Mass expulsion of this kind is often termed ethnic cleansing. In legal terms, it constitutes a crime against humanity. When conducted with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national group, ...

Die AfD-nahe Desiderius-Erasmus-Stiftung (DES) hat beim Bundesinnenministerium (BMI) für das Haushaltsjahr 2026 einen Antrag auf staatliche Förderung in Millionenhöhe gestellt. Dieser steht zwar unter ...

The latest ignominy involves the brazen attempt, by the Republican leadership of the State of Texas, to gerrymander (i.e., redesign) the state’s congressional districts to give the GOP control over an ...

A new July 2025 investigative report highlights the devastating weaponized sexual and reproductive violence unleashed during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict in Ethiopia in which the Tigray People’s ...

Even Colombia’s propensity for civil conflict throughout those one and half centuries has been attributed to bi-partisan hatred. Uribe was the first President, who ran, and won, as an outsider of that ...

Jana Trapp is an editor at Verfassungsblog covering security law and criminal law. Jana is qualified for the German bar and holds a Master of Law from Universiteit of Amsterdam and Columbia University ...

In dubio pro Richterernennung Mit ihrer Sperrminorität blockiert die Thüringer AfD-Fraktion die Neubesetzung des Richterwahlausschusses. Aber existiert ihr Druckmittel überhaupt? Muss der ...

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It is far too early to tell how successful this litigation will be, not least because the United States Constitution, at least since the New Deal, has been interpreted in a way decidedly friendly to ...

In Cyprus, a new legislative proposal introduces a prison sentence of up to one year and/or a fine of up to EUR 3,000. 1) I argue that criminally punishing fake news is absolutely horrifying for free ...

Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf hat ihre Kandidatur für die Wahl zur Bundesverfassungsrichterin zurückgezogen. Die CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion habe ihr deutlich zu verstehen gegeben, sie nicht zur Richterin am ...