Freeing Political Expression
The South Korean parliament is in the midst of an intensive debate on electoral reform. The current legislature aims to pass the revision of the Public Official Election Act (‘Election Act’) by 28th...
View ArticleStrong on Hate Speech, Too Strict on Political Debate
Online hate speech is a topic that has gained importance in recent years. In 2021, according to the report of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz), there were...
View ArticleA Plea for Proportionality
In recent months the burning of the Koran in Sweden has caused headlines and severe anger in many parts of the Muslim world as well as bewilderment in most of the EU as to why Sweden continues to...
View ArticleThe Ball is in the Game
In 2017, after the assassination of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) became an important topic on the EU level. As a result, the...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Inclusion?
On July 8th, 2024, the Supreme Court of India ruled in Nipun Malhotra v. Sony Pictures Films India, a case about a challenge to the screening of the movie “Aankh Micholi” for allegedly reinforcing...
View ArticleConnective and Disjunctive Memory
Digital memory studies assume that the content and form of individuals’, groups’ or multitudes’ memories are inseparable from the communication technologies that store and transmit them. Digital...
View ArticleWhere Is Our Outcry?
Liebes deutsches Völkerrecht, dear colleagues, We are not always on the best of terms. Nonetheless, I feel the need to write to you. I know you are busy. You have books to write, conferences to...
View ArticleCriminalizing Knowledge
When does sharing information become an act of disloyalty to the state? Three bills advancing through Israel’s Knesset aim to answer this question decisively: any cooperation with international justice...
View ArticleRespect for International Law
We teach and research international law. Despite holding different views on individual issues and diverging assessments of specific conflicts, we are united by the following convictions: Observance of...
View ArticleThe Questionable Concept of Protective Weapons
On 20 May 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Russ v. Germany, holding that Germany’s imposition of a criminal fine on Benjamin Russ for...
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