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Valentin von Stosch

Research Fellow

stosch@mpil.de

Main Fields of Research:

General International Law, Sanctions, State Immunity

Academic Career:

Since 2023: Research Fellow at the MPIL

2024: Hague Academy of International Law

2020 - 2022: Research Assistant at the MPIL (Anne Peters)

2022: Research Assistant at the Institute of German, European and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law (Prof. Frank Meyer)

2019 - 2021: Research Assistant at the Institute of German, European and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law (Prof. Gerhard Dannecker)

2016 - 2022: Study of Law at Heidelberg University

  • Area of specialisation: Public International Law
  • Semester abroad at KU Leuven, Belgium (2018/19)
  • Jessup Moot Court (Participant 2020; Coach 2021)

Recent Publications

  • Energieversorgung in unsicheren Zeiten. In: Juristische Arbeitsblätter 56/5, 399-409 (2024) (with Jannika Jahn).

Blogposts

  • Targeting the Assets of the Russian Central Bank: Self-Defense as (Another) Avenue?. Völkerrechtsblog, 22 April 2024. Völkerrechtsblog
  • 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 Felix Herbert). EJIL:Talk!
  • The Best of Both Worlds: Why the Jessup Would Benefit From Virtual Global Qualification Rounds. Völkerrechtsblog, 27 May 2021. doi: 10.17176/20210527-135421-0. Völkerrechtsblog

Further Publications

  • Hausarbeit im Bürgerlichen Recht für Fortgeschrittene – Autokauf in Straßburg. In: StudZR-Ausbildung 1, 3-31 (2020) (with  Marc-Philippe Weller).

Presentations

05 Dec 2023

International Criminal Law and the Israel-Hamas conflict

MPIL Discussion Series Israel-Hamas

30 Oct 2023

Unilateral Sanctions targeting Central Bank Assets

Annual Max Planck Law PhD Workshop, Berlin

Teaching

summer term 2024

International Law Colloquium

summer term 2024

Tutorial Public International Law

winter term 2023/24

Mock Exam in German Constitutional and Administrative Law

winter term 2023/24

Tutorial Public International Law

winter term 2020/21

Coach of the Jessup Team of Heidelberg University

Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad

Max Planck Law Annual Conference 2023: Crises, 30.10.2023 - 01.11.2023

Masterclass 2023: The Construction and De(con)struction of Rights in America: Practice and Anti-Practice from Madison to Trump with Prof. Daniel Halberstam, 24.04.2023 - 27.04.2023

Honours

2016 - 2022: Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

2016: Moritz von Rauch-Award (history); DMV-Award (mathematics); DPG-Award (physics)

Miscellaneous

PhD representative at the Institute (since September 2023)

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court

Judge (Italian National Rounds, 2024)
Memorial Judge (International Rounds, 2023)
Sponsoring Coordinator (German National Rounds, 2022)
Coach (Heidelberg University, 2021)
Participant (Heidelberg University, 2020)