Overriding Mandatory Rules in the Law of the EU Member States: Webinar of the EAPIL Young EU Private International Law Research Network
On Monday, 16 November 2020, starting at 9.15 am CET, the
About Giesela Ruehl
Giesela is a Professor of Private International Law at Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany). She has been an editor of conflictoflaws.net since 2011. From 2017 to 2019 she was general editor of the blog.
Entries by Giesela Ruehl
Human rights in global supply chains: Do we need to amend the Rome II-Regulation?
/in Views/by Giesela RuehlWritten by Giesela Rühl, Humboldt-University of Berlin The protection of human rights in global supply chains has been high on the agenda of national legislatures for a number of years. Most recently, also the European Union has joined the bandwagon. After Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders announced plans to prepare a European human rights […]
Virtual Conference on “The Burden of Proof in International Arbitration”
/in News/by Giesela RuehlOn Monday, October 26, 2020 at 15.00 CET, the European Center for Arbitration and Mediation and The International School of Arbitration and Mediation for Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East organise their Annual International Conference Med-Mid XIV on “The Burden of Proof in International Arbitration/La charge de la preuve dans l’arbitrage international”. The conference addresses four key issues of any international […]
Political Agreement on the Reform of the Evidence and the Service Regulation
/in News/by Giesela RuehlAfter years of discussion the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have finally reached agreement on the reform of the Evidence and the Service Regulation. The new rules aim to improve the cross-border taking of evidence as well as the cross-border service of documents in particular through an enhanced use of information […]
Out now: RabelsZ 3/2020
/in News/by Giesela RuehlThe third 2020 issue of RabelsZ has been released this week. It contains the following articles: Reinhard Zimmermann, Pflichtteil und Noterbenrecht in historisch-vergleichender Perspektive (Compulsory Portion and Forced Heirship in Historical and Comparative Perspective), pp. 465–547 The essay traces the development of mandatory family protection from Roman law through the ius commune to the modern […]
Humboldt-University Berlin: PhD fellowship in private (international) law
/1 Comment/in News/by Giesela RuehlThe Graduate Programm “Dynamic Integration” at the Faculty of Law of Humboldt-University Berlin offers a PhD fellowship in private (international) law. The fellowship is (generously) funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). In addition, Humboldt-University offers an outstanding research environment. For more information see
Equality of the parties in investment arbitration – public international law aspects
/in Views/by Giesela RuehlWritten by Silja Vöneky, University of Freiburg Note: This blogpost is part of a series on „Corporate social responsibility and international law“ that presents the main findings of the contributions published in
Equality of the parties in investment arbitration – private international law aspects
/in Views/by Giesela RuehlWritten by Stefan Huber, University of Tübingen Note: This blogpost is part of a series on „Corporate social responsibility and international law“ that presents the main findings of the contributions published in
Public international law requirements for the effective enforcement of human rights
/in Views/by Giesela RuehlWritten by Peter Hilpold, University of Innsbruck Note: This blogpost is part of a series on „Corporate social responsibility and international law“ that presents the main findings of the contributions published in
Private international law requirements for the effective enforcement of human rights
/in Views/by Giesela RuehlWritten by Tanja Domej, University of Zurich Note: This blogpost is part of a series on „Corporate social responsibility and international law“ that presents the main findings of the contributions published in