Christian Tomuschat was editor of Friedens-Warte for many years. His leading expertise in the field of German international law is also reflected in the thematic focus of the current issue. This issue thanks him for his many years of commitment to the journal, as he has now retired from the editorial board after almost a quarter of a century.
The thematic focus 'Human Rights' is opened by Daniel-Erasmus Khan and Christina Binder. In his article "Injustice cannot possibly be right", Khan deals with the trial of Soghomon Tehlirian, who 100 years ago, in an act of vigilante justice, drew attention to the Armenian genocide, which in 1921 was not yet described as such. Tehlirian shot and killed one of the main perpetrators of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, who was living in exile in Berlin. Through this case, Khan traces the development of international law in the context of genocide and genocide. It was not until 1948 that the term genocide was enshrined in the UN Genocide Convention and thus gained legal significance. Nevertheless, there is still no uniform definition of genocide.
Christina Binder, on the other hand, focuses on current developments: In her text "European human rights protection in crisis?", she sheds light on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic for European human rights protection and at the same time highlights the opportunities this presents for human rights.

Christian J. Tams opens the second thematic focus 'International organizations and peacekeeping' with a historical essay on the pacifist movement at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century in his article "Strindberg, Fried and Tomuschat". He writes about the pacifist movement's view of international (arbitration) jurisdiction for securing peace. The issue contains numerous other interesting articles, including on future European and transatlantic security policy and the United Nations. A report by Zabrina Welter and Christina Ankenbrand on the expert workshop on formalization processes in the raw materials sector and their significance for peacekeeping, which took place last year at the Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate, rounds off the issue.

Christian Tomuschat was editor of Friedens-Warte for many years. His leading expertise in the field of German international law is also reflected in the thematic focus of the current issue. This issue thanks him for his many years of commitment to the journal, as he has now retired from the editorial board after almost a quarter of a century.
The thematic focus 'Human Rights' is opened by Daniel-Erasmus Khan and Christina Binder. In his article "Injustice cannot possibly be right", Khan deals with the trial of Soghomon Tehlirian, who 100 years ago, in an act of vigilante justice, drew attention to the Armenian genocide, which in 1921 was not yet described as such. Tehlirian shot and killed one of the main perpetrators of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, who was living in exile in Berlin. Through this case, Khan traces the development of international law in the context of genocide and genocide. It was not until 1948 that the term genocide was enshrined in the UN Genocide Convention and thus gained legal significance. Nevertheless, there is still no uniform definition of genocide.
Christina Binder, on the other hand, focuses on current developments: In her text "European human rights protection in crisis?", she sheds light on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic for European human rights protection and at the same time highlights the opportunities this presents for human rights.

Christian J. Tams opens the second thematic focus 'International organizations and peacekeeping' with a historical essay on the pacifist movement at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century in his article "Strindberg, Fried and Tomuschat". He writes about the pacifist movement's view of international (arbitration) jurisdiction for securing peace. The issue contains numerous other interesting articles, including on future European and transatlantic security policy and the United Nations. A report by Zabrina Welter and Christina Ankenbrand on the expert workshop on formalization processes in the raw materials sector and their significance for peacekeeping, which took place last year at the Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate, rounds off the issue.