That may seem a strange and perhaps uninteresting question to ask, particularly given that I (and I suspect many readers) have no great desire for the current set
of House Republicans to enjoy nice things (except, perhaps, all the many perks our system offers to former Members of Congress). Yet on the face of it Freedom Caucus [...]
Architecture, Iconography, and Text: New Studies on the Northwest Palace Reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II Howard J.C. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 301 The papers published in
this volume attempt to move scholarship forward in the interpretation of the Northwest Palace reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II, with particular focus on the intersection [...]
The United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly is considering an important draft resolution designating July 11 as “The International Day of Reflection and Remembrance of the
1995 Srebrenica Genocide,” a critical step toward global acknowledgment of a harrowing chapter in recent European history. [...]
Seit dem Ausbruch des Konflikts im April 2023 hat der Bürgerkrieg im Sudan weitreichende Auswirkungen auf verschiedene Teile der Gesellschaft. Dazu zählen unter anderem die
Zerstörung sozialer Strukturen, die erdrückende wirtschaftliche Situation, politische Instabilität und eine katastrophale humanitäre Lage. [...]
Since the eruption of the conflict in April 2023, Sudan’s civil war has had far-reaching implications for various aspects of society. The outcomes include the destruction
of social structures, a stifling economic situation, political instability, and dreadful humanitarian conditions. [...]
On 21 February 2024, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) issued a decision in which it announced in unequivocal terms: “The general functional immunity
of public officials does not apply to crimes under international law, regardless of the status and rank of the perpetrator. [...]
Die Klima-Entscheidungen der Großen Kammer des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte (EGMR) sind wegweisend. Auf den ersten Blick ist jedoch nicht vollkommen klar,
wie sie sich auf das nationale Klimarecht der Vertragsstaaten der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention (EMRK) auswirken werden. [...]
Since the election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in the federal elections in India in 2014, the country’s performance in key indicators of democratic quality
has suffered. Over its two terms in power, the party has sought to subvert key institutions for accountability, enact an ethno-cultural majoritarian electoral agenda, [...]
On April 9, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on three applications concerning the fight against climate change and the positive obligations of the signatory
states of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in this respect. Two of the applications were declared inadmissible (Duarte Agostinho and Others v. [...]