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New on our blog! Interpreting Treaties in Domestic Courts Conflicting Rulings The application of public international law in domestic courts is a theme that causes much trepidation in litigants yet has been a treasure trove for academics. This is no less true for treaty interpretation, which domestic courts, like other actors, are supposed to approach usin #Jurisdiction #LawOfTheSea #TreatyInterpretation https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/interpreting-treaties-in-domestic-courts/
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New on our blog! Solving the Wrong Problem? On January 1, 2025, the Basel Convention’s amendments on e-waste took effect, extending the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure to non-hazardous e-waste for the first time. Yet, they regulate e-waste only after it has become waste and leave untouched the design and production decisions that determine how much of it is generated. T #BaselConvention #TreatyInterpretation #Waste https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/solving-the-wrong-problem/
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New on our blog! Buying Out a Toll, or Paying One The maritime powers have met a toll on a natural strait once before. They neither litigated it nor regularised it. They bought it out, and they framed the purchase so that no one could read the money as recognition of any right to charge. This post makes three claims. First, Iran’s charges for passage through the Strait of Hormuz have no fo #Iran #LawOfTheSea #UNCLOS https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/buying-out-a-toll-or-paying-one/
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New on our blog! Towards a Fourth Digital Empire? On 6 and 7 July 2026, representatives of UN Member States met in Geneva with civil society, academia, business and the technical community for the first United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance. The meeting was intended to broaden a discussion in which countries with less AI capacity have had limited ability to #AfricanUnion #ArtificialIntelligence #Governance https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/towards-a-fourth-digital-empire/
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New on our blog! Can Nuremberg Survive AI? Eighty years after the Nuremberg Judgment, artificial intelligence may challenge an assumption of international criminal law that has rarely needed to be questioned, namely that behind an international crime stands a human being. This post revisits the Nurem #ArtificialIntelligence #AutonomousWeaponsSystems #InternationalCriminalCourt #InternationalCriminalLaw #StateResponsibility https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/can-nuremberg-survive-ai/
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New on our blog! Recognition Without Release Four states have set out to hold Afghanistan to account under CEDAW for the Taliban’s systematic discrimination against women and girls. The initiative now appears stalled, perhaps partly over fears that engaging the Taliban would amount to recognising them and could enable them to take Afghanistan out of the Convention. This post arg #Afghanistan #GenderJustice #WomensRights https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/recognition-without-release/
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New on our blog! Before It’s Too Late In his 1954 study Vollendete Tatsache und Völkerrecht (“Fait accompli and International Law”), the late director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Professor Carl Bilfinger, stated that fait accompli “undermines faith in the law”. Fifty years later, #AdvisoryOpinion #InternationalCourtOfJustice #InternationalRelations #Israel #StateResponsibility https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/before-its-too-late/
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New on our blog! Kindred Spirits? Between 18 and 24 June 2026, Niger, then Mali and Burkina Faso, deposited their formal instruments of withdrawal from the Rome Statute with the UN Secretary-General. With this act, the intention stated in the joint declaration issued by the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in September 2025 turned from wor #Africa #Decolonisation #Geopolitics #InternationalCriminalCourt #InternationalCriminalLaw #USA https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/kindred-spirits/
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New on our blog! The World Behind the Map Cartography has long been central to how the United Nations positions itself on the global stage. This is evident in everything from the maps attached to Security Council documents, to the official emblem and flag of the UN, which famously depicts a map centred on the North Pole, surrounded by a pair of olive bran #GlobalSouth #PostColonialism #Sovereignty #Statehood #UnitedNations https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-world-behind-the-map/
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From WMUN: Monday Night with the Red and White, 10/26/26 Join Kurt Darling talking Ball State Football with head coach Mike Uremovich and the upcoming Basketball Season with head coach Chris Capko! 🔗 https://www.wmunmuncie.com/e/monday-night-with-the-red-and-white-102626/ #HoosierNews
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Weather for Muncie, Indiana 🌕 - 10/26/2026 23:10 EDTAt a glance:• 54.3°F · Clear sky 🌕 | Min 47.5°F / Max 70.9°F | Precipitation probability 1%Forecast for today:• Min 47.5°F, Max 70.9°F (Cloudy) ☁️, Precipitation probability 1%, Wind speed: 6.5 mph (2.9 m/s), direction: ↖ 153°Hourly forecast for the next 12 hours:• 00:00: 53.1°F (Partly cloudy) ☁️, Precipitation probability 1%, 🧭 989.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 🔗 https://us.fedimeteo.com/muncie__indiana/p/1793070601.165479 #munseeweather
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Weather for Muncie, Indiana 🌕 - 10/27/2026 05:09 EDTAt a glance:• 47.8°F · Clear sky 🌕 | Min 46.0°F / Max 69.3°F | Precipitation probability 1%Forecast for today:• Min 46.0°F, Max 69.3°F (Cloudy) ☁️, Precipitation probability 1%, 🧭 989.8 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 7.3 mph (3.3 m/s), direction: ↖ 155°Hourly forecast for the next 12 hours:• 06:00: 46.6°F (Clear sky) 🌕, 🧭 989.9 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/ 🔗 https://us.fedimeteo.com/muncie__indiana/p/1793092196.574945 #munseeweather
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National Weather Service - Indianapolis, IN #INwx #IND Issued: 2022-02-11T10:36:18Z 🔗https://m.ai6yr.org/@nwsindianapolis_bot/117512319233506623 #inwx
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From WoofBoom: Spartz Wants Powerline Transparency, 10/27/26 🔗 https://www.woofboomnews.com/2026/10/spartz-wants-powerline-transparency-10-27-26/ #HoosierNews
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From IPR: Indiana virtual school’s $44M fraud trial begins for former director. Founder pleads guilty 🔗 https://indianapublicradio.org/news/2026/10/indiana-virtual-schools-44m-fraud-trial-begins-for-former-director-founder-pleads-guilty/ #HoosierNews
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From munciejournal.com :Moving Families Forward, Together 🔗 https://www.munciejournal.com/2026/10/moving-families-forward-together/ #HoosierNews
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From IPR: New IU medical campus enters final stretch of construction 🔗 https://indianapublicradio.org/news/2026/10/new-iu-medical-campus-enters-final-stretch-of-construction/ #HoosierNews
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The Final Tour of the Beautiful Luxurious Muncie Mall 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MGyxMVIB15E #HoosierNews
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Weather for Muncie, Indiana ☁️ - 10/27/2026 11:09 EDTAt a glance:• 59.5°F · Cloudy ☁️ | Min 45.1°F / Max 71.1°FForecast for today:• Min 45.1°F, Max 71.1°F (Cloudy) ☁️, 🧭 989.0 hPa ↘️ -1.1 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 5.8 mph (2.6 m/s), direction: ↖ 144°Hourly forecast for the next 12 hours:• 12:00: 64.0°F (Cloudy) ☁️, 🧭 989.5 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 2.8 mph (1.2 m/s), direction: ↑ 159°• 13:00: 68. 🔗 https://us.fedimeteo.com/muncie__indiana/p/1793113793.409407 #munseeweather
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From WMUN: Delaware County Today, 10/27/26 With Special Guest Benjamin Williams Principal of Northside Middle School discussing the Veterans Day ceremonies on 11/11/26! 🔗 https://www.wmunmuncie.com/e/delaware-county-today-102726/ #HoosierNews
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From WMUN: Benjamin Williams, 10/27/26 🔗 https://www.wmunmuncie.com/e/benjamin-williams-102726/ #HoosierNews
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It's construction season!!! We have added road closures to the stream and also to the website at https://keepmunseeweird.neocities.org/roads #HoosierNews #HoosierMast #muncie #funsee #muncieindiana
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From IPR: Sec. of State candidate Ballard calls on governor to force Election Commission to meet 🔗 https://indianapublicradio.org/news/2026/10/sec-of-state-candidate-ballard-calls-on-governor-to-force-election-commission-to-meet/ #HoosierNews
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National Weather Service - Indianapolis, IN #INwx #IND Issued: 2022-02-11T10:36:18Z 🔗https://m.ai6yr.org/@nwsindianapolis_bot/117514914556354969 #inwx