This article argues that the Sahel states’ exit from the ICC carries less the scent of decolonization than that of self-immunization. The question, therefore, is not whether international justice is ...

Adopting a comparative law perspective, it examines the legal and technical measures available to protect minors and evaluates the strengths and limitations of relying on tort law as a tool for ...

Vor allem Populisten machen die Demokratie verwundbar. Doch auch, wer die Demokratie verteidigen will, kann sie verwunden.

Amid numerous global catastrophes, a quieter crisis at home is strikingly overlooked: a direct attack on equality and, effectively, the denial of Roma people’s rights, their freedom of movement, and ...

The Treaty on European Union establishes three distinct criteria that every Commissioner must meet at the time of appointment and maintain throughout their term in office: general competence, European ...

Willingness to reconsider their ideas could demonstrate the Zeitenwende – the 2022 “ historic turning point ” in German security policy that extends also to hearing new perspectives. Yet, their ...

Autocratic legalism examines how legal frameworks and institutions become instruments for eroding democratic systems. In this context, law operates not as a constraint on authoritarian rule, but as a ...

Nicolas Sarkozy was prosecuted on several charges: corruption, illegal campaign financing, concealment of misappropriated Libyan public funds, and conspiracy. He was found guilty only of the latter ...

In Cyprus, a new legislative proposal introduces a prison sentence of up to one year and/or a fine of up to EUR 3,000. 1) I argue that criminally punishing fake news is absolutely horrifying for free ...

On January 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’ or ‘the Court’) issued its provisional measures order on the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime ...

Thus, government shutdowns in the United States are at once a sign of partisan division and a testament to constitutional compliance: they reflect the enduring force of a central congressional power.

Die „No-Harm“-Regel auszuweiten scheint uns nicht nur zur Feier der Friedensnobelpreisverleihung eine noble Idee, vielleicht sogar nobler als der Preis selbst. Immerhin ist es mit dem Frieden wie mit ...