Über GILDS
Das Institut für Völkerrecht und Internationale Beziehungen der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Graz veranstaltet eine Online-/On-Campus-Vortrags- und Diskussionsreihe mit führenden und aufstrebenden Wissenschaftler:innen sowie Praktiker:innen des Völkerrechts und der internationalen Beziehungen aus Europa und darüber hinaus.
Die Vorträge in dieser Reihe drehen sich sowohl um grundlegende als auch um aktuelle Herausforderungen und Probleme im Völkerrecht sowie im angrenzenden Bereich der internationalen Beziehungen. Studierende, Praktiker:innen und Akademiker:innen aller wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen sind herzlich eingeladen und ermutigt, sich anzumelden und an unseren Diskussionen teilzunehmen.
Gründerin und Leiterin der GILDS ist Professorin Erika De Wet, Leiterin des Instituts für Völkerrecht und Internationale Beziehungen: erika.de-wet(at)uni-graz.at
Zukünftige GILDS-Vorträge
AGATA KLECZKOWSKA: "Retorsions in International Law: Do We Still Need Them?”
10.10.2024 17:00 Uhr, Moot Court- und Verhandlungsraum
In the doctrine of law, retorsions are defined as legal but unfriendly measures undertaken in reply to illegal and/or unfriendly acts. Retorsions are not regulated in any legal act, since this collective term refers to virtually any measures falling within the discretionary powers of every State. However, the discretionary nature of these measures means that States are not restricted in their employment only to situations when these measures are proceeded by illegal or unfriendly acts of another State; they may apply them under any circumstances. For instance, a State may decide to break diplomatic relations with another State at any moment, not only after the latter State committed an unfriendly or illegal act to the detriment of the former. Moreover, some scholars claim that since retorsions are by definition lawful, they fall outside the scope of international law and that there is nothing like a ‘law of retorsions’. Why do we need then such a notion as ‘retorsions’ at all? Why do the doctrine of law and States keep on using this term? Wouldn’t it be more accurate if they referred to specific types of measures (declaring a diplomat persona non grata, restricting import of certain goods, withdrawing voluntary aid programs etc.) than using such a general (and at the end of the day, ambiguous) term as retorsions? If retorsions fall outside the scope of international law, why does the doctrine of law deal with this notion, instead of leaving it to e.g., political scientists? The lecture will seek to address all these issues, explaining the role and place of retorsions under international law.
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GILDS Schedule
- 30.04.2024 - Dr. Michal Saliternik: “The Occupation of Gaza – Past, Present, and Future”
- 28.11.2023 - Prof. Paul Gragl: “Mutual Defence and Assistance Clauses: A Comparative Analysis of Article 5 NATO and Article 42(7) TEU”
- 26.09.2023 - Prof. Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof: “Implementation of the Paris Agreement in the EU in times of energy crisis”
- 06.06.2023 - Prof. Matthias Herdegen: “The War in Ukraine: Controversial Issues under the International Law of War and Peace”
- 11.05.2023 - Prof. Liesbeth Lijnzaad: “THEN AND NOW, and the role of time in the interpretation of treaties”
- 29.03.2023 - Prof. Ass. Dr. Përparim Gruda: “Recent Developments in the Normalization Process between Serbia and Kosovo: The Brussels Agreement from a Kosovar perspective”
- 09.01.2023 - Mag. Dominik Ornig: "Automation of Decision-Making"
- 11.11.2022 - Dr. Katalin Sulyok: "Science and the Legitimate Argumentative Space of International Courts"
- 30.09.2022 - Prof. Jean D'Aspremont: "The Discourse on Customary International Law" (in collaboration with the European Society of International Law)
- 02.06.2022 - Prof. Wolfgang Benedek: "Präsentation des OSZE-Berichts"
- 25.05.2022 - Prof. Martha Bradley: „Testing the boundaries of Tadic: Assessing the intensity of violence through an aggregated approach in complex conflict settings“
- 11.02.2022 - Dr. Marko Svicevic: „Collective self-defence or regional enforcement action: the legality of a SADC inter- vention in Cabo Delgado and the question of Mozambican consent"