Immer wieder versucht die AfD Bildungsinstitutionen unter Druck zu setzen, indem sie ihnen fehlende Neutralität vorwirft. So zuletzt an der TU in Berlin. Dieser Fall fügt sich in das Bild autoritärer Bedrohungen der Wissenschaft, meint MAX LENZ. verfassungsblog.de/vorauseilend...
270+ articles, open access, and growing: our new Law and Climate Spotlight is here! We've been covering climate law for years at @verfassungsblog.de – advisory opinions, transnational litigation, domestic & int'l governance, and more. Now it's all in one place 🥳 verfassungsblog.de/law-and-clim...
US export controls now bar non-Americans from Anthropic's most advanced AI models – not at the border, but wherever they stand. GILAD ABIRI & DIMITRY KOCHENOV on citizenship as a passport to exclusion from the technological future. verfassungsblog.de/anthropic-my...
Thank you @verfassungsblog.de and Dr @maximb.bsky.social for these fantastic questions for Prof @mccordonier.bsky.social @tejasrao.bsky.social and me.
Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de · 3mo agoCan international climate law realistically change state behaviour – or does it leave the most powerful actors untouched? 🌎 Five questions to Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Tejas Rao and Markus Gehring about the current state of international climate governance: verfassungsblog.de/vanuatu-reso...
Haraway made me do it 🤖
Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de · 3mo ago"Born outside the body" We at Verfassungsblog are noticing a shift: more and more submissions read as AI-generated. In our editorial, EVA MARIA BREDLER reflects on what we lose – and why academic work needs a body. verfassungsblog.de/the-human-tr...
‟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...
Israeli International Law Scholars on Israel’s New Death Penalty Law
Israeli scholars condemn the new “Death Penalty for Terrorists Law,” warning it breaches international law and unfairly targets Palestinians in military courts.
justsecurity.org
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.
EU should relax net-zero target, German energy minister says
Katherina Reiche says the bloc shouldn’t stick to a ‘rigid’ climate goal.
politico.eu
Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies
Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies
Communities displaced and destroyed while death toll rises faster than during any previous war in Lebanon For Batoul Hamdan and her two children, seven-month-old Fatima and Jihad, three, Monday’s iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, was special. For a week, they had eaten to the sounds of bombs in their home in Arab Salim. Hamdan eventually decided to leave for Al-Nimiriya, the sleepy town where she had grown up. Surrounded by her parents and siblings in the family home, she hoped they could finally enjoy the festive mood of Ramadan. Continue reading...
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"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...
The Pentagon Cut Its Civilian Safeguards Before the Iran War
As the civilian toll in Iran mounts, some officials point to the impact of Pete Hegseth’s hostility to battlefield restraint.
theatlantic.com
Great interview - European nations call a spade a spade!
Oona Hathaway@oonahathaway.bsky.social · 5mo ago“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: verfassungsblog.de/die-weigerun...
“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: verfassungsblog.de/die-weigerun...
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...
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/
Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?
Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?
Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential
theguardian.com
Justiz-Projekt Buchbesprechung im DLF Andruck 😍 @verfassungsblog.de www.deutschlandfunk.de/friedrich-zi...
Friedrich Zillessen u.a. (Hg.): "Das Justiz-Projekt"
deutschlandfunk.de
Verfassungsgeschichte kann entkrampfen, auch die Debatte über #Parität im #Wahlrecht. Mehr dazu auf dem @verfassungsblog.de: verfassungsblog.de/historische-...
„In Bonn haben wir ja die Gleichberechtigung der Frau beschlossen.“
verfassungsblog.de
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...
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)
A Letter from Minneapolis
verfassungsblog.de
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.
EJIL: Talk!@ejiltalk.bsky.social · 7mo agoMore Ideas and Less CV? | by Sarah Nouwen
Recommend this piece by @stewartmotha.bsky.social, on the parallels between the Chagos islands and Greenland.
Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de · 7mo agoSTEWART MOTHA (stewartmotha.bsky.social) revisits the UK’s dispossession of the Chagossians as a cautionary tale for Greenland, where security narratives may enable a fragmented absorption of territory and distract from interconnected vulnerabilities. verfassungsblog.de/greenland-ch...
“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...
