Verfassungsblog – On Matters Constitutional
Is This a Constitutional Democracy. Indonesia, a country that has experimented with constitutional democracy since 1998, inaugurated its new president, Prabowo Subianto, on October 20, 2024. His so-called “Red and White Cabinet” may appear peculiar from the perspective of Western democracies due to its concentration of power.
Lessons of a Landmark Lost – Verfassungsblog
2 days ago · On 12 November 2024, the Hague Court of Appeal in Shell v Milieudefensie set aside the preceding 2021 judgment which held Shell responsible for its contribution to climate change. The 2021 judgment was widely heralded (though also critiqued) as groundbreaking and a precedent that could be followed elsewhere. While the Appeal judgment is unlikely to receive similar praise from climate activists ...
What we do – Verfassungsblog
What we do – Verfassungsblog. The blog timeline is the centrepiece of Verfassungsblog. It is where we publish expert analyses and comments on topical events and developments in constitutional law and policy, usually on a daily basis. In our blog symposia, scholars put cutting-edge research up for discussion.
Examining the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act
Feb 7, 2024 · Finally, consensus on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The academic community is thus finally in a position to provide a (slightly) more definitive evaluation of the Act’s potential to protect individuals and societies from AI systems’ harms. This blog post attempts to contribute to this discussion by illustrating and commenting on the …
All Blogposts – Verfassungsblog
All Blogposts – Verfassungsblog. Verfassungsblog is a forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging European constitutional space, and beyond. It sees itself as an interface between the academic expert discourse on the one hand and the political public sphere on the other. So ...
One Act to Rule Them All – Verfassungsblog
Aug 18, 2023 · Soon Brussels' newest big thing - the Artificial Intelligence Act - will enter the Trilogues. In order to better understand what’s at stake, who are the main actors and their motivations, and how to make one’s mind about all the conflicting claims we need to dive into the legal, economic and political aspects of the AI Act. The aim of this piece is to contextualize major milestones in the ...
Enhancing Fundamental Rights Protection – Verfassungsblog
Nov 4, 2024 · The EU should ensure fundamental rights’ compatibility of EU legislation before its adoption. To that effect, we propose three distinct paths to improve the EU control mechanisms. Whilst mechanisms to ensure quality control do exist, primarily in the form of impact assessments, these mostly remain a merely formal exercise. Henceforth, we suggest strengthening the ex ante fundamental rights ...
Podcast – Verfassungsblog
Der Verfassungsblog startet einen neuen Podcast: den Verfassungspod! Im Monatstakt machen wir uns auf die Spur eines bestimmten verfassungsrechtlich heißen Themas. Wir suchen die Leute, die davon wirklich etwas verstehen, und geben keine Ruhe, bevor wir der Sache nicht auf den Grund gegangen sind.
Blog – Verfassungsblog
The Council of Europe has adopted the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence – the first of its kind. Notably, the Framework Convention includes provisions specifically tailored to enable the EU’s participation. At the same time, the EU has developed its own framework around AI. I argue that the EU should adopt the Framework ...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Verfassungsblog
Imagine if the very first article of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, 1948, referred “all men”, rather than “all human beings”, and asked us all to act in the spirit of “brotherhood”. Thankfully, that is not how it reads, and for this, credit is due to an Indian woman: Hansa Mehta, whose contribution UN Secretary General ...