Richard Dören
LL.M. (Michigan), Research Fellow
doeren@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-616
Main Fields of Research:
General Public International Law (with a focus on State immunity); Comparative International Law
Academic Career:
Current Positions
from 04/2023: Legal Clerkship (Rechtsreferendariat), Landgericht Heidelberg
from 10/2018: Book Review Editor of the Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
from 03/2018: Research Fellow at the MPIL, PhD project: Völkerrechtswissenschaft im Vergleich
Education
08/2019 – 05/2020: LL.M. at the University of Michigan
01/2019: The Hague Academy of International Law
10/2012 – 01/2018: Law Studies, University of Heidelberg
- First State Examination in Heidelberg, 01/2018 (specialization in international law)
- Internships at the German Bundestag in Berlin and at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.
- Student Research Assistant at the Institute of Legal History, to a member of the German Bundestag, and at the MPIL
Recent Publications
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Book Review:
Bilchitz, David:
Fundamental Rights and the Legal Obligations of Business, Cambrdige, 2021.
In: Rechtswissenschaft, 13/4, 641-649, 2022.
available open access
Blogposts
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Die amerikanische Ausnahme. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 08 February 2021 (with
Alexander Wentker).
FAZ online
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Die Angst, kalt erwischt zu werden. Legal Tribune Online, 13 July 2020.
LTO
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Zwischen Recht und Politik – Die Rechts- und Eigentumsverhältnisse an Kulturgütern der Kolonialzeit nach deutschem Zivilrecht und Völkerrecht. Völkerrechtsblog, 28 September 2018.
Völkerrechtsblog
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Der Gesetzgeber kann handeln. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 06 September 2018, Print p. 13.
FAZ online
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Jurisdictional Immunities in the New York Southern District Court? The case of Rukoro et al. v. Federal Republic of German. EJIL Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law, 13 August 2018 (with
Alexander Wentker).
EJIL Talk!
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Wind of Change in New York?. Völkerrechtsblog, 24 November 2017.
Völkerrechtsblog
Presentations
23 May 2023
Business and Human Rights in den USA und in Deutschland: Ein Vergleich der völkerrechtswissenschaftlichen Diskurse
University of Vienna
09 May 2022
Wirtschaftssanktionen im Ukraine-Krieg
Colloquium in International Law of the MPIL/ the Law Faculty of the University of Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
29 Mar 2022
EU Sanctions against Russia
Max Planck Discussion Series on the International Legal Questions arising from the Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
20 Sep 2021
Corporate Human Rights Litigation under the Alien Tort Statute after the US Supreme Court's Decision in Nestlé v. Doe
Referentenbesprechung
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
29 Mar 2021
Der koreanisch-japanische Streit um die "Trostfrauen" und die Entscheidung des Seoul Central District Court
Referentenbesprechung
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
18 Nov 2020
Introduction to Comparative International Law
International Law Clinic
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Virtual Seminar organized by the Public International Law and Policy Group, Netherlands Office
14 Sep 2020
Nord Stream 2 und amerikanische Sanktionen
Referentenbesprechung
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
21 Apr 2020
German Colonialism and (International) Law: Recent Developments
(Virtual) Legal Language Lunch Series
University of Michigan Law School
21 Feb 2020
Immunities and Justice: Current Litigation under the FSIA and International Law
Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program: The Future of Public and Private International Law
Washington, D.C., USA
01 Jul 2019
The Rukoro case -- Germany's colonial atrocities before US courts
Referentenbesprechung
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
01 Apr 2019
Immunities of International Organizations before the SCOTUS: Jam et al. v. International Finance Corporation
Referentenbesprechung
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
17 Jan 2019
Immunities and Justice
Colloquium of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law
The Hague
14 Dec 2018
Die rechtliche Aufarbeitung des Kolonialismus heute
Colloquium 'Kolonialismus und Recht' /
Arbeitskreis Geschichte - Recht - Rechtsgeschichte
Humboldt University of Berlin
schedule
06 Nov 2018
Die Restitution kolonialer Kulturgüter aus zivil- und völkerrechtlicher Perspektive
Jour fixe
Institute for Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws and International Business Law, Heidelberg University
Jour fixe
14 Sep 2018
Wem gehören Afrikas Kulturgüter?
Max Planck Day
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Teaching
Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad
Der Krieg in der Ukraine und die Zukunft der Völkerrechtsordnung, 6. Gemeinsamer Workshop des MPI und des Auswärtigen Amts, Berlin, 16.06.2022
China und das Völkerrecht, 5. Gemeinsamer Workshop des MPI und des Auswärtigen Amts, virtual event, 01.12.2021
Judizialisierung des Klimaschutzes – Ausweg oder Irrweg?
Berliner Rechtspolitische Konferenz, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin, 04.11.2021 - 05.11.2021
Future Law, Max Planck Law Annual Conference, Berlin (virtual participation), 25.10.2021 - 27.10.2021
Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program: The Future of Public and Private International Law, Washington, D.C., USA, 20.02.2020 - 22.02.2020
Politics and the Histories of International Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, 15.02.2019 - 16.02.2019
Methodologies of International Law, Gaetano Morelli Lectures (5th Edition), Sapienza University, Rome, 11.10.2018 - 13.10.2018
Fourth Annual Max Planck Young Legal Scholars Forum, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, 28.06.2018 - 29.08.2018
Honours
2020: Salzburg Cutler Fellowship University of Michigan
2019 – 2020: Grotius Fellowship University of Michigan
2019 – 2020: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) LLM Scholarship
2019 – 2020: Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation LLM Scholarship
2019 – 2020: Theo Waigel Scholarship of GSK Stockmann
2019: Full Scholarship of The Hague Academy of International Law
2015: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship for internships abroad
2013 – 2018: Konrad-Adenauer-Foundatin Scholarship
Memberships
Miscellaneous
PhD representative at the Institute (2020–2022)
