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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, you rarely notice it. If you don’t have it, you’ll know what you miss – but then it’s too late. We need to talk about the rule of law because in a growing number of EU member states, the rule of law is already severely damaged - and we will all feel the consequences. We need to talk about the rule of law as Europeans, among Europeans. This is what we, Verfassungsblog and Deutscher Anwaltverein, want to do with this podcast. Twelve weeks, twelve episodes: Every week we invite a number of high-profile political and legal actors and experts to discuss the most urgent aspects of this topic. If you want to be part of this debate, please feel warmly encouraged, do send us your question, use the hashtag #lawrules or send us a speech memo on our Instagram account (@verfassungsblog).

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#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 7: UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite from 2023-01-24T12:54:53

On the 24th of January, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer, we conclude our podcast with a conversation with Margaret Satterthwaite. She is a professor of Clinical Law at New York University and w...

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#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 6: The European Union from 2023-01-20T11:43:32

In the sixth episode of our rule of law podcast #DefendingTheDefenders with Deutscher Anwaltverein, we talk about the European Union and the state of the professional freedom of attorneys there....

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#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 5: Colombia from 2023-01-06T12:02:03

The fifth episode of #DefendingTheDefenders, the rule of law podcast by Deutscher Anwaltverein and Verfassungsblog, focuses on Colombia, where the situation for attorneys and human rights defend...

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#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 4: Turkey from 2022-12-30T13:00

In the fourth episode of #DefendingTheDefenders we talk about the situation of lawyers in Turkey with Veysel Ok. He is an attorney in Istanbul and the Co-Director of the Media and Law Studies As...

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#DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 3: Afghanistan from 2022-12-09T13:00

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 rights, in particular their political rights. In the ...

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#DefendingTheDefenders - Episode 2: Belarus from 2022-11-25T13:29:30

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 criminal attorney turned human rights lawyer in the wak...

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#DefendingTheDefenders - Episode 1: Poland from 2022-11-11T17:30:05

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 first episode, we talk to Mikołaj Pietrzak. He is an att...

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#12 We need to talk about Financial Sanctions from 2020-12-09T10:48:17

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 German presidency has been to link EU funding and complianc...

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#11 We need to talk about the ECJ from 2020-12-04T11:27:37

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 rule of law violations especially in Hungary and Pola...

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#10 We need to talk about the European Convention on Human Rights from 2020-11-25T10:51:17

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 been in place for 70 years precisely this November: t...

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#9 We need to talk about Refugees and Migration Law from 2020-11-18T11:02:52

We need to talk about refugees and migration law. In discussions about these topics, refugees

and migration policy are often being treated as the other of politics a...

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#8 We need to talk about the Penal System from 2020-11-11T12:24:56

 

We need to talk about the Penal System. In European Criminal Law, there largely is consensus that criminal law should be ultima ratio, that is, the last resort whe...

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#7 We need to talk about Legal Education from 2020-11-04T10:03:44

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#6 We need to talk about Attorneys from 2020-10-28T10:42:14

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 remained conspicuously silent about the role of lawyers ...

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#5 We need to talk about Prosecutors from 2020-10-22T09:19:02

Public prosecutors decide whether a criminal suspect is investigated. Or not. They decide whether a person is indicted and whether there will be a trial. Or not.

If you control them, you ...

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#4 We need to talk about Procedural Law from 2020-10-14T15:20:57

Courts don't just exist. They are shaped by organisational and procedural rules which are enacted by the legislative – and can be abused accordingly.

Court packing schemes and tampering w...

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#3 We need to talk about Disciplinary Proceedings from 2020-10-07T11:44:35

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, if so, to impose it. 

Disciplinary procedures, h...

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#2 We need to talk about Judicial Nominations from 2020-09-30T11:30:54

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 and who enters the highest ranks is a decision that has ...

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#1 We need to talk about Constitutional Courts from 2020-09-23T11:15:01

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 are the most important conditions for const...

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#0 Trailer from 2020-09-16T11:04:49

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 with this podcast? Why is this urgent? Listen to the Tra...

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