…

Waffenruhe in Gaza: Wie die Hamas um die Vorherrschaft kämpft

Langsam kehren die Einwohner des Gazastreifens in ihre zerbombten Städte zurück – und stellen fest: In ihren kaputten Häusern wohnen jetzt andere. Und überall kämpft die Hamas brutal um die Vorherr...

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Nobel Prize in economics winner #JoelMokyr speaks youtube.com/live/__0sGvjFvkA… via @YouTube

LIVE: Nobel Prize in economics winner Joel Mokyr speaks

Northwestern University Professor Joel Mokyr, one of three laureate...

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Technology advances rapidly and affects us all, with new products and production methods replacing old ones in a never-ending cycle. This is the basis for sustained economic growth, which results in a better standard of living, health and quality of life for people around the globe. #NobelPrize
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‘A Big Day’: How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal nytimes.com/2025/10/14/world… via @NYTimes

‘A Big Day’: How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal (Published 2025)

The cease-fire talks in Egypt showed that with pressure on Hamas and Israel, seemingly huge impediments could be overcome or set aside.

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For Israel, Hamas and Trump’s #Peace Plan, Now Comes the Hard Part nytimes.com/2025/10/14/world… via @NYTimes

Now Comes the Hard Part for the Gaza Cease-Fire Plan (Published 2025)

Hamas released hostages and agreed to abide by a cease-fire, but persuading it to lay down its arms is another matter.

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A challenging interview on my new book, ON LIBERALISM, with @NewYorker @mitpress @samuelmoyn newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/c…

Can Liberalism Be Saved?

The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a more expansive definition of an ideology under threat.

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»Postliberalismus? Eine transatlantische Debatte«   w/@VeithSelk @TBiebricher @de_dijn @PatrickDeneen @AntonJaegermm @samuelmoyn @AdrianPabst1 @BMStudebaker & many more… …out in summer 2026 @suhrkamp suhrkamp.de/buch/postliberal…

Postliberalismus?. Buch von Veith Selk, Julian Nicolai Hofmann (Suhrkamp Verlag)

Ist der Liberalismus noch zu retten? | Bestseller von Veith Selk, Julian Nicolai Hofmann versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen

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Really looking forward to the Paris launch of this extraordinary Cambridge history of rights project - honoured to be part of it, and congrats to all the editors events.uchicago.edu/event/25…
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זהו יום של הקלה עצומה למשפחות החטופים, שהיום יכולים שוב לחבק את יקיריהם. אני שמח עבורם ואיתם. יחד עם זאת, זהו יום של מועקה גדולה, כי אנחנו יודעים שחלק מהחטופים ישובו הביתה היום כשאינם בחיים. 1/2
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Es ist ein Tag unendlicher Erleichterung für die Familien der Geiseln, die heute ihre Lieben wieder in die Arme schließen können. Ich freue mich für sie & mit ihnen. Zugleich ist es ein Tag großer Beklommenheit, weil wir wissen, dass einige Geiseln tot nach Hause zurückkehren.1/2
Außenminister Wadephul beim Treffen mit den Familien deutsch-israelischer Geiseln am 06.10.2025 in Tel Aviv. (c) Photothek

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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and the other half jointly to Aghion and Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.” #NobelPrize
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