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) ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Within a single month, two groundbreaking advisory opinions on climate change have been issued, fundamentally shaking the field of international environmental and human rights law: the Inter-American ...

Silvia Bartolini Dr. Silvia Bartolini is an Associate Professor of EU Law at Université Catholique de Lille and a Guest Lecturer at the University of Athens.

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.