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The German Yearbook of International Law, founded as the Jahrbuch für Internationales Recht, provides an annual report on new developments in international law and is edited by the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at the University of Kiel. Since its inception in 1948, the Yearbook has endeavored to make a significant academic contribution to the ongoing development of international law. Over many decades the Yearbook has moved beyond its origins as a forum for German scholars to publish their research and has become a highly-regarded international forum for innovative scholarship in international law. In 1976, the Yearbook adopted its current title and began to publish contributions written in English in order to reach the largest possible international audience. This editorial decision has enabled the Yearbook to successfully overcome traditional language barriers and inform an international readership about current research in German academic institutions and, at the same time, to present international viewpoints to its German audience. Fully aware of the paramount importance of international practice, the Yearbook publishes contributions from active practitioners of international law on a regular basis. The Yearbook also includes critical comments on German state practice relating to international law, as well as international reactions to that practice.

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FORUM: Conflicts in the South China Sea

Zou Keyuan
China and the South China Sea Conundrum: Any Prospective Solution in Future?

Ted L. McDorman
The South China Sea: The U-Shaped Line, Islands and the Philippine-China Arbitration

FOCUS: International Energy Law

Sergei Vinogradov and Gokce Mete
Cross-Border Oil and Gas Pipelines in International Law

Tara Davenport
The Installation of Submarine Power Cables under UNCLOS: Legal and Policy Issues

Kaj Hobér and Joel Dahlquist
International Investment Protection Regimes in the Energy Sector

Andrey Konoplyanik
Russia and the Energy Charter: Long, Thorny and Winding Way to Each Other

Patrick Reyners
The International Nuclear Energy Law Framework: An Outlook

Peter Kayode Oniemola
International Law on Renewable Energy: The Need For a Worldwide Treaty

Alexandra Xanthaki
Rights of Indigenous Peoples under the Light of Energy Exploitation

GENERAL ARTICLES

Ulf Linderfalk
All the Things That You Can Do with Jus Cogens A Pragmatic Approach to Legal Language

Martin Borowski
Absolute Rights and Proportionality

Jasmine Coppens
Interception of Seaborne Migrants: The Applicability of the Non-Refoulement Principle at Sea

Dagmar Richter and Patrick Uhrmeister
Returning Politically Exposed Persons Illicit Assets from Switzerland International Law in the Force Field of Complexity and Conditionality

GERMAN PRACTICE

Christophe Eick
The German-Gabonese Initiative on Poaching and Illegal Wildlife Trafficking: Is There a Role for the UN Security Council?

Berenike Schriewer
Shining a Light on the Human Rights Situation in Germany The Human Rights Council´s Report on Germany in the Second Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review

Marlitt Brandes
Germany´s Secret Arms Deals: Compliance of German Arms Export Licensing with International Law

Nicholas English and Tim Rauschning
The Procurement and Use of Armed UAVs by the German Military in International and German Law

Jule Siegfried and Marieke Lüdecke
50th Anniversary of the Élysée Treaty

Katrin Kohoutek
The Swiss-German Treaty on the Effects of the Operation of Zurich Airport on German Territory

Julia Müller
The Hamburg Piracy Trial A Contribution to the International Aim of Combating Piracy?

Andrea Meyer
The 2011 EU Directive on Preventing and Combating Trafficking: Non-Implementation by Germany?

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