Im ersten Absatz des ersten Artikels des Grundgesetzes steht das bundesrepublikanische Glaubensbekenntnis: „Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar.“ Kein anderer Satz ist in Deutschland derart demonst ...

Einen Kommentar zur derzeit schwebenden Wahl eines Richter und zweier Richterinnen an das Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) abzugeben, fällt mir nicht leicht, weil man sich den Betroffenen fachlich wi ...

The non-penalization principle, as laid out in Article 31 of the Refugee Convention, reads as follows: ...

Als Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der universitären – insbesondere rechtswissenschaftlichen – Forschung und Lehre sowie der Justiz protestieren wir nachdrücklich gegen die Art und Weise, wie im Rahmen ...

However, the Court drew an important distinction: the confiscation did not serve to “prevent the illicit acquisition of property through criminal” acts but to “preserve integrity in public office by ...

First, İmamoğlu’s university diploma, a constitutional requirement for presidential eligibility, was revoked by an administrative decision of the university president’s office. The very next day, ...

But while satellite dependency may be enough to turn the tide of a battle, it is nothing compared to the truly frightening reliance on cloud computing providers. A handful of American tech giants ...

Scholars of authoritarianism discuss two “soft guardrails” of democracy: 1) “mutual toleration” — a shared understanding that people and parties with different views and values must respect one ...

Letzte Woche wurde mir die Ehre zuteil, von der juristischen Fakultät der Universität Münster zum Doktor der Rechte ...

It appears that whenever expert civil society organizations (CSOs) release a legal analysis of draft laws that restrict fundamental rights and freedoms, authoritarian governments learn from their ...

I had the honour of being awarded an honorary doctorate in law by the Faculty of Law at the University of Münster. I was ...

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