Constitutional

Lithuania’s Constitutional Court Rules Seeing Same-Sex Relationships Won’t Turn Kids Gay – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Lithuania’s Constitutional Court Rules Seeing Same-Sex Relationships Won’t Turn Kids Gay – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

On 18 December 2024, the Lithuanian Constitutional Court held that the law, prohibiting the dissemination of public information depicting same-sex relationships is unconstitutional as it violates the freedom of thought of children and the right to found a family under the Constitution of Lithuania. The decision follows the rationale of the European Court of Human … Read more

Politicizing Constitutional Review – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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Politicizing Constitutional Review – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

In July, the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) did something unprecedented: it passed the Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalised Migration with a 5/6 majority. The law authorizes border guards to refuse applications for international protection in a limited area on Finland’s border – in practice, the eastern land border – except for persons considered vulnerable … Read more

Armenia’s Constitutional Catch-22 – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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Armenia’s Constitutional Catch-22 – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Armenian Constitutional Ruling Obscures the Peace Process with Azerbaijan In October 2024, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan simultaneously approved a Protocol regulating the joint work of their respective border delimitation commissions. Originally signed in August, this Protocol sets the legal and procedural framework for the subsequent border delimitation process between the two South Caucasus … Read more

Is This a Constitutional Democracy – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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Is This a Constitutional Democracy – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Familial Harmony, Pancasila, and Javanese Values in Indonesia’s New Government 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” (Kabinet Merah Putih) may appear peculiar from the perspective of Western democracies due to its concentration of power. … Read more

Fractured Foundations and Pakistan’s Kafkaesque Constitutional Amendment – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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Fractured Foundations and Pakistan’s Kafkaesque Constitutional Amendment – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Pakistan is in the throes of yet another constitutional crisis. The ruling coalition government, which is heavily criticized for coming to power through blatantly rigged elections in February 2024, launched a campaign to amend the 1973 Constitution in significant ways. After weeks of speculation, the federal cabinet approved a draft on Sunday afternoon, which was … Read more

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