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President Trump yesterday said that the United States would hit Iran “hard,” in response to Iran’s attacks on bases in Jordan. [...]
This tracker documents the erosion and dismantling of oversight and accountability systems within the U.S. Executive Branch. Some changes may reflect genuine reform goals but,
cumulatively, they create a more permissive environment for corruption and abuse of power to take root. [...]
Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Juliane Kokott, LL.M. (Am. Univ.), S.J.D. (Harvard) ist seit 2003 Generalanwältin am Gerichtshof, dem höchsten Gericht der Europäischen Union. Zuvor
war sie als Professorin für deutsches und ausländisches öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht und Europarecht tätig, zuletzt in St. [...]
Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Juliane Kokott, LL.M. (Am. Univ.), S.J.D. (Harvard) has been an Advocate General at the Court of Justice, the highest Court of the European Union, since
2003. Previously, she was a professor of German and foreign public law, international law, and European law, last in St. [...]
Brussels, do we have a problem with the AI Act? My answer, in essence, was yes. Actually, more than one: overregulation and excessive demand on high-risk AI systems. In June
2026, when the European Parliament adopted the Digital Omnibus on AI, it seemed Brussels had answered my question in its own way. [...]
[Fredah Kanampiu is a journalist in Kenya and a cohort member of WITNESS’ Fortifying Community Truth (FCT) East Africa cohort. Mwara Gichanga is a Communications & Engagement
Coordinator for WITNESS and part of the Fortifying Community Truth project, led by the Training & Partnerships team. Skye Jacob Krabbendam is a student and Seppe [...]
[Natalie Hornos is a Program Manager at WITNESS with over 17 years of experience coordinating social impact, educommunicative, and investigative audiovisual projects across
Brazil and Latin America. A specialist in community cinema, she holds a postgraduate degree in Anthropology and is currently a Master’s in Latin American Studies.] [...]
On September 18, 2026, Bocconi University will host in the hybrid format a seminar on "The Law of Neutrality and the Prohibition of Aggression: Framing an Old Debate in the
Light of Recent State Practice." The speakers will include Evelyne Schmid (Univ. of Lusanne), Alessandra Gianelli (Sapienza Univ. [...]
In May 2026, the Central American Court of Justice (CACJ) quietly ceased operations following Honduras’ withdrawal—a development that attracted little attention despite
marking the end of one of the world’s earliest permanent international courts. Although the CACJ never succeeded in consolidating itself, this post aims to draw [...]