In his contribution to the 📣 #Symposium on the #ICRC's Customary IHL Study twenty years on📣, Stanislau Lashkevich sketches a calibrated reading of state practice that aims to complement, rather than displace, the Study’s universalist method.✨️
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@diekjobst.bsky.social, @rosalauterbach.bsky.social and Paulina Rob introduce the joint series between #ArticlesofWar and @voelkerrechtsblog.org, which highlights the contested terrain of customary international humanitarian law two decades after the ICRC’s Study was first published.

Rouven Diekjobst (@diekjobst.bsky.social), Rosa-Lena Lauterbach (@rosalauterbach.bsky.social) and Paulina Rob kick off our #Symposium on customary IHL. Find out more about its reflections from scholarship and the exciting articles coming up! 💭✨️
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Thank you, Alicja! And thanks for sharing your thoughts on the piece before, that was immensely helpful!

Yes, the problem is bigger than just the invitation by Friedrich Merz! Given Germany's history and it's self-perception, however, it is particularly distressing that also Germany now fails to uphold the international rule of law.