Direkt zum Inhalt springen

Hauptnavigation

  • Politics
  • Society
  • Culture
  • Topics
  • Deutsch
  • English
  • عربي

Rule of law

All topics
  • Men wearing lawyers' gowns protest in a crowd.
    Civil society since the Arab Spring

    Europe must support the agents of change

    Civil society organisations in West Asia and North Africa face widespread repression. But instead of supporting activists on the ground, European policymakers continue to prop up autocratic regimes.

  • Wahlplakate in Frankfurt am Main
    German elections 2025

    The myth of the "dual national criminal"

    In this election campaign, people with "migrant backgrounds" are being depicted as a threat to public safety. The term "criminal foreigners" is being widely used, and candidates are calling for the revocation of dual citizenship. But these arguments have no basis in fact.

  • A man and two women wearing headscarves stand in front of a memorial plaque for the victims of the knife attack in Solingen.
    Deportations to Afghanistan and Syria

    The rule of law and its careless enemies

    Those who turn to Assad or the Taliban instead of the German constitutional state when it comes to questions of security, fail to understand what makes those regimes tick.

  • Displaced Syrian man Walid Muhammad Abdel-Baqi shows pictures of his dead son Walid on his phone
    Syrians in Lebanon

    Not safe to stay, not safe to go home

    Desperate Syrians are weighing up whether to stay in an increasingly hostile Lebanon or risk a precarious existence in areas held by the Syrian opposition. The return journey is deadly and conditions in Syria are tough

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, 13 May 2024
    International Criminal Court

    What would an arrest warrant mean for Israeli PM Netanyahu?

    The International Criminal Court could issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with his defence minister and three Hamas leaders. If it does, what are the potential consequences?

  • Even before the mass protests against the AfD in 2024, a cultural movement was forming against the rise of the far right
    German culture scene unites against far-right

    "The Many" against the AfD

    Germany's right-wing AfD continues to gain ground in the polls. Many involved in the country's cultural scene fear the party will restrict artistic freedoms following the next election and have therefore launched their own campaign

  • Chanted thousands of times, but highly controversial: pro-Palestinian slogan ‘From the river to the sea’ at a demonstration in London
    “From the river to the sea”

    How to interpret a slogan

    The notion that the slogan is sweepingly anti-Semitic falls short of the mark. But extremist interpretations need to be condemned – on both the Israeli and the Palestinian side

  • Kebabs from Berlin were served in the garden of the German embassy's summer residence by the German president and Berlin restauranteur Keles
    German-Turkish relations

    Towards a modern policy on Turkey

    Political and diplomatic relations between Germany and Turkey are marked by dissent, but the numerous flashpoints in the Middle East are now bringing the two countries closer together. The German President's deft balancing act on his trip to Turkey points the way toward a pragmatic policy on Turkey

  • Rubble as far as the eye can see in Gaza
    Germany and the Netanyahu government

    Death zone Gaza: Germany is complicit

    For years, Germany has been Israel's second most important supplier of arms. As a result, German weapons have ended up being used in the Gaza war. As evidence piles up of serious legal violations by Israel, the question of whether the German government is complicit in this catastrophic situation must be asked

  • Palestinian Authority Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki (r) and members of his delegation listen to a hearing on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories at the ICJ in the Hague
    ICJ "genocide" case brought against Germany

    Berlin's unconditional support for Israel

    Nicaragua has brought a case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague aiming to end Germany's ongoing support for Israel, claiming it violates the Genocide Convention. The outcome is likely to be historic

  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks serious as he stands at a lectern covered in flowers
    2024 General election in India

    A third term for Hindu nationalism?

    As the world's largest democracy gets ready to vote in the upcoming general election, Narendra Modi and his BJP look set to win a third consecutive term in power. Critics warn, however, that if the BJP wins another election victory, it will continue reshaping the country into a Hindu state.

  • Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu waves in front of supporters as they celebrate outside the main municipality building following municipal elections across Turkey, Istanbul, 31 March 2024
    Local elections in Turkey

    How the opposition won

    Turkey's economic woes are the reason why so many voters turned against long-sitting President Erdoğan, experts say.

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • …
  • Next page

Footer

  • About Us
  • Imprint
  • Privacy Policy
  • Declaration of Accessibility