On December 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law in a sudden TV address. The declaration of martial law, the first since the country's democratization in 1987, came as a shock to South Korean society, which had experienced martial law under authoritarian regimes and military dictatorships in the past.
Read MoreOn October 3, 2024, the Supreme Court of India (SCt), in Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India, held that caste-based discrimination within the prison system is unconstitutional for violating equality principles…
Read MoreLargely unnoticed by the public eye, citizens’ assemblies are growing into an increasingly tested format of civil participation in Germany. This post provides an overview of the legal and political context, in order to explain why CAs are on the verge of becoming another contested issue in the increasingly partisan German public discourse…
Read MoreCultural hegemony lies at the heart of Meloni’s coalition government and its policymaking that continues to reshape the public space vis-à-vis immigration, sexual minorities, cultural institutions, and the freedom in academia and the media…
Read MoreDespite the many controversies of his first presidency (2017-2021) – most notoriously the January 6, 2021 ‘storming of the Capitol’ with his refusal to recognize the election results, recurring scandals and more – Donald Trump was reelected as the 47th President of the United States…
Read MoreCet article examine comment les pouvoirs locaux et régionaux en Europe, bien qu'ayant un rôle facultatif dans l'exécution des arrêts de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme (CEDH), peuvent jouer un rôle crucial dans l'application quotidienne des droits de l'homme…
Read MoreDemocracy is never easy. To make democratic States work, to ensure continued freedom, citizens must be willing to participate, must live and, if necessary, defend the basic values for which their society stands…
Read MoreOn 20 September 2024, Justice Chandurkar delivered the deciding judgment in Kunal Kamra v Union of India following a split decision on the matter in January 2024 by the Division Bench of Justices Patel and Dr Gokhale…
Read MoreIndia held its federal parliamentary elections over seven phases between 19th April and 1st June, 2024. Before the elections were held, V-Dem, a leading Swedish research think-tank focused on the quality of democracy…
Read MoreElections to the European Parliament (the European Union’s directly elected legislative body) were held in June 2024 and saw a clear shift towards the conservative-religious right; a shift that has been underway for at least a decade now…
Read MoreThe Georgia State Election Board (“SEB”) recently passed a new rule requiring a manual hand count of all ballots, just 46 days before the upcoming presidential elections…
Read MoreThe national and provincial elections in South Africa held on 29 May 2024 heralded a new era in South African politics. After 30 years in power, the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority in Parliament with 40% of the national vote…
Read MoreCoups and executive self-coups (autogolpes) remain an important threat to democracy, as we recently saw in Bolivia. But evidence suggests they are less relevant today than in the past…
Read MoreLast September, elections were held in three of the five eastern German Länder. As expected, two populist political parties dominated the scene, emerging much stronger…
Read MoreSupport for illiberal, far-right political positions – typically expressed as anti-immigration, anti-women’s reproductive rights, and anti-sexual diversity rights – has been on the rise for a few years now in many parts of the Western world…
Read MoreOn 29 September 2024, elections to the National Council took place in Austria. The National Council is the first chamber of the Austrian Federal Parliament, whose 183 seats are elected by the federal citizens according to the principles of equal, direct, personal, secret and free suffrage…
Read MoreOn September 25, the powerful, Democrat-controlled US Senate Judiciary Committee convened a critical hearing to address the recent US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity…
Read MoreThe Venice Commission is often involved in transition processes. During the Nineties, this body played an important role in assisting Central and Eastern European countries in the democratization processes following the collapse of the Communist regime…
Read MoreThe International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) and the Venice Commission have a long-standing cooperation. They have a lot in common, especially the strong focus on democracy, rule of law, and human rights…
Read More2024 is the biggest election year in over a century, with citizens in 60 countries called to cast their votes. Indeed, countries holding national elections this year make up nearly half of the world’s population…
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