Felix Herbert
Research Fellow
herbert@mpil.de
Main Fields of Research:
Prohibition of the Use of Force, Peremptory Norms of International Law (ius cogens)
Academic Career:
Since 01/2021 Research Fellow at the MPIL
2020 First State Exam in Law, with a special focus on Public International Law
2018-2020 Student Assistant at the MPIL, Max-Planck-Research Group Shades of Illegality in International Peace and Security Law
2014-2020 Law Studies, University of Heidelberg
- 2016: ERASMUS-Semester, Université de Montpellier, France
- Jessup Moot Court 2018 (participant) and 2019 (coach)
Recent Publications
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Hermann Mosler und das „Ius Cogens im Völkerrecht“. MPIL100, 23 February 2024, (available in German and English).
MPIL100-Blog
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(Ir-)Relevance of ius cogens? Legal Consequences of ius cogens in Russia’s War of Aggression Against Ukraine.
In: Heidelberg Journal of International Law 83/3, 461-487 (2023). doi: 10.17104/0044-2348-2023-3-461.
HJIL 83/3
Blogposts
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Jurisdictional Immunities, all over again? ICJ proceedings instituted by Iran against Canada (27 June 2023): Some Observations on Jurisdiction and Merits. EJIL:Talk!, 07 July 2023 (with
Valentin von Stosch).
EJIL:Talk!
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Disobeying the Security Council or a disobedient Security Council? The effects of jus cogens on Security Council resolutions in recent debates of the ILC and in the views of states. EJIL:Talk!, 12 August 2022.
EJIL:Talk!
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Die Lesbarkeit von Gesetzentwürfen - über unverständliche Änderungsbefehle, zweckmäßige Synopsen und verfassungsrechtliche Anforderungen. Verfassungsblog, 04 March 2021.
Verfassungsblog
Further Publications
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Wie sollte die Bundesrepublik Deutschland die UN-Leitprinzipien für Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte umsetzen?
In: StudZR WissOn 1, 118-155 (2019). doi: 10.11588/srzwo.2019.1.66058.
StudZR WissOn
Presentations
27 May 2024
Peremptory norms of general international law (ius cogens): conclusions of the International Law Commission and other recent developments
MPIL - International Law Colloquium
04 Mar 2024
ICJ, Allegations of Genocide under the Genocide Convention (Ukraine v. Russian Federation): Judgment on Preliminary Objections
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
05 Dec 2023
International Humanitarian Law and the Israel-Hamas War: International or Non-International Armed Conflict?
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
14 Sep 2023
Identifying the peremptory norm in the ius contra bellum and clarifying the relationship between the prohibition and exceptions
Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc
27 Apr 2023
(Ir-)Relevance of ius cogens? Legal consequences of ius cogens in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
ESIL Research Forum in Tartu, Estonia
25 Jul 2022
Peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens) – Draft Conclusions and Annex adopted by the ILC's Drafting Committee on second reading
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad
Protest Movements and International Law, MPIL Heidelberg, 02.11.2023 - 03.11.2023
International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion, Destruction, Rebirth?, Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc, 14.09.2023 - 15.09.2023
2023 ESIL Research Forum (“Regional Developments of International Law in Eastern Europe and Post-Soviet Eurasia“), Tartu, Estonia, 27.04.2023 - 28.04.2023
Contested Norms of International Peace and Security Law, MPIL Heidelberg, 23.09.2021 - 24.09.2021
International Law as Process and Practice: A Transatlantic Conversation on Use of Force, Berlin, 03.07.2019
Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of War and Peace, Vol. IV - Intervention by Invitation, MPIL Heidelberg, 08.11.2018 - 09.11.2018
Miscellaneous
Peer Review
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
- Heidelberg Journal of International Law (ZaöRV / HJIL)
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Judge for Memorials (2022, 2023, 2024) and Oral Rounds (International Rounds 2022, Italian National Rounds 2023 and 2024)
MPIL Environmental Officer
contact person for environmental aspects of the Institute's work (sustainability@mpil.de).
