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

This piece has been co-published at Just Security.

Some argue that Ćapeta’s test relies on vague notions of “constitutional morality.” Yet the concept of “negation” can be practically assessed. Legislative intent, political discourse, and structural ...

Speaking about “limits on limiting” democracy shifts the focus to the desired leeway or margin for democratic decision-making, i.e. the scope for its agency. While democracy, again in Plato’s words, ...

On 2 May 2025, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) – in collaboration with the African Climate Platform, the Environmental Lawyers Collective for Africa, Natural Justice, and resilient40 – submitted ...

Instead of addressing the question of functional jurisdiction in the context of externalised migration control, the Court found that Italy does not enjoy extraterritorial jurisdiction under Art.1 of ...

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, ...

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 ...