On 19 th May 2020, the First Senate of the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) delivered a decisive judgment on the German Act on the Federal Intelligence Service (Gesetz über den ...

Margaret Satterthwaite, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, is a key voice in the defense of justice and the rule of law worldwide. Focusing on judicial ...

I fully support the content of the letter, but one sentence in the text stands out for me: “The current procrastination is akin to dereliction of duty.”. I do hope that, in spite of all appearences, ...

“ […] the Court considers that it was in fact the applicants who placed themselves in jeopardy by participating in the storming of the Melilla border fences ...

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Earlier this week, 32 leading scholars of EU law and politics signed the statement that national courts cannot override CJEU judgments, in response to a demonstration by the BVerfG that it actually ...

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“Is there a common denominator between shareholders, multinationals, and their suppliers at the other side of the world? Our answer is yes. You may respond that businesses can’t see that far. I ...

The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, induced a debate of epic proportions which divided ...

Commentaries to the German Federal Constitutional Court’s unprecedented judgment in Weiss (2 BvR 859/15 and others of 5 May 2020) are likely to focus on the German court’s argument on proportionality ...

In the very last day of the Knesset’s summer session, on July 19th 2018, almost without public debate and by a majority of 62-55 members, the Israeli Knesset passed a new Basic Law stating that Israel ...

This is a first reaction (usual caveats for quick reactions apply…) to yesterday’s decision of the German Constitutional Court on the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Program. This is part of the ECB ...