When in 2014, the District Court in Białystok dismissed the prosecutor's application to outlaw the association of the local football club's fans, in its ruling, it not only emphasised the fundamental value of associations in a democratic state...
Read MoreFinland has been called “the promised land of associations”. The Nordic country has an exceptionally high number of associations relative to its population, and almost every Finn belongs to one or more...
Read MoreThe ruling in the Movement for Quality Government case, which for the first time declared the annulment of a Basic Law, highlighted the importance of enshrining procedural constitutional norms within the "rules of the game" through the enactment of a Basic Law: Legislation. In short, Israel does not have a comprehensive, unified written constitution...
Read MoreAustralia is an international outlier in relation to the legal protection of freedom of association. As one of the only countries in the world without a national bill of rights, freedom of association is legally protected and regulated in Australia principally by the common law...
Read MoreThe final act of Mexican President López Obrador will be in collaboration with the president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum and the newly elected Congress, after the landslide victory of MORENA’s coalition last June. The lame-duck President seems as powerful as ever...
Read MoreIn China, freedom of association is primarily viewed as a political right embedded within the Constitution, with a focus on prioritizing broader public values of social stability and communal welfare...
Read MoreDespite its centrality as a fundamental constitutional principle and human right, the right to freedom of association (RFA) in Egypt is under-studied and often reduced to the situation of unions and syndicates in Egyptian law...
Read MoreSection 18 of the South African Constitution states that, ‘everyone has a right to freedom of association’ . Over the past 28 years the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of South Africa has sought to give meaning to this textually broad right...
Read MoreThe freedom of association is one of the human rights recognized under the 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Constitution. In practice, the enjoyment of the right is subject to various restrictions and limitations...
Read MoreThe evolution of the right to freedom of association in Nigeria is intertwined with the history of Nigeria as an independent modern state...
Read MoreFreedom of association is an unusual fundamental right because it protects individuals in their sociality rather than in their individuality. The connection between individuality and sociality inherent in freedom of association has not yet been fully confronted by courts...
Read MoreIn February 2024, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) recognised voters' right to information concerning the financial transparency of political parties in India...
Read MoreDerogating from human rights and/or restricting them is part of managing crises. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries, including Finland, implemented various measures to control the spread of the virus…
Read MoreMr. Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT Delhi), surrendered to judicial custody after the completion of his interim bail period in the liquor Excise Policy case…
Read MoreRecently, the Italian legislature has determined that it has the power to limit the access of foreigners to certain social welfare services…
Read MoreIn 2014, the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (“BJP”), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, came to power in India. Since then, the democratic system in the country has witnessed an incremental and systemic decline…
Read MorePolitical outcomes in India are influenced by three features of constitutional design: (a) The framework of political contestation based on representative democracy…
Read MoreThe European Union’s AI Act, which is often referred to as the world’s first comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence is occasionally criticized for its sometimes inadequate protection of fundamental rights and European values…
Read MoreThe conflict between the Biden Administration and Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the border policy has risen to a different level after the US Supreme Court’s recent interim decision in Department of Homeland Security v. Texas…
Read MoreIn the exercise of our democratic principles, on Saturday, April 18, 2024, Ecuadorian citizens embarked upon what we commonly term a “day of democratic deliberation”…
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