#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 7: UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite
On the 24th of January, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer, we conclude our podcast with a conversation with Margaret Satterthwaite. She is a...
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We need to talk about the Rule of Law
Independent courts, judges who will withstand political pressure and rule against the will of the government if the law demands it. It’s called the rule of law, and as long as you have it, y...
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20 episodes#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 6: The European Union
In the sixth episode of our rule of law podcast #DefendingTheDefenders with Deutscher Anwaltverein, we talk about the European Union and the...
#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 5: Colombia
The fifth episode of #DefendingTheDefenders, the rule of law podcast by Deutscher Anwaltverein and Verfassungsblog, focuses on Colombia, whe...
#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 4: Turkey
In the fourth episode of #DefendingTheDefenders we talk about the situation of lawyers in Turkey with Veysel Ok. He is an attorney in Istanb...
#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 3: Afghanistan
When the Taliban took over power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, it was a disaster for women. Immediately, they were stripped of their...
#DefendingTheDefenders - Episode 2: Belarus
In the second episode of Defending the Defenders, we talk to Dmitri Laevski about the rule of law and human rights in Belarus. Dmitri is a c...
#DefendingTheDefenders - Episode 1: Poland
We Need to Talk About the Rule of Law is back for a second season that focuses on the impact of rule of law erosions on attorneys. In the fi...
#12 We need to talk about Financial Sanctions
As our podcast comes to an end, the year and the German presidency of the European Council do too. One of the foremost projects of the Germa...
#11 We need to talk about the ECJ
The European Court of Justice has been in the middle of the European rule of law crisis for the last couple of years – and it has called out...
#10 We need to talk about the European Convention on Human Rights
Europe is larger than the EU – and a European framework aiming at preserving basic rights and freedoms as well as rule of law safeguards has...
#9 We need to talk about Refugees and Migration Law
We need to talk about refugees and migration law. In discussions about these topics, refugees and migration policy are often being treated a...
#8 We need to talk about the Penal System
We need to talk about the Penal System. In European Criminal Law, there largely is consensus that criminal law should be ultima ratio, that...
#7 We need to talk about Legal Education
We need to talk about legal education. As the last couple of episodes of our podcast have demonstrated, preserving the rule of law depends t...
#6 We need to talk about Attorneys
Attorneys are not on everyone’s mind when they think about the rule of law. The European Commission gave a prime example for that when it re...
#5 We need to talk about Prosecutors
Public prosecutors decide whether a criminal suspect is investigated. Or not. They decide whether a person is indicted and whether there wil...
#4 We need to talk about Procedural Law
Courts don't just exist. They are shaped by organisational and procedural rules which are enacted by the legislative – and can be abused acc...
#3 We need to talk about Disciplinary Proceedings
Judges, as all other people, sometimes misbehave. In that case, a procedure needs to be in place to examine if a sanction is required and, i...
#2 We need to talk about Judicial Nominations
It's easy to agree that judicial independence is important – but who gets to be a part of the judiciary, who gets promoted to which court an...
#1 We need to talk about Constitutional Courts
Constitutional courts are under attack in many countries in Europe and beyond. Why? And why now? What can be done to protect them, and what...
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What is our new podcast going to be about? What is the concept behind "We need to talk about the rule of law"? What do we want to achieve wi...