Slovakia’s electoral system for its National Council elections has remained relatively stable over time. Its foundations were laid in 1990 – just after the fall of the communist regime in then ...

The Danish-Italian public letter to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) from 22 May 2025 must be understood in the context of two decades of “crises” in the European human rights regime. Its ...

I will claim that, notwithstanding MORENA’s promise that the amendment would grant Mexico a reinvigorated judicial branch, it is getting a newly elected judiciary whose legitimacy has been tarnished ...

This decision marks the end of what was likely Germany’s most prominent climate liability case. Since the OLG Hamm did not permit an appeal to the Federal Court of Justice – and taking the case to the ...

What’s clear is this: both Germany’s responsibility under international law for arms exports to Israel and the potential ...

The saga of Georgia’s foreign agent laws began in 2023, when Georgian Dream (GD) introduced legislation forcing CSOs receiving over 20% of foreign funding to register as “foreign agents” or face fines ...

Safe access zones (SAZ) statutes in Great Britain create protective areas around premises where abortion services are provided and criminalise specified behaviours within these protective areas. The ...

Since 22 May 2025, a disquieting letter has been circulating: nine leading EU politicians are calling for “a new and open-minded conversation about the interpretation of the European Convention on ...

And in the hands of a would-be autocrat, the SCOTUS decision has delivered a serious blow to the constitutional system. This text initially appeared on The Contrarian.

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