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 ...

Assoziierungsabkommen nach Art. 217 AEUV stellen die engste Form einer Partnerschaft zwischen einem Drittstaat und der Europäischen Union dar. Moderne Abkommen enthalten neben Marktöffnungsklauseln ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nachdem 2017 das LG Essen die Klage abgewiesen hatte, ging nun auch die Berufung vor dem OLG Hamm verloren. Sie scheiterte an einem Detail: Zwar kommt nach Ansicht des Gerichts der Anspruch durchaus ...

Israel begehe in Gaza einen Völkermord. Diesen Vorwurf trug Südafrika bereits rund zweieinhalb Monate nach dem großangelegten Terroranschlag der Hamas auf Israel vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof (I ...

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.

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 ...

Das Verbot sogenannter Schutzwaffen wurde 1985 mit § 17a Abs. 1 VersG Bund (nachfolgend VersG) in das Versammlungsgesetz des Bundes von 1953 eingeführt. Seitdem „ist verboten, bei öffentlichen Versamm ...