On September 29, 1947, in Courtroom 600, before the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, twenty-seven-year-old Benjamin Ferencz approached the lectern to deliver the prosecution’s
opening statement against Hitler’s brutal henchmen of the Einsatzgruppen—the SS killing units responsible for more than 1.5 million deaths during the Holocaust—in [...]
Are climate policies damaging the economy? Till Hilmar writes that despite the staggering costs of climate change, opposing climate policies on economic grounds is becoming
an increasingly effective strategy for … Continued [...]
As global temperatures rise, we risk passing multiple climate tipping points beyond which natural systems will begin to change irreversibly. Yet as Manjana Milkoreit writes,
the same dynamics that make … Continued [...]
Diese Folge nimmt Transitional Justice (TJ) genauer unter die Lupe. Unter TJ versteht man rechtliche und politische Maßnahmen, die darauf abzielen, eine gewaltvolle Vergangenheit
aufzuarbeiten und zu einer neuen, gerechteren Ordnung beizutragen. Zu den zentralen Instrumenten zählen die strafrechtliche Verfolgung schwerer Menschenrechtsverletzungen, [...]
The Church of England’s General Synod will next meet in February 2026. The following papers, listed below, were issued on 5 November 2025. Comment At L&RUK, our initial
focus will be on GS Misc 1432 and GS Misc 1434. [...]
In dieser Woche ist die Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention (EMRK) fünfundsiebzig Jahre alt geworden. Ein guter Moment, um diese Errungenschaft zu reflektieren – ein Vertrag,
der das Leben Hunderter Millionen Menschen über drei Viertel eines Jahrhunderts geprägt hat. [...]
This week, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) turned seventy-five. It is an apt moment to pause and reflect on the extraordinary achievement of a treaty that has
shaped the lives of hundreds of millions of people for three-quarters of a century. [...]
