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Month: February 2026

The Strasbourg Barometer: Assessing the State of Human Rights Protection in South-East Europe in 2025

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In 2025, the European Convention on Human Rights commemorated its 75th anniversary. For the legal community, this milestone is not merely ceremonial; it represents three-quarters of a century of building a “common public order” across the continent. Yet, for the nations of South-East Europe, the data from this anniversary year serves less as a celebration … →

The Judge is Their Own Executioner: How Constitutional Judges’ Self-Decisions on Their Own Terms of Office Endanger the Montenegrin Rule of Law

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This translation is a redesigned reproduction of the original article that was published on Verfassungsblog on the 15th of January 2026. The original article can be found at the following link Introduction The election of a new judge to the Montenegrin Constitutional Court on November 25, 2025, has once again revealed a structural problem: the judges … →

When a Government Lacks Constitutional Title: U-29/25, Acting Authority, and Executive Legitimacy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Introduction The appointment of the new Government of Republika Srpska in August 2025 unfolded under highly atypical and constitutionally contentious circumstances, ultimately giving rise to one of the most significant constitutional disputes in post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 18 August 2025, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina rendered a final judgment establishing that Milorad Dodik’s … →