Wolf Heintschel Von Heinegg
Until April 1, 2025, Professor Dr. Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg was the Chair of Public Law, in particular Public International law, European Law and Foreign Constitutional Law at the Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. In the academic years 2003/2004 and 2012/2013 he was the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College. From 2007 until 2016 he was a member of the Council of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy. From May 2012 until May 2018, he was the Vice-President and since May 2018 he has been the President of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. Professor Heintschel von Heinegg was among a group of international lawyers and naval experts who produced the San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea. He was a member of several groups of experts working on the current state and progressive development of international humanitarian law, including the Manual on Air and Missile Warfare (2010) and the Tallinn Manuals on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare (2013) and to Cyber Operations (2016), the Oslo Manual on Select Topics of the Law of Armed Conflict (2020) and the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare (2nd ed. 2025). He is a widely published author of articles and books on public international law, in particular international humanitarian law, European and German constitutional law.