Emotional surveillance via AI claims access to humanly invisible and pre/unconscious data. This post proposes the recognition of the right to opacity to ensure that our humanly
illegible and pre/unconscious selves be unreadable by law enforcement. [...]
In May 2026, the Pentagon announced that it had reached deals with eight AI companies—SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Oracle—to
“deploy their advanced AI capabilities on the Department’s classified networks for lawful operational use.” These deals came amid a public dispute between another [...]
Am 9. Juli 2026, einen Tag bevor der Bundestag das Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz in zweiter und dritter Lesung beraten sollte, hat der Zweite Senat des BVerfG die Anträge
zweier Abgeordneter und der Linksfraktion auf Feststellung einer Verletzung ihrer organschaftlichen Informationsrechte einstimmig verworfen (2 BvE 3/26). [...]
The ceasefire that temporarily halted major combat operations in Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. campaign against Iran that began on Feb. 28, has now collapsed. Just weeks after
the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in mid-June, Iran began attacking commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the United States struck Iranian [...]
In June 2026, after a two-year transition, the EU Migration and Asylum Pact became applicable across the Union. Its adoption in April 2024 drew condemnation from across the
political spectrum. The European Council on Refugees and Exiles, representing 122 NGOs, called it “a dark day for Europe”, while Viktor Orbán called it “another [...]
Sign up to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR The United States
conducted its 10th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, as Iran attacked a tanker off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz early this morning. [...]
At various points in recent months, proposals have been made to create a “free economic zone” in parts of Ukraine’s territory. These proposals seem to pursue at least
two different purposes. First, they can be understood as an alternative solution to questions of a territorial nature, i.e. [...]
[Catherine Maia is a professor of International Law at Lusófona University (Portugal), and Sciences Po Paris (France)] On 9 June 2026, ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II issued a significant
decision in the Situation in Ukraine concerning the interpretation of Article 97 of the Rome Statute. [...]