Einen Kommentar zur derzeit schwebenden Wahl eines Richter und zweier Richterinnen an das Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) abzugeben, fällt mir nicht leicht, weil man sich den Betroffenen fachlich wi ...

However, the Court drew an important distinction: the confiscation did not serve to “prevent the illicit acquisition of property through criminal” acts but to “preserve integrity in public office by ...

Als Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der universitären – insbesondere rechtswissenschaftlichen – Forschung und Lehre sowie der Justiz protestieren wir nachdrücklich gegen die Art und Weise, wie im Rahmen ...

First, İmamoğlu’s university diploma, a constitutional requirement for presidential eligibility, was revoked by an administrative decision of the university president’s office. The very next day, ...

But while satellite dependency may be enough to turn the tide of a battle, it is nothing compared to the truly frightening reliance on cloud computing providers. A handful of American tech giants ...

President Petro’s move is a repudiation of the Constitution’s core, that is, a claim that legality must yield to presidentially defined legitimacy. And it is a warning sign that an already powerful ...

This decision, aka the F-35 carve out, was based on advice from the Defence Secretary and the Foreign Secretary. According to the Defence Secretary, due to the nature of the partnership laid down in ...

Am 23. Juni 2025 trafen sich die 27 Außenminister der Europäischen Union (EU) in Brüssel, um über die Zukunft des Assoziierungsabkommens mit Israel (AA EU–Israel) zu beraten. Das Treffen fand im Ansch ...

Russia ceased engaging with the Court in March 2022, in the context of its expulsion from the Council of Europe in the wake of its war of aggression. Elsewhere, international proceedings between ...

On 26 June 2025, the Spanish Constitutional Court ruled that the Amnesty Act “for the Institutional, Political and Social Normalization in Catalonia” is constitutional. This controversial Act, passed ...

It appears that whenever expert civil society organizations (CSOs) release a legal analysis of draft laws that restrict fundamental rights and freedoms, authoritarian governments learn from their ...

Though judges (and prosecutors) have been on strike a number of times before in Spain, this time is different. The governing body of the Spanish judges, the “ Consejo General del Poder Judicial ”, ...