The measures adopted by the Hungarian government within its domestic legal system openly and progressively defy the fundamental values and principles of Article 2 TEU. As a result, Hungary has not ...

Russlands Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine verletzt das Gewaltverbot aus Artikel 2 (4) der UN-Charta in aller Deutlichkeit – doch strafrechtliche Konsequenzen blieben bislang aus. Zwar ist der Internat ...

„SLAPP“ steht für „ strategic lawsuits against public participation “ und meint Konstellationen, in denen gerichtliche Verfahren als Druckmittel genutzt werden, um Personen zum Schweigen zu bringen. D ...

A different kind of legal obligation, however, is emphasised by JOACHIM WIELAND (GER): the German legislature is obliged to ...

Mit den jüngsten Beschlüssen des SPD-Bundesparteitags zur Vorbereitung eines AfD-Parteiverbotsverfahrens hat die Debatte erneut an Dynamik gewonnen. Dabei rückt auch die Frage in den Fokus, was mit de ...

This concern is distinct from the broader question of whether the United States remains a Member of NATO and whether it will ...

Lawyer, judge, professor, UN legal expert, researcher – forced to start over repeatedly, Dr. Cecilia Medina Quiroga has ...

Bundesbeamt:innen befinden sich in einem Spannungsverhältnis. Auf der einen Seite trifft sie die sogenannte Folgepflicht gemäß § 62 Abs. 1 S. 2 Bundesbeamtengesetz (BBG), wonach sie verpflichtet sind, ...

This piece has been co-published at Just Security.

Two years have passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine – an act of aggression which 141 states of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) condemned as such shortly after. Ever since, ...

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The forced resignation of James Ryan from the presidency of the University of Virginia by pressure from a politically motivated U.S. Department of Justice, abetted by his opponents within the school, ...