The ICJ and partners published today Counter-terrorism and human rights in the courts: guidance for judges, prosecutors and lawyers on application of EU Directive 2017/541 on combatting terrorism (the Guidance). (more…)
Today, in Brussels, the ICJ held a roundtable discussion on the impact of counter-terrorism laws on specific groups, including children, and ethnic and religious groups. (more…)
Today, the ICJ and Bundesfachverband unbegleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge (BumF) are holding a training for lawyers on the rights of migrant children and on accessing international human rights mechanisms in Berlin. (more…)
The ICJ has submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child an alternative report in advance of the Committee’s examination of the third and fourth periodic reports of Germany under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (more…)
Banning second parent adoption by a same-sex registered partner is a violation of the right of equal treatment. 1 BvL 1/11, Constitutional Court of Germany (19 February 2013) (Full text of judgment in German, DOC)
In the event of a “divorce,” registered partners should have the same land transfer tax benefits as married couples. The Court gave the legislature a time frame to revise the regulations in order to apply retroactively. 1 BvL 16/11, Constitutional Court of Germany (18 July 2012), (Full text of Judgment in German, URL)
