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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Prof. Dr. Andreas von Arnauld ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Öffentliches Recht mit Schwerpunkt Völker- und Europarecht an der Universität Kiel und Direktor des Walther-Schücking-Instituts für Internationales Recht. Zuvor lehrte er als Professor für Öffentliches Recht, insbesondere Völker- und Europarecht an der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität der Bundeswehr in Hamburg (2007-2012) sowie an der Universität Münster (2012-2013). Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte umfassen das internationale Friedenssicherungsrecht, den Grund- und Menschenrechtsschutz, Rechtsstaatlichkeit (rule of law), rechtswissenschaftliche Grundlagenforschung sowie Recht und Literatur. Prof. Dr. Kerstin von der Decken (geb. Odendahl) ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Öffentliches Recht mit Schwerpunkt Völkerrecht, Europarecht und Allgemeine Staatslehre an der Universität Kiel sowie Geschäftsführende Direktorin des Walther-Schücking-Instituts für Internationales Recht. Davor war sie von 2004 bis 2011 Professorin für Völker- und Europarecht an der Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen bei den Grundlagen des Völker- und Europarechts sowie dem internationalen Umwelt,- Kultur- und Sicherheitsrecht. Prof. Dr. Nele Matz-Lück, LL.M., ist seit 2011 Professorin für Seerecht an der Universität Kiel und Ko-Direktorin des Walther-Schücking-Instituts für Internationales Recht. Seit 2004 war sie als Referentin am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht in Heidelberg beschäftigt. Für die Dauer von zwei Jahren war sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an das Bundesverfassungsgericht abgeordnet. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Seerecht, Umweltvölkerrecht und in grundlegenden Fragen des Völkerrechts.

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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.

Inhalt
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? BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS RECEIVED