And now even the most fundamental norms are being broken once more.” “Wavering between hope and despair. For someone whose ...

All three interventions ultimately point to a shortfall in the rules of citizenship attribution that are at stake. Combined they yield a message in the negative: neither soil, nor blood nor money, per ...

While Ćapeta’s position on Article 2 TEU is unprecedented, I believe it reflects a broader shift in the Court’s jurisprudence. Building upon previous contributions on Verfassungsblog ( here and here ) ...

With these timeless lines, the famous diplomate, politician and Indian freedom fighter Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarupa ...

Sea Foam and the Hollowing of Democracy During the same period in which  Nasasra’s petition was progressing through the HCJ, five petitions against the Netanyahu government’s decision to dismiss Ronen ...

Peru, a case that could redefine state responsibility for forced sterilizations and strengthen standards on reproductive autonomy. This is only the second forced sterilization case before the Court ...

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Looking from T2 only backwards and never forwards to T3 risks creating an ever-receding horizon of state responsibility. If ...

In Poland, the narrow defeat of liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski by the ultra-conservative Karol Nawrocki in the June 1st presidential election marked a turning point. The possibility of ...

Beyond concrete political conflicts and institutional constraints, there is a deeper concern about how a constitutional order can be restored after enduring years of authoritarian populism. A recently ...

The first is from the standpoint of a philosopher of criminal law, in which I am an academic specialist. The second is from the standpoint of a political sociologist, in which I am a novice. Even ...

Since the negotiation of the Rome Statute – the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) – U.S. relations with the Court have zig-zagged between quiet support and open hostility.