This article explores the colonialist legacy of the Russian international lawyer F.F. Martens (1845-1909) who is well known to contemporary international lawyers in particular thanks to the Martens Clause. The article highlights Martens’s activities legitimizing the Congo Free State, his publicist activity at the Revue de droit international et de legislation comparée and his quasi-legislative efforts at the Institut de Droit International, all emanating from his strong support to the distinction between civilized and uncivilized peoples in international law during the colonial era. The main argument in the article is that the colonialist part of the legacy of Martens has been downplayed for the purposes of celebratory myths of origin of international (humanitarian) law, but that this part of his legacy deserves to be remembered as well.

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FF Martens 的遗产和殖民主义的阴影

本文探讨了俄罗斯国际律师 FF Martens (1845-1909) 的殖民主义遗产，尤其是由于马滕斯条款，他为当代国际律师所熟知。这篇文章重点介绍了马滕斯为刚果自由邦合法化的活动、他在 Revue de droit international et de立法比较的宣传活动以及他在国际法学院的准立法工作，所有这些都源于他对文明与不文明之间区别的大力支持殖民时代国际法中的人民。这篇文章的主要论点是，为了庆祝国际（人道主义）法起源的神话，马滕斯遗​​产的殖民主义部分被淡化了，但他的这部分遗产也值得被记住。