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Criminalising ‘Conversion Therapy’

The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 1, Page 28-62, January 2026.
An increasing number of jurisdictions have introduced legal bans on so‐called ‘conversion therapy’ practices. Yet significant uncertainty and disagreement persist among legal scholars, policymakers and advocates about whether criminal law is an appropriate tool in this area and, if so, how it should be used.
Ilias Trispiotis, Stuart Goosey
wiley   +1 more source

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MOST RECENT ECtHR GRAND CHAMBER RULINGS [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society
Climate change is a reality that is already threatening our existence, and it could not be ignored anymore. Every day, on television, at the radio, at work, on the streets, in schools and universities, at home, we discuss about climate change and its ...
Laura-Cristiana SPĂTARU-NEGURĂ
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What Judges Need to Know: The Anti‐Factual Challenge and Judicial Review

The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 1, Page 3-27, January 2026.
Today, there is a ‘knowledge crisis’, informing ‘societies of doubt’. Looked at more closely, we are confronted with attacks on expertise and knowledge, on facts and truth, as one chapter in the autocratic playbook. This challenges the legal system in many ways, be it legislation and other types of regulation, or administration and governance, as well ...
Susanne Baer
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PROPERTY RESTITUTION IN LITHUANIA, AN REPARATORY TOOL IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE? [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society
In Lithuania, the 90s marked the beginnings of a transitional period toward the reconstruction of a democratic state. On the one hand, it emerged as the ideal model, a new societal and state project, a democratic society, with a state founded on ...
Bianca Elena RADU
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Alienation, equality, and multifaith establishment

American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 1, Page 272-285, January 2026.
Abstract Religious establishment today often takes a multifaith form, whereby multiple religions are supported in different ways and to different degrees. In order to contribute to the development of a normative framework for assessing practices and regimes of multifaith establishment, this article recommends the concept of “social alienation ...
Andrew Shorten
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Switzerland: Political Developments and Data in 2024

European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 611-636, December 2025.
Abstract In 2024, while Switzerland was no longer grappling with immediate crises, the lingering effects of an overlapping crisis remained evident. Public dissatisfaction grew, driven by perceptions that state interventions disproportionately favoured banks and large corporations, while the needs of ordinary citizens amid a cost‐of‐living crisis were ...
RAHEL FREIBURGHAUS
wiley   +1 more source

THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF A HUMAN RIGHT TO A CLEAN ENVIRONEMENT BY ECTHR JURISPRUDENCE [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2015
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) does not specifically recognize a right to a clean environment, nor speaks specifically about environmental issues.
Oana Maria HANCIU
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Barnahus standards in the light of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 35-65, December 2025.
Abstract The connection between the Icelandic Barnahus model and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Convention), adopted in New York on November 20, 1989, is both significant and multifaceted. The Barnahus model, now widely adopted in numerous countries, represents an integrated approach tailored to address the needs of abused ...
Csongor Herke, Barabara Katalin Herke‐Fábos, Farshad Mohamadi   +2 more
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The Price of Suffering? Monetary Compensation Claims for the Danish State's Postcolonial Child Displacement in Greenland

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 48, Issue 2, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores how the cost of harm and suffering are measured and monetized in contemporary compensation claims for postcolonial child removals from Greenland to Denmark. I ask how painful past experiences can be translated into legal compensation claims and which forms of harm remain uncounted and, therefore, economically worthless. I
Saana Hansen
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“Access Denied” – Interpreting the Digital Divide by Examining the Right of Prisoners to Access the Internet in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
The present paper aims to investigate prisoners’ rights to use and access the Internet, focusing on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Lendvai Gergely Ferenc, Gosztonyi Gergely   +1 more
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