Adolescents’ ‘consent’ to sex: Law and morality in the age of consent laws The age of consent has risen over time throughout the world. Is this due to ‘moral panic’ over pedophilia? A look at debates on the age of consent illuminates the relationship between law, morality, and liberty. Hoko Horii • May 20, 2020 • 3 comments
Is monetary policy too important to be left to judges? Last week’s controversial judgment of Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court exposed the challenges for judges in ruling on macro-economic matters. Nathan de Arriba-Sellier • May 18, 2020
Rule of law conditionality in EU spending: Time to pull the plug on illiberalism Illiberal leaders in Poland and Hungary are using Covid-19 to consolidate their powers and violate EU values. Could the Union’s budget be used as leverage to force them to comply with the rule of law? Amandine van Zuylen • May 13, 2020
How to exit the exit? Corona crisis during social unrest In some countries the COVID-19 pandemic has put protests and social unrest on hold. How should lockdown exit strategies in those countries take special account of human rights standards? Carolina Flores • May 12, 2020
Resettlement after disaster in Mozambique After Cyclone Idai, the Mozambican government moved people from high-risk affected areas to new settlements. However, State-led resettlement is often problematic and fails to provide durable solutions. Bernardo Almeida and Carolien Jacobs • May 11, 2020
The precarisation of sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic Sex workers around the world are unable to work because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have turned to digital sex work but many are in increasingly precarious situations and are excluded from receiving support from their governments. Hannah DeLacey • May 10, 2020
The Dutch Supreme Court assures us: an insurance portfolio cannot be used as collateral The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance portfolio as such cannot be pledged. With this ruling clarity is provided on an issue that was the subject of debat for a long time. Sarah Deaney • May 09, 2020
Giving Privacy a Bad Name What is all the fuss with contact tracing apps about? Mark Leiser • May 08, 2020
Politicizing the pandemic: Poland’s response to COVID-19 How Poland’s government and the ruling conservative PiS party have used the coronavirus pandemic in their quest to secure more power Maryla Klajn • May 07, 2020
