http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20221026-105909-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/iran-normative-power/ Normative Power Through Protest - How can International Law respond to the human rights violations in Iran? Bajrami, Shpetim Hamann, Katia eng 2022-10-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Iran protests Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On September 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini died in state custody. Since then “a barrier of fear has been broken” in Iran: in the streets of Tehran and other cities in the world, people demonstrate against state-religious heteronomy. How does international law relate to what is happening in Iran and what role could it have? In our view, the assessment of a breach of international law can be both an important contribution for the course of the ongoing protests as well as for the effectiveness of international law itself.