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…
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people are subject to discrimination, violence and harassment in all parts of…