article thumbnail

Litigating Enforcement: Germany’s Contested Climate Governance and the New Wave of Climate Litigation

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Germany that the federal government must adopt an immediate action program (‘Sofortprogramm’) under the Federal Climate Change Act (CCA). Germany of the Federal Constitutional Court, the focus of the decision is not on fundamental rights, but on administrative questions of climate governance and enforcement.

article thumbnail

Europe rights court: Turkey liable for freedom of expression right violation

JURIST

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Turkey government violated Article 10 freedom of expression of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by imposing law on citizens which prosecuted them for insulting the president. The case was brought before the ECHR in 2019 by Vedat ?orli.

Court 181
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Out Now: Treatment of Foreign Law in Asia

Conflict of Laws

A book edited by Kazuaki Nishioka on Treatment of Foreign Law in Asia has just been published in the Hart Studies in Private International Law -Asia. The blurb read as follows: How do Asian courts ascertain, interpret, and apply a foreign law as the law governing the merits of the case?

Laws 63
article thumbnail

The New Saudi Civil Transaction Act and its Potential Impact on Private International Law in Saudi Arabia

Conflict of Laws

Like most of the civil law codifications in the region, the new law focuses mainly on the so-called “patrimonial law,” i.e., property rights and obligations (contractual and non-contractual).

article thumbnail

Germany top court rules Berlin rent cap is unconstitutional

JURIST

The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The rent cap was enacted in February 2020 as an attempt by the local government to stifle rent hikes and gentrification. It froze rental rates for 1.5

article thumbnail

Implied Jurisdiction Agreements in International Commercial Contracts

Conflict of Laws

However, by their very nature, implied terms offer less clarity concerning the governing law and jurisdiction agreements. The 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (HCCA) governs exclusive choice of court agreements from a global perspective. Articles 3(c) and 5(1) address formal and substantive validity.

article thumbnail

Human rights groups join WhatsApp suit against Israel spyware vendor

JURIST

A coalition of human rights groups joined Wednesday WhatsApp’s lawsuit against Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group and accused the company of selling Pegasus surveillance software to government agencies to target human rights activists under the guise of terrorism laws. The groups filed an amicus brief before the U.S.