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László Sólyom (1942-2023), the founding President of the Hungarian Constitutional Court, later also the President of the Republic of Hungary (2005-2010), died on 8 October at the age of 81. Sólyom was a crucial player at the Round Table negotiations, which designed the constitutional framework of the 1989 democratic transition from communist rule, from January […]

The UK Home Secretary’s recent narrative relating to asylum seekers is harmful, concerning, and could be another attempt (following the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA 2023)) to foreground intentions to justify circumventing or undermining obligations under the Refugee Convention. The current UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, recently delivered a speech to US-based think-tank American Enterprise […]

Human rights actors are increasingly highlighting the negative impact that legal non-recognition has on non-binary communities. However, the possibilities for, and implications of, various reform options in England and Wales remain underexplored. It is imperative that scholars, lawyers and policymakers fully understand these options so that reform achieves its desired aims and legal uncertainty is […]