@incollection{Zimmermann2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas},
  title     = {The International Criminal Court's decision on jurisdiction concerning Palestine and the future of the ICC},
  series = {Strafrecht und Systemunrecht : Festschrift f{\"u}r Gerhard Werle zum 70. Geburtstag},
  booktitle = {Strafrecht und Systemunrecht : Festschrift f{\"u}r Gerhard Werle zum 70. Geburtstag},
  editor    = {Jeßberger, Florian and Burghardt, Boris and Vormbaum, Moritz},
  publisher = {Mohr Siebeck},
  address   = {T{\"u}bingen},
  isbn      = {978-3-16-161046-2},
  doi       = {10.1628/978-3-16-161046-2},
  pages     = {451 -- 460},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Zimmermann2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas},
  title     = {Article 15bis. Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (State referral, proprio motu)},
  series = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  editor    = {Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {Fourth},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-77926-8},
  doi       = {10.17104/9783406779268-899},
  pages     = {899 -- 926},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Zimmermann2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas},
  title     = {Article 5 Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court},
  series = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  editor    = {Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {Fourth},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-74384-9},
  pages     = {107 -- 116},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Zimmermann2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas},
  title     = {Article 124 Transitional provision},
  series = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  editor    = {Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {Fourth},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-77926-8},
  pages     = {2905 -- 2914},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Zimmermann2014,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas},
  title     = {Koalition locuta. Causa finita?},
  series = {Die {\"o}ffentliche Verwaltung : D{\"O}V ; Zeitschrift f{\"u}r {\"o}ffentliches Recht und Verwaltungswissenschaft},
  journal   = {Die {\"o}ffentliche Verwaltung : D{\"O}V ; Zeitschrift f{\"u}r {\"o}ffentliches Recht und Verwaltungswissenschaft},
  number    = {14},
  publisher = {Kohlhammer},
  address   = {Stuttgart u. a.},
  issn      = {0029-859X},
  pages     = {429 -- 434},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Die staatsangeh{\"o}rigkeitsrechtliche Optionspflicht des \S 29 StAG f{\"u}r in Deutschland geborene Kinder ausl{\"a}ndischer Eltern, die jus soli die deutsche Staatsangeh{\"o}rigkeit erworben haben, bildete eine der Kernfragen des letzten Bundestagswahlkampfes. Im zwischen CDU/CSU und SPD abgeschlossenen Koalitionsvertrag ist vorgesehen, dass f{\"u}r in Deutschland geborene und aufgewachsene deutsche Kinder ausl{\"a}ndischer Eltern in Zukunft der Optionszwang entfallen soll und die Mehrstaatigkeit akzeptiert wird, w{\"a}hrend es im {\"U}brigen beim geltenden Staatsangeh{\"o}rigkeitsrecht bleiben soll. Der Beitrag untersucht vor diesem Hintergrund und im Lichte der nunmehr insoweit vorliegenden Entw{\"u}rfe die sich aus diesen politischen Vorgaben ergebenden staatsangeh{\"o}rigkeitsrechtlichen Regelungsoptionen und -probleme.},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{Zimmermann2015,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas},
  title     = {Artikel 210 (Koordinierung)},
  series = {Europ{\"a}isches Unionsrecht : Vertrag {\"u}ber die Europ{\"a}ische Union Vertrag {\"u}ber die Arbeitsweise der Europ{\"a}ischen Union, Charta der Grundrechte der Europ{\"a}ischen Union ; EUV, AEUV, GRC},
  volume    = {Bd. 4},
  booktitle = {Europ{\"a}isches Unionsrecht : Vertrag {\"u}ber die Europ{\"a}ische Union Vertrag {\"u}ber die Arbeitsweise der Europ{\"a}ischen Union, Charta der Grundrechte der Europ{\"a}ischen Union ; EUV, AEUV, GRC},
  editor    = {von der Groeben, Hans and Schwarze, J{\"u}rgen and Hatje, Armin},
  edition   = {7. Aufl.},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Baden-Baden},
  isbn      = {978-3-8329-6019-3},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {396 -- 397},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZimmermannBerdefy2023,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Berdefy, Alina-Camille},
  title     = {Internationale Gerichtsbarkeit im Kontext des Krieges gegen die Ukraine},
  series = {Europ{\"a}ische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift},
  volume    = {50},
  journal   = {Europ{\"a}ische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift},
  number    = {1-8},
  publisher = {Engel},
  address   = {Kehl am Rhein},
  issn      = {0341-9800},
  pages     = {40 -- 48},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Angesichts der dramatischen Lage in der Ukraine untersucht der folgende Beitrag, auf welchem Wege, vor welchen v{\"o}lkerrechtlichen Gerichten, in welchem Umfang und mit welcher Aussicht auf Erfolg die Ukraine oder einzelne ukrainische Staatsangeh{\"o}rige Sicherheitsschutz vor der russischen Invasion und/oder den im Zusammenhang damit bereits begangenen oder noch bevorstehenden V{\"o}lkerrechtsverst{\"o}ßen Rechtsschutz erlangen k{\"o}nnen. Im Einzelnen handelt es sich hierbei um zwei anh{\"a}ngige Verfahren vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof, mehrere Staaten- sowie eine große Vielzahl von Individualbeschwerden vor dem Europ{\"a}ischen Gerichtshof f{\"u}r Menschenrechte; ein Verfahren vor dem Internationalen Seegerichtshof; zahlreiche Investitionsverfahren vor internationalen Schiedsgerichten sowie schließlich zwei "Situationen" vor dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof. Abschließend wird die Option der Schaffung eines ad-hoc-Tribunals f{\"u}r das Verbrechen der Aggression behandelt.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZimmermannBerdefy2023,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Berdefy, Alina-Camille},
  title     = {Strafverfolgung und Beendigung von Straflosigkeit angesichts des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine},
  series = {Ukraine-Krieg und Recht},
  volume    = {2},
  journal   = {Ukraine-Krieg und Recht},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {C.H. Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  pages     = {164 -- 167},
  year      = {2023},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZimmermannBoos2018,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Boos, Felix},
  title     = {Bringing States to Justice for Crimes against Humanity},
  series = {Journal of international criminal justice},
  volume    = {16},
  journal   = {Journal of international criminal justice},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {1478-1387},
  doi       = {10.1093/jicj/mqy053},
  pages     = {835 -- 855},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Draft Article 15 of the International Law Commission's project on crimes against humanity — dealing with the settlement of disputes arising from a proposed convention — attempts to strike a balance between state autonomy and robust judicial supervision. It largely follows Article 22 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which renders the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) conditional upon prior negotiations. Hence, the substance of the clause can be interpreted in light of the recent case law of the ICJ, especially in the case Georgia v. Russia. In addition, this contribution discusses several issues regarding the scope ratione temporis of the compromissory clause. It advances several proposals to improve the current draft, addressing its relationship with state responsibility — an explicit reference to which is currently missing — as well as the relationship between the ICJ and a possible treaty body. It also proposes to recalibrate the interplay of the requirement of prior negotiations with, respectively, the possibility of seizing a future treaty body and the indication of provisional measures by the ICJ.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannEiken2021,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Eiken, Jan},
  title     = {Volle Souver{\"a}nit{\"a}t?},
  series = {Zwei plus Vier : die internationale Gr{\"u}ndungsgeschichte der Berliner Republik},
  booktitle = {Zwei plus Vier : die internationale Gr{\"u}ndungsgeschichte der Berliner Republik},
  editor    = {Geiger, Tim and Lillteicher, J{\"u}rgen and Wentker, Hermann},
  publisher = {De Gruyter},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-11-072801-9},
  doi       = {10.1515/9783110728019-007},
  pages     = {103 -- 122},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Nach Art. 7 Abs. 1 S. 1 des Vertrages zur abschließenden Regelung in Bezug aufDeutschland vom 12. September 1990 (Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag)1beendeten die Fran-z{\"o}sische Republik, die Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken, das VereinigteK{\"o}nigreich Großbritannien und Nordirland und die Vereinigten Staaten von Ameri-ka„ihre Rechte und Verantwortlichkeiten in Bezug auf Berlin und Deutschland alsGanzes". Dies hatte, wie in dessen Art. 7 Abs. 1 S. 2 ausdr{\"u}cklich niedergelegt, zurFolge, dass„die entsprechenden, damit zusammenh{\"a}ngenden vierseitigen Verein-barungen, Beschl{\"u}sse und Praktiken beendet und alle entsprechenden Einrichtun-gen der vier M{\"a}chte aufgel{\"o}st"wurden.2Art. 7 Abs. 2 Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag stelltdemgem{\"a}ß fest, dass das vereinte Deutschland volle Souver{\"a}nit{\"a}t {\"u}ber seine inne-ren und {\"a}ußeren Angelegenheiten erhalten habe. Nach dem Wortlaut des Vertrageshaben die Alliierten damit jegliche Rechte in Bezug auf Deutschland abgegeben,rechtliche Auswirkungen der Besatzungsgeschichte Deutschlands noch bis in dieheutige Zeit scheinen danach zun{\"a}chst ausgeschlossen.In dem folgenden Beitrag soll diese aus heutiger Sicht selbstverst{\"a}ndlich er-scheinende Hypothese kritisch hinterfragt und der Frage nachgegangen werden, obund inwieweit die Besatzungsgeschichte Deutschlands noch immer rechtliche Fol-gen zeitigt. Hierbei soll insbesondere auf Fragen der Fortgeltung alliierten Rechts,Eigentumsfragen sowie auf Fragen der Nachfolge in v{\"o}lkerrechtlichen Vertr{\"a}geneingegangen werden.},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannFreiburg2016,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Freiburg, Elisa},
  title     = {Article 15bis: Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (State referal, proprio motu)},
  series = {The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ; a commentary},
  booktitle = {The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ; a commentary},
  editor    = {Triffterer, Otto and Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {3. Aufl},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-64854-0},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {741 -- 764},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannFreiburg2016,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Freiburg, Elisa},
  title     = {Article 8bis: Crime of aggression},
  series = {The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ; a commentary},
  booktitle = {The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ; a commentary},
  editor    = {Triffterer, Otto and Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {3. Aufl.},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-64854-0},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {580 -- 618},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{ZimmermannFreiburgBraun2019,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Freiburg-Braun, Elisa},
  title     = {Aggression under the Rome Statute},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Baden-Baden},
  isbn      = {978-3-8487-4678-1},
  pages     = {VII, 110},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Das Werk analysiert umfassend das Verbrechen der Aggression im Sinne des R{\"o}mischen Statuts. Ausgehend von der Rechtsgeschichte, werde die einschl{\"a}gigen Artikel 8bis, 15bis und 15ter des R{\"o}mischen Statuts, also die Definition des Verbrechens der Aggression, analysiert. Ebenso behandelt das Buch weiterf{\"u}hrende Entwicklungen des Verbrechens der Aggression {\"u}ber das Jahr 2017 hinaus - das Jahr, in dem es, wahrscheinlich, zu einer Entscheidung {\"u}ber die Aktivierung der Gerichtsbarkeit kommt},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannFreiburgBraun2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Freiburg-Braun, Elisa},
  title     = {Article 15ter Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (Security Council referral)},
  series = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  editor    = {Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {Fourth},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-77926-8},
  doi       = {10.17104/9783406779268-927},
  pages     = {927 -- 932},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannFreiburgBraun2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Freiburg-Braun, Elisa},
  title     = {Article 8bis Crime of aggression},
  series = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  editor    = {Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {Fourth},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-77926-8},
  doi       = {10.17104/9783406779268-686},
  pages     = {686 -- 726},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannGeiss2016,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Geiß, Robin},
  title     = {Article 8, VI, Article 8 para. 2 (f): scope of application of article 8 para. 2 (e)},
  series = {The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-64854-0},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannGeiss2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Geiß, Robin},
  title     = {Article 8 Paras. 2(c)-(f) and 3: War crimes committed in an armed conflict not of an international character},
  series = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  editor    = {Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {4},
  publisher = {C.H. Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-74384-9},
  pages     = {837 -- 1048},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannGeiss2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Geiß, Robin},
  title     = {Article 8 Para. 2(b)(x): Prohibition of physical mutilation},
  series = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  editor    = {Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {4},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-74384-9},
  pages     = {419 -- 436},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannGeiss2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Geiß, Robin},
  title     = {Article 8 Para. 2(b)(xiii): Prohibited destruction},
  series = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  booktitle = {Rome statute of the International Criminal Court},
  editor    = {Ambos, Kai},
  edition   = {4},
  publisher = {Beck},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {978-3-406-74384-9},
  pages     = {474 -- 503},
  year      = {2022},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimmermannHerrmann2021,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Herrmann, Franziska},
  title     = {70 Jahre Genfer Fl{\"u}chtlingskonvention},
  series = {Informationsbrief Ausl{\"a}nderrecht},
  journal   = {Informationsbrief Ausl{\"a}nderrecht},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Luchterhand},
  address   = {K{\"o}ln ; Neuwied},
  issn      = {0174-2108},
  pages     = {221 -- 227},
  year      = {2021},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZimmermannJauer2021,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Jauer, Nora},
  title     = {Legal shades of grey?},
  series = {Archiv des V{\"o}lkerrechts},
  volume    = {59},
  journal   = {Archiv des V{\"o}lkerrechts},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Mohr Siebeck},
  address   = {T{\"u}bingen},
  issn      = {0003-892X},
  doi       = {10.1628/avr-2021-0016},
  pages     = {278 -- 299},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {As part of the current process of de-formalization in international law, States increasingly chose informal, non-legally binding agreements or 'Memoranda of Understanding' ('MOUs') to organize their international affairs. The increasing conclusion of such legally non-binding instruments in addition to their flexibility, however, also leads to uncertainties in international relations. Against this background, this article deals with possible indirect legal consequences produced by MOUs. It discusses the different legal mechanisms and avenues that may give rise to such secondary legal effects of MOUs through a process of interaction with, and interpretation in line with, other (formal) sources of international law. The article further considers various strategies how to avoid such eventual possible unintended or unexpected indirect legal effects of MOUs when drafting such instruments and when dealing with them subsequent to their respective 'adoption'.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimmermannJauer2021,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Jauer, Nora},
  title     = {Possible indirect legal effects under international law of non-legally binding instruments},
  series = {KFG working paper series},
  volume    = {48},
  journal   = {KFG working paper series},
  publisher = {Berlin Potsdam Research Group International Law - Rise or Decline?},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {2509-3770},
  pages     = {24},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {As part of the current overall process of de-formalization in international law States increasingly chose informal, non-legally binding agreements or 'Memoranda of Understanding' ('MOUs') to organize their international affairs. The increasing conclusion of such legally non-binding instruments in addition to their flexibility, however, also leads to uncertainties in international relations. Against this background, this article deals with possible indirect legal consequences produced by MOUs. It discusses the different legal mechanisms and avenues that may give rise to secondary legal effects of MOUs through a process of interaction with and interpretation in line with other (formal) sources of international law. The article further considers various strategies how to avoid such eventual possible unintended or unexpected indirect legal effects of MOUs when drafting such instruments and when dealing with them subsequent to their respective 'adoption'.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimmermannLandefeld2014,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Landefeld, Sarina},
  title     = {Europ{\"a}ische Menschenrechtskonvention und Staatsangeh{\"o}rigkeitsrecht der Konventionsstaaten},
  series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Ausl{\"a}nderrecht und Ausl{\"a}nderpolitik : ZAR},
  volume    = {34},
  journal   = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Ausl{\"a}nderrecht und Ausl{\"a}nderpolitik : ZAR},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Baden-Baden},
  issn      = {0721-5746},
  pages     = {97 -- 136},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZimmermannSchabedoth2022,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Schabedoth, John Alexander},
  title     = {Domestic and international criminal justice},
  series = {KFG working paper series},
  journal   = {KFG working paper series},
  number    = {57},
  publisher = {Berlin Potsdam Research Group International Law - Rise or Decline?},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {2509-3762},
  doi       = {10.2139/ssrn.4087189},
  pages     = {22},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This paper consists of two parts: In the first part, some of the challenges with which the Internationaal Criminal Court is currently confronted are being presented. First of all, the article will describe the current state of the International Criminal Court and the Rome Statue. Afterwards, the article analyses the Court's efforts to deal with cases against third-country nationals and the challenges it is facing in that regard. In addition, the Court's case law will be analyzed in order to determine an increasing 'emancipation' of the case law of the International Criminal Court from international humanitarian law. The second part of the paper will briefly discuss the role of domestic international criminal law and domestic courts in the further development and enforcement of international criminal law. As an example of the role that domestic courts may have in clarifying classic issues in international law, the judgment of the German Supreme Court of January 28, 2021 (3 StR 564/19), which deals with the status of costumary international law on functional immunity of State officials before domestic courts, shall be assessed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{ZimmermannSchniederjahn2014,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Schniederjahn, Nina},
  title     = {60 Jahre EMRK - Versuch einer Bilanz},
  series = {60 Jahre Europ{\"a}ische Menschenrechtskonvention : die Konvention als "living instrument" (Schriftenreihe des Menschenrechtszentrums der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam ; Bd. 38)},
  booktitle = {60 Jahre Europ{\"a}ische Menschenrechtskonvention : die Konvention als "living instrument" (Schriftenreihe des Menschenrechtszentrums der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam ; Bd. 38)},
  publisher = {Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-8305-3407-5},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {7 -- 19},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZimmermannSener2014,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Sener, Meltem},
  title     = {Chemical Weapons and the International Criminal Court},
  series = {American Journal of International Law},
  volume    = {108},
  journal   = {American Journal of International Law},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {ASIL},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0002-9300},
  doi       = {10.5305/amerjintelaw.108.3.0436},
  pages     = {436 -- 448},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimmermannWeiss2019,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Weiß, Norman},
  title     = {International Law in Times of Anti-Globalism and Populism - Challenges Ahead},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  pages     = {265 -- 273},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimmermannWeiss2020,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Weiß, Norman},
  title     = {V{\"o}lker- und verfassungsrechtliche Parameter eines deutschen Lieferkettengesetzes},
  series = {Archiv des V{\"o}lkerrechts},
  volume    = {58},
  journal   = {Archiv des V{\"o}lkerrechts},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Mohr Siebeck},
  address   = {T{\"u}bingen},
  issn      = {0003-892X},
  doi       = {10.1628/avr-2020-0028},
  pages     = {424 -- 463},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Currently a political debate is ongoing in Germany as to whether Germany should, following the example of several other European countries such as France and the Netherlands, adopt a Supply Chain Act (Lieferkettengesetz). If adopted, the act in question would impose due diligence obligations on German corporations to prevent human rights violations taking place in their respective global supply chains. It is against this background that the article examines the preconditions that must be met in order for such act to be eventually compatible with both, German constitutional and international law. The authors further deal with the question whether Germany might even be obliged under international, as well as under German constitutional law, to enact such a supply chain law in order to protect the human rights of workers employed by companies forming part of the global supply chains of German companies. As far as German constitutional law is concerned the article notably deals with the question whether it is the Federal parliament that may adopt such a law also taking into account the competencies of the European Union in the field, and what are the requirements of legal specificity and proportionality in order for the draft law to stand constitutional scrutiny. The authors further offer detailed suggestions how corporate due diligence standards might be best provided for in the envisaged law and propose a risk analysis approach that varies not only according to specific countries and sector-specific characteristics, but that by the same token also takes into account the ability of the respective German company to exercise an appropriate due diligence standard when it comes to human rigths issues arising within the framewok of their supply chain. As far as the substantive human rights standards are concerned that should serve as benchmarks for the envisaged Supply Chain Act the authors propose to rely on, and refer to, those instruments such as the ICCPR and the CESCR, as well as the ILO treaties containing core labour standards, that enjoy almost universal acceptance and reflect customary international law.},
  language  = {de}
}