According to press reports, a senior Russian military spokesperson has announced that Russia may invoke force majeure clauses in arms…
In the beginning of March this year the topic of secession and self-determination in international law became once more topical.…
This is an updated version of yesterday’s post in the same matter, taking into account today’s vote of the Crimean…
On 3 March 2014 at the emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, called by Russia to set out in…
The following is an appeal from the Ukrainian Association of International Law. The text was first published on EuroMaidanPR. A…
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…