We are pleased to announce that this year's Max Planck Law Annual Conference on the topic of 'Power' will take place in Berlin from 21–22 October 2024. Max Planck Law researchers, are invited to submit proposals for contributions here: law.mpg.de/event/max-plan…

🌍How do people assess #democracy around the world? Our new report #PerceptionsofDemocracy aims to identify how people assess democracy in their country contexts. Read the report and explore the findings⬇️
doi.org/10.31752/idea.…

This is out very soon, edited by Kálmán Pócza

A major comparative work (with lots of empirical stuff) on constitutional output of apex courts in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, UK, Nordic countries

routledge.com/Constitutional…

A vital, but massively under-explored, topic in constitutional law:

EU interregnum year is always best time for would-be autocrats to engage in systemic constitutional capture and create irreversible facts on the ground/establish mafia state. By the time, Commission and Council might eventually think of doing something, it is too late

Tens of thousands of Hungarians, led by former gov insider Péter Magyar, protested against Orbán’s leadership today.

My story from Budapest, mostly typed on my phone sitting on the ground in front of parliament as Magyar addressed the vast crowd:
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Join me in person for the launch of my book 'European Human Rights Grey Zones - The Council of Europe and Areas of Conflict' (CUP, 2024) at the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 20 May, 1730 - 19h.

Link to register below.

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RIP Peter Higgs. Back in 2013, the year I first started working in the UK, he said this. 10 years later, the problem is only more acute.

New paper by Prof Peter Stone Political Science & Dr Audrey M. Plan UCD Sutherland School of Law (& previously doctoral researcher TriCON) on ‘Trends in Theorising Sortition’

After yesterday’s huge demonstration in Budapest, I sat down with Péter Magyar, the former gov insider who wants to build a centrist movement to challenge Orbán.

Interview:
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Independent news portal Telex posted a video with interviews of people who came to the mass anti-government demonstration in Budapest yesterday. Worth watching to get a sense for how fed up people are with Orban's Hungary (and it has English subtitles)! telex.hu/english/2024/0…

🇭🇺 As always, the caveat here is that Budapest and Hungary are two entirely different things. The moment such crowds hit the streets in Gyor and Szeged, you know stuff has gone serious.

with the presidency secured, the next wave of state capture measures is nigh. PM Fico rhetorically opened a new front against Supreme Court judges last week to add to the outstanding proposals on public media and foreign funded NGOs. It's going swimmingly for the government rn

So delighted to see my accomplished close friend Prof. Elisa Morgera (since our European University Institute days) appointed as the new UN special rapporteur on #HumanRights + #ClimateChange . She’s the right person to tackle a demanding brief at a pivotal time.
#LeadershipMatters

So delighted to see my accomplished close friend Prof. Elisa Morgera (since our European University Institute days) appointed as the new UN special rapporteur on #HumanRights + #ClimateChange . She’s the right person to tackle a demanding brief at a pivotal time.
#LeadershipMatters

#CongressManifesto promises on #DemocracyDefence : A 🧵

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What a great resource

🧑‍💼🇩🇪🇪🇺 Are you an early career graduate looking to join an NGO/think-tank dealing with democracy and the rule of law? We're recruiting an Associate for our Europe team, a jack of all trades, to assist us with a variety of programmes and tasks. 1/

Thread: Today at noon Israel time the Israeli Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the Gaza petition of five human rights groups (Gisha גישה مسلك of which I am a board member, ACRI of which I was a board member many years, Adalah HaMoked and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI)).

🇸🇰🗳️By far, the biggest rule of law item in CEE this week is Saturday's second round of the Slovak presidential election, which is a paradox of sorts, given how relatively weak the SK president is. Despite that, the choice will have massive consequences for the country and EU. 1/