One year after New Caledonia was tormented by violent demonstrations, resulting in the deaths of 14 people and causing over 2 billion euros worth of damage, representatives of New Caledonia and the ...

On June 12 th 2025, Advocate General (AG) Ćapeta delivered her Opinion in Case WS v Frontex (C-746/23 P), concerning the responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCGA or Frontex) ...

The Chagos Agreement is not only a diplomatic achievement, but also a “contractual transposition” of the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The Agreement acknowledges that the detachment ...

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Constitutionally, the qualification matters a great deal, as the imposition of a tax comes with a wholly different set of constitutional approvals and its own body of rules and principles. The power ...

The Grand Chamber (GC) ruled that Caster Semenya did not benefit from a fair hearing contrary to Article 6 §1 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). However, it did not extend Switzerland’s ...

Following the 1924 Constitution, which was the first pro-communist constitution proclaiming the independence of Mongolia – postulating that Mongolia is a free country and would remain independent from ...

And the Trump administration has learned that it can force universities to cave in by following (and controlling) the money. In a modern state, virtually all corners of society – even institutions ...

Da ist erstens das wohl nicht ganz leicht aufzulösende Problem, wie eine Handlung, die nicht dem deutschen Recht unterfällt, zugleich als Katalogtat (oder: „Auslandskatalogtat“) begriffen werden kann.

Nach langem Ringen trat im November 2024 endlich das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (SBGG) in Kraft, das es ermöglicht, Vornamen und Geschlechtseintrag durch eine Erklärung gegenüber dem Standesamt dem geleb ...

Die Polemik verdeutlicht: Der EU-US-Deal mag einen Handelskrieg abgewendet haben, doch er stellt die europäische Verhandlungsmacht und -willigkeit in Frage. Aus der Perspektive des ...

Am 24. Juli 2025 verkündete die Hauptverfahrenskammer V des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs (IStGH) ihr Urteil im Verfahren gegen Alfred Yekatom und Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona. Die beiden ehemaligen ...