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

• Max-Planck-Research Group Shades of Illegality in International Peace and Security Law
• PhD Project: The Prohibition of the Use of Force as a Peremptory Norm of General International Law (ius cogens)

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)

Blogposts

• 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!
  
• 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!
  
• Die Lesbarkeit von Gesetzentwürfen - über unverständliche Änderungsbefehle, zweckmäßige Synopsen und verfassungsrechtliche Anforderungen. Verfassungsblog, 04 March 2021. Verfassungsblog
  

Further Publications

• Wie sollte die Bundesrepublik Deutschland die UN-Leitprinzipien für Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte umsetzen? In: StudZR WissOn 1, 118-155 (2019). StudZR WissOn
  

Presentations

Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad

Miscellaneous