On July 3, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued Advisory Opinion No. 32 — the most important and progressive document yet released by an international court on the climate ...

In it, the IACtHR affirms that the right to a healthy climate falls within the scope of human rights protections under the American Convention on Human Rights. It outlines the responsibilities of ...

Resistance through restraint” will require a practical shift in litigation tactics and a theoretical shift in constitutional understanding. Practically, it calls for redirecting liberal energy, talent ...

Towards the end of June, as a Republican Congress ramped up efforts to pass the signature legislation of President Donald Trump’s second term and the Supreme Court completed its docket for the Spring, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Vor wenigen Wochen haben sowohl der Deutsche Ärztetag als auch der Hausärztinnen- und Hausärzteverband eine Entkriminalisierung des Schwangerschaftsabbruchs gefordert. Inzwischen hat auch das britisch ...

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, ...