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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...

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Strong 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...

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A 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...

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The 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...

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Lights, 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...

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Connective 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...

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Where 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...

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Criminalizing 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...

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Respect 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...

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The 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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