This category contains the posts from the series ‘Right-Wing Extremists in Power: Party Bans in Europe under Focus’ edited by Jessika Eichler, affiliated with Law & Anthropology Department, Max Planck Institute
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06, 2024
Introduction to Blog Series: Right-Wing Extremists in Power: Party Bans in Europe under Focus
The present SLSA Blog Series engages with one of the most pressing human rights issues in present-day Europe, that is, the rise of right-wing extremism, and with it, the success of right-wing parties on the extreme side of the political spectrum, including parliamentary representation. The Series places a dedicated focus on constitutional venues such as [...]
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06, 2024
A legal weapon against the Far Right? Legal perspectives on the prohibition of political organisations in France
Augustin Berthout, PhD candidate, Montpellier University On the 11th of May 2024, the far-right organisation “Comité du 9 mai” marched through the streets of Paris after the administrative judge had suspended the ban on the demonstration imposed by the Préfet a few days earlier. The demonstration commemorated the 30th anniversary of the death of an [...]
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06, 2024
Banning AfD – Homage to an Inclusive Idea of Democracy
Jessika Eichler, affiliated with Law & Anthropology Department, Max Planck Institute It seems that a one-sided idea of democratic thinking has been gaining ground in the public discourse, and with it, a steady alienation from what constitutional courts at least would qualify as non-derogable principles such as, famously, human dignity and the protection against discrimination [...]