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WEBWen es trifft: Der Volksbegriff der AfD und Szenarien der Diskriminierung. Wenn diesen Sonntag Landtagswahlen in Thüringen und in Sachsen stattfinden, könnte eine autoritär-populistische Partei stärkste Kraft werden, die mit ihrem Volksbegriff gegen Menschenwürde und Demokratieprinzip verstößt und die rechtliche Gleichheit der Staatsangehörigen in Frage stellt.
Sex Work Can’t Buy Human Rights – Verfassungsblog
WEB2 days ago · In a recent decision on the merits in M.A. and Others v.France, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that French legislation criminalizing the purchase of sexual acts did not violate the rights of 261 female and male sex workers from various nationalities.Following a decision on admissibility in 2023 that has been hailed as a landmark, the July 2024 decision retreats into the Court ...
“This was a completely normal election by Austrian standards”
WEB1 day ago · Last Sunday, Austria held parliamentary elections. The right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won and achieved its best historical result. To make sense of the election, we spoke with expert Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik, Professor of Austrian Politics in the European Context at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna. 1.
Podcast – Verfassungsblog
WEBDec 30, 2022 · Podcast – Verfassungsblog. 24 January 2023. Margaret Satterthwaite, Lennart Kokott. #DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 7: UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite. On the 24th of January, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer, we conclude our podcast with a conversation with Margaret Satterthwaite. She is a …
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WEBAll Blogposts – Verfassungsblog. Verfassungsblog is a forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging European constitutional space, and beyond. It sees itself as an interface between the academic expert discourse on the one hand and the political public sphere on the other. So ...
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WEBThe 2024 Judicial Reform in Mexico. On September 11, 2024, the Senate of Mexico approved the controversial judicial reform. The ruling party, MORENA, achieved adopting the judicial reform thanks to a qualified majority in Congress and Senate. In this blogpost, we show that the way in which the judiciary reform was passed in the Senate cannot be ...
Democracy’s Guardians – Verfassungsblog
WEB2 days ago · In its Resolution 1/24, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recognizes electoral observers as human rights defenders. By equating observers with human rights defenders, the Resolution obliges States to guarantee their work, including non-interference, accreditation, and protection against risks, both in physical and digital realms. Setting out clear state obligations, the Resolution ...
To Save the Rule of Law you Must Apparently Break It
WEBDec 11, 2020 · The interpretative declaration of 10 December 2020 is set to go down in history as a dark page for the rule of law in the Union legal order. Regardless of whether this document will be challenged before Court in the coming sixty days, it represents an unprecedented attempt by the Member States to disregard the rule of law as their dominant organisation principle. The Union being a “Community ...
Restoring Constitutionalism – Verfassungsblog
WEBDec 9, 2021 · Restoring the Validity of Law in Democratic Societies. The questions posed by Professors Andrew Arato and András Sajó in their open letter Restoring Constitutionalism are pressing and of utmost public importance. Many of the issues and controversies raised in the letter arise after “democratic backsliding has …
Judges, Political Mandates and Judicial Independence in Germany
WEBJan 20, 2023 · In Germany, 2022 has been a turbulent year regarding former (extreme) right-wing Members of Parliament (MP) returning to their original office as civil servants and judges. Two cases created special great media attention: Jens Maier and Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, demanded (and partly succeeded) to return to serve as judges again. These cases bring the (often problematic) relationship between ...