About us

At the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, scholars pursue research relating to basic issues and current developments in the areas of public international law, European Union law, and the constitutional and administrative law of individual states, together with numerous visiting scholars from all over the world. In its fields, our library is the largest in Europe and one of the most comprehensive in the world.

Recent publications

COVID-19 pandemic

Pobjie, Erin: COVID-19 and the Scope of the UN Security Council’s Mandate to Address Non-Traditional Threats to International Peace and Security. Heidelberg Journal of International Law / Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 1, 117-146 (2021).

Peters, Anne: Die Pandemie und das Völkerrecht. Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart 69, 685-704 (2021).

Püschmann, Jonas: Law-Making and Legitimacy in International Humanitarian Law. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2021, 488 p. (with Heike Krieger, ed.).

Golia, Angelo Jr: Special Issue: "International Law and the Internet". Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Vol. 81 Issue 3, 2021, 597-886 p. (with Matthias Kettemann, Raffaela Kunz, ed.).

Stucki, Saskia: Menschenrechte für Tiere: Zur Verrechtlichung einer Idee, deren Zeit gekommen ist. In: Welche Rechte braucht die Natur? Wege aus dem Artensterben. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2021, 147-158.

Villarreal, Pedro: The role of interstate adjudication in public health emergencies: Incompatible at the core. In: Questions of International Law 85, 29-45 (2021).

Jahn, Jannika: Die neue Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit des Grundgesetzes beim Klimaschutz. In der Begutachtung, 2021.

Kriener, Florian: En búsqueda de resiliencia: ¿Cómo controlar el desequilibrio del poder?. Agenda de Estado Derecho, 2021 (with Alina Ripplinger).

Jenner, Paula: The incident of the HMS Defender off the coast of Crimea. EJIL:Talk!, 28 July 2021.

Steininger, Silvia Karin: With or Without You: Suspension, Expulsion, and the Limits of Membership Sanctions in Regional Human Rights Regimes. In: Heidelberg Journal of International Law/Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 81 (2), 533-566 (2021).

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