Can Party Bans be allowed in Greece? A rather neglected provision, that of article 29.1 of the Greek Constitution, concerning the right to found and join political parties, has been in vogue during the past decade in Greece. The original cause of such revival was the infamous case of the far-right Golden Dawn party … →
In a recent blog post, the High Representative (HR), whose authority derives from the Bonn Conference conclusions, Annex X of the Dayton Peace Accords (DPA), and relevant UN resolutions, was described as an instrument of external militant democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). While we do not fundamentally dispute this characterization, we argue that the … →
Introduction A key debate in Türkiye is the ideal relationship between religion and state. When the Republic of Türkiye was founded in 1923, it adopted Islam as the official religion, but gradually adopted a secular system. In this context, the caliphate was abolished in 1924, the regulation stating that Islam was the official religion of … →
