Ziel der Broschüre ist es, die rechtlichen und wissenschaftlichen Hintergründe des internationalen Artenschutzübereinkommens CITES, der EG-Verordnung Nr. 338/97 und deren Umsetzung durch die Zollverwaltung in Deutschland für interessierte Menschen zu erläutern. Denn nur wer die Probleme und...

Ziel der Broschüre ist es, die rechtlichen und wissenschaftlichen Hintergründe des internationalen Artenschutzübereinkommens CITES, der EG-Verordnung Nr. 338/97 und deren Umsetzung durch die Zollverwaltung in Deutschland für interessierte Menschen zu erläutern. Denn nur wer die Probleme und...

"Viral hepatitis is an international public health challenge, comparable to other major communicable diseases, including HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. Despite the significant burden it places on communities across all global regions, hepatitis has been largely ignored as a health and...

This paper examines the underlying principles and main elements of binding and non-binding international instruments relating to access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources. It discusses the gap left by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and some of the elements that might...

This research paper provides a perspective on how climate change adaptation has progressed in the multilateral space, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It describes adaptation and financial institutions under the climate regime and the current scope of...

This paper hopes to challenge the existing paradigm in refugee studies, which presents the development of domestic asylum policies as being essentially driven by a conflict between international humanitarian norms and the self-interest calculations of sovereign states. This paper will show that...

This contribution analyzes the role of consent in the formation of customary law. It will challenge the assumption that customary norms cannot bind states against their will. Relying on game theory, it will distinguish between different situations and argue that the role of consent differs...