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When Same-Sex Marriage Crosses Borders

The CJEU’s judgment in Jakub Cupriak-Trojan and Mateusz Trojan v Wojewoda Mazowiecki (better known as Cupriak-Trojan) is one of those rare decisions that is not only welcomed as a rights judgment, but also structurally important for private international law. The case concerned two same sex Polish nationals, one

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https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/when-same-sex-marriage-crosses-borders/

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Privatizing War

The modern state has a monopoly on the use of force. Nevertheless, private actors have been increasingly deployed in armed conflicts since the 1990s. How can this be? And what does international law say about it? Hendrik Simon discusses this with Sarah Katharina Stein, author of Der privatisierte Krieg (Mohr Siebeck 2024

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https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/privatizing-war/