TY - CHAP A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas ED - Volpe, Valentina ED - Peters, Anne ED - Battini, Stefano T1 - Would the world be a better place if one were to adopt a European approach to state immunity? BT - Or, "Soll am Europäischen Wesen die Staatenimmunität genesen"? T2 - Remedies against immunity? N2 - This chapter argues not only that there is no European Sonderweg (or ‘special way’) when it comes to the law of state immunity but that there ought not to be one. Debates within The Hague Conference on Private International Law in the late 1990s and those leading to the adoption of the 2002 UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States, as well as the development of the EU Brussels Regulation on Jurisdiction and Enforcement, as amended in 2015, all demonstrate that state immunity was not meant to be limited by such treaties but ‘safeguarded’. Likewise, there is no proof that regional European customary law limits state immunity when it comes to ius cogens violations, as Italy and (partly) Greece are the only European states denying state immunity in such cases while the European Court of Human Rights has, time and again, upheld a broad concept of state immunity. It therefore seems unlikely that in the foreseeable future a specific European customary law norm on state immunity will develop, especially given the lack of participation in such practice by those states most concerned by the matter, including Germany. This chapter considers the possible legal implications of the jurisprudence of the Italian Constitutional Court for European military operations (if such operations went beyond peacekeeping). These implications would mainly depend on the question of attribution: if one where to assume that acts undertaken within the framework of military operations led by the EU were to be, at least also, attributable to the troop-contributing member states, the respective troop-contributing state would be entitled to enjoy state immunity exactly to the same degree as in any kind of unilateral military operations. Additionally, some possible perspectives beyond Sentenza 238/2014 are examined, in particular concerning the redress awarded by domestic courts ‘as long as’ neither the German nor the international system grant equivalent protection to the victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during World War II. In the author’s opinion, strengthening the jurisdiction of international courts and tribunals, bringing interstate cases for damages before the International Court of Justice, as well as providing for claims commissions where individual compensation might be sought for violations of international humanitarian law would be more useful and appropriate mechanisms than denying state immunity. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-662-62303-9 SN - 978-3-662-62304-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62304-6_12 VL - 297 SP - 219 EP - 233 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ambos, Kai A1 - Bock, Stefanie A1 - Geneuss, Julia A1 - Jeßberger, Florian A1 - Kreß, Claus A1 - Oeter, Stefan A1 - Paulus, Andreas A1 - Talmon, Stefan A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas T1 - Without fear or favour BT - for an effective international criminal court T2 - Verfassungsblog : on matters constitutional Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.59704/eea458648230c9df SN - 2366-7044 PB - Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas A1 - Weiß, Norman T1 - Völker- und verfassungsrechtliche Parameter eines deutschen Lieferkettengesetzes JF - Archiv des Völkerrechts N2 - 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. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1628/avr-2020-0028 SN - 0003-892X SN - 1868-7121 VL - 58 IS - 4 SP - 424 EP - 463 PB - Mohr Siebeck CY - Tübingen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Geiß, Robin A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas ED - Safferling, Christoph T1 - VStGB § 8 Kriegsverbrechen gegen Personen T2 - Münchener Kommentar zum Strafgesetzbuch : Bd. 9. Nebenstrafrecht III : Strafvorschriften aus: AufenthG, FreizügG/EU, AsylG, StAG, WaffG, KrWaffG, SprengG, WStG, EGWStG, Völkerstrafgesetzbuch Y1 - 2022 UR - https://beck-online.beck.de/Bcid/Y-400-W-MuekoStGB-G-VStGB-P-8 SN - 978-3-406-74609-3 VL - 9 PB - C.H. Beck CY - München ET - 4 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Geiß, Robin A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas ED - Safferling, Christoph T1 - VStGB § 10 Kriegsverbrechen gegen humanitäre Operationen und Embleme T2 - Münchener Kommentar zum Strafgesetzbuch : Bd. 9. Nebenstrafrecht III : Strafvorschriften aus: AufenthG, FreizügG/EU, AsylG, StAG, WaffG, KrWaffG, SprengG, WStG, EGWStG, Völkerstrafgesetzbuch Y1 - 2022 UR - https://beck-online.beck.de/Bcid/Y-400-W-MuekoStGB-G-VStGB-P-10 SN - 978-3-406-74609-3 VL - 9 PB - C.H. Beck CY - München ET - 4 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas A1 - Eiken, Jan ED - Geiger, Tim ED - Lillteicher, Jürgen ED - Wentker, Hermann T1 - Volle Souveränität? BT - Kontinuität alliierten Rechts, Eigentumsfragen und völkerrechtliche Verträge T2 - Zwei plus Vier : die internationale Gründungsgeschichte der Berliner Republik N2 - 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-zösische Republik, die Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken, das VereinigteKönigreich 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 ausdrücklich niedergelegt, zurFolge, dass„die entsprechenden, damit zusammenhängenden vierseitigen Verein-barungen, Beschlüsse und Praktiken beendet und alle entsprechenden Einrichtun-gen der vier Mächte aufgelöst“wurden.2Art. 7 Abs. 2 Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag stelltdemgemäß fest, dass das vereinte Deutschland volle Souveränität über seine inne-ren und äußeren 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 zunächst ausgeschlossen.In dem folgenden Beitrag soll diese aus heutiger Sicht selbstverständlich 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 völkerrechtlichen Verträgeneingegangen werden. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-11-072801-9 SN - 978-3-11-072790-6 SN - 978-3-11-072806-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110728019-007 SP - 103 EP - 122 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas T1 - The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Developing International Law Without Solving the Conflict JF - Archiv des Völkerrechts N2 - The article analyses whether the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has served as a catalyst for the development of international law, as well as whether international law has been instrumental in attempting to find solutions for the said conflict. In several ways, this conflict has made a significant contribution to understanding and interpreting the UN Charter. It also brought along important developments about the role of third parties, both under the Geneva Conventions and under the law of state responsibility, which provides for an obligation of not recognizing as legal, or not rendering aid or assistance to situations caused by serious violations of jus cogens. International judicial institutions (and also domestic ones) play a rather limited role in this respect, due both to a lack of courage to address fundamental questions, and/or a disregard of the outcome of the proceedings by at least one of the parties to the conflict. Other reasons are Israel's reluctance of accepting the jurisdiction of either the ICJ or the ICC, and its view on the non-applicability of human rights treaties outside of its territory, as well as Palestine's uncertain status in the international community limiting its access to international courts. However, the ICJ's 2004 (formally non-binding) advisory opinion on the Israeli Wall provided answers to some of the most fundamental questions related to the conflict, unfortunately without having any immediate impact on the situation on the ground. Given Palestine's accession to the Rome Statute in early 2015, time has yet to show which role in the process will be played by the ICC. Other issues arising from the conflict, and examined by this article, are that of (Palestinian) statehood, going beyond the traditional concept of statehood and including the consequences of the jus cogens-character of the right of self-determination, as well as questions of treaty succession and succession in matters of State responsibility with regard to acts committed by the PLO. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1628/000389215X14412717564749 VL - 53 IS - 2 SP - 149 EP - 166 PB - Mohr Siebeck CY - Tübingen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas ED - Jeßberger, Florian ED - Burghardt, Boris ED - Vormbaum, Moritz T1 - The International Criminal Court’s decision on jurisdiction concerning Palestine and the future of the ICC T2 - Strafrecht und Systemunrecht : Festschrift für Gerhard Werle zum 70. Geburtstag Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-16-161046-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-161046-2 SP - 451 EP - 460 PB - Mohr Siebeck CY - Tübingen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas A1 - Berdefy, Alina-Camille T1 - Strafverfolgung und Beendigung von Straflosigkeit angesichts des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine BT - Möglichkeiten und Erfolgsaussichten der Einrichtung eines Sondertribunals für das Verbrechen der Aggression JF - Ukraine-Krieg und Recht Y1 - 2023 UR - https://beck-online.beck.de/Bcid/Y-300-Z-UKUR-B-2023-S-164-N-1 VL - 2 IS - 4 SP - 164 EP - 167 PB - C.H. Beck CY - München ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Weiß, Norman A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas ED - Zimmermann, Andreas ED - Weiß, Norman T1 - Remarks on the relationship between international human rights law and international humanitarian law T2 - Human rights and international humanitarian law : challenges ahead N2 - Back in 1949, and thus only one year after the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the four Geneva Conventions were adopted, providing a strong signal for a new world order created after 1945 with the United Nations at their centre and combining as their goals both the maintenance of peace and security and the protection of human rights, but also recognising, realistically, that succeeding generations had so far not yet been saved from the scourge of war. Hence, the continued need for rules governing, and limiting, the means and methods of warfare once an armed conflict has erupted. At the same time, the international community has unfortunately not been able so far to fully safeguard individual human rights, its efforts to that effect and the continuous development of international human rights law over the years notwithstanding. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-83910-826-6 SN - 978-1-83910-827-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839108273.00006 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Edward Elgar Publishing CY - Cheltenham ER -