As the Ukrainian crisis continues to unfold, attention has shifted from the deposed president Viktor Yanukovych to the Crimea peninsula. …
The recent success of Switzerland’s popular initiative aimed at stopping “mass immigration” came as an irritating surprise and might have…
Switzerland’s political system is shaped around direct democratic participation: Four Sundays a year, Swiss citizens, 18 years or older, get…
Two weeks ago, a bare majority of the Swiss population approved an initiative designed to “Stop Mass Immigration“. The initiative…
Note: this is a revised version of the original post published on 21 December 2013. Additions have been made to…
In a judgment passed on 6 December 2013 the Constitutional Court of Russia (“Court”) for the first time has expressed…
“On the 24th, about half an hour after day-break, land was discovered bearing North East by East ½ East. Upon…
The current state of Russian law On 3 July 2013 Federal Law No 167-FZ “On the amendments to certain Russian…
Current state of Russian law On 29 July 2013 Federal Law No. 135-FZ, which amended certain laws of the Russian…
On 22 November 2013, ITLOS delivered its decision on the request for provisional measures in the case of the Arctic…