‟In our view, imposing the death penalty in such circumstances amounts to racial discrimination and, in certain circumstances, even to the crime of apartheid, which may give rise to international criminal liability to anyone involved.“
www.justsecurity.org/135364/israe...
If Hungary is at the forefront of attacking the rule of law in Europe, Germany is emerging as the main protagonist in dismantling EU climate governance.
Politically and economically wrong, and in open contradiction to what the International Court of Justice held in its climate advisory opinion.
"The overriding priority now is lethality, and protecting civilians 'has been de-emphasized across the targeting and strike community,' one person familiar with the matter told me."
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Great interview - European nations call a spade a spade!
“The Unwillingness to Call This Illegal Is a Terrible Mistake”
Five Questions to Oona A. Hathaway
Read it in English here:
verfassungsblog.de/the-unwillin...
And in German here:
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Qutoe: “I see few world leaders standing up for the rule of law in the face of blatant lawlessness. That is a great tragedy, and it is that failure that may ultimately spell the end of the postwar legal order.”
The US–Israeli war against Iran is “clearly and unequivocally unlawful.”
We spoke with OONA A. HATHAWAY (@oonahathaway.bsky.social), Professor at Yale Law School, about the international legal order and Europe’s reluctance to call the attack on Iran illegal.
verfassungsblog.de/the-unwillin...
Quote: “Muskism proposes something more like social war, compensating for inequality through a language of violent exclusion and the vilification of outsiders.”
Around the world, states have become dependent on Elon Musk and his infrastructure.
What is Musk’s unprecedented rise a symptom of? And what does it mean for state sovereignty?
We spoke with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com about their new book Muskism.
🔗 verfassungsblog.de/muskism/
Brillant, auf den geschätzten @verfassungsblog.de ist immer Verlass - bitte unterstützt ihn finanziell und mit Aufmerksamkeit.
"He propagates what we call cyborg conservatism."
I spoke with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com for this week’s @verfassungsblog.de editorial about their new book "Muskism" and the fusion of political authority and machine power.
📖 Read the full interview here: verfassungsblog.de/muskism/
harrowing
Justiz-Projekt Buchbesprechung im DLF Andruck 😍
@verfassungsblog.de
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Verfassungsgeschichte kann entkrampfen, auch die Debatte über #Parität im #Wahlrecht. Mehr dazu auf dem @verfassungsblog.de: verfassungsblog.de/historische-...
Zitat: „Pünktlich zur Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz konnte Karlsruhe grünes Licht geben: Die Bundes-regierung hat freie Hand.“
Das BVerfG hat eine Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Genehmigungen für die Ausfuhr von Kriegsgerät nach Israel nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen.
FLORIAN MEINEL (@meinel.bsky.social) über Pseudogrundrechtsschutz und das Verfassungsrecht des hybriden Krieges.
verfassungsblog.de/karlsruher-s...
Quote: “What is newly visible to some through Operation Metro Surge has long been lived by others. The elasticity of constitutional standards and the racialized logics that structure immigration enforcement are not new.”
From Minneapolis, what many describe as a constitutional crisis looks very different on the ground.
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
"What is newly visible to some through Operation Metro Surge has long been lived by others. The elasticity of constitutional standards and the racialized logics that structure immigration enforcement are not new."
A Letter from Minneapolis, by Emmanuel Mauleón (@umnlawschool.bsky.social)
Zitat aus unserem neuesten Blogpost von Tristan Wißgott: „Die einstmals so wichtige direktive Kraft der Versammlungsfreiheit gegenüber dem Vollzug des repressiven Versammlungsrechts ist versiegt.“
Die Brokdorf-Rechtsprechung des BVerfG, einst Garant der Versammlungsfreiheit, stößt bei pro-palästinensischen Demos an ihre Grenzen.
TRISTAN WIẞGOTT (@triswiss.bsky.social) zeigt, dass gerade die Prinzipien, die Brokdorf einst stark machten, heute versagen.
verfassungsblog.de/brokdorf-ver...
Did you know that our Verfassungsbook on “The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change” is also available in print? 📘🌍
Order the print version or download the freely available digital copy here:
👉 verfassungsblog.de/book/the-icj...
Very thoughtful blog by our @eui-eu.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social colleague Prof Sarah Nouwen.
Recommend this piece by @stewartmotha.bsky.social, on the parallels between the Chagos islands and Greenland.
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“A kind of mafioso approach.”
I spoke with Marko Milanović for this week’s @verfassungsblog.de newsletter about a possible US-annexation of Greenland — and which role (if any) international law would play in such a scenario.
verfassungsblog.de/nato-would-b...
"Lviv’s response to Russian authoritarianism is one of courage, connection, and defiance."
Our first editorial of 2026, fresh from Lviv, Ukraine ✨
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danke!! 🙏
A picture of a snowy street in Lvi with city lights
If you sometimes wonder where to look for hope in 2026, amid constant news of crisis in democracy and international law, I would suggest this: look to Ukraine. 🇺🇦
My editorial for @verfassungsblog.de on Lviv — and what we can learn from this city:
verfassungsblog.de/laboratorium...
With the #ICJ hearing in #TheGambia v #Myanmar kicking off on Monday, I put together some thoughts over at @verfassungsblog.de on key issues to consider for those following this important #GenocideConvention case. A quick summary. verfassungsblog.de/the-rohingya...
