The EU has frozen 210 billion in Russian central bank assets. Brussels is currently planning to funnel the proceeds to help rebuild Ukraine. But why not use all the money as reparations? Patrick Heinemann believes this is legally possible.
A Turkish court ignores the Constitutional Court's judgment, and the prosecution investigates the judges. The case concerns an imprisoned lawyer and member of parliament. Is the Constitutional Court about to be disempowered?
In exercising its right of self-defence, Israel is aware of its obligation to take all feasible precautions to spare civilians. Matthias Herdegen explains the conditions – and how Hamas and Iran could be held accountable.
Is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine? In the opinion of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, this is very likely the case. There are "systematic violations of all five prohibited acts" under the Genocide Convention.
Copyright law is, due to the use of creative AI, once again facing immense challenges. This also applies to publishers, film producers and other rights exploiters, who must now make proper preparations, says Jan Bernd Nordemann.
Russia has declared the "anti-terror operation" in Belgorod over, but there are new drone attacks. Simon Gauseweg explains that Russia is using contradictory legal terms – and who the fighters could be attributed to.
Due to climate change, more people will have to flee their homes in the future. Is the protection under the UN Refugee Convention sufficient? Eilidh Beaton proposes a reform.
Leaked messages published by Die Zeit suggest that Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer reportedly interfered in reporting by the Bild newspaper. Yet the Springer Company’s own Code of Conduct explicitly forbids exactly this sort of interference.