"Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on these fields of interest, be they focused on one country or comparative, theoretical or methodological in nature. Next to extensive articles, the journal publishes shorter reports about current events or conferences as well as book reviews. As a special service, each issue of "Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" contains an international bibliography of relevant publications from around the world. This is compiled in cooperation with the Leibniz-Institute for Global and Regional Studies in Hamburg (GIGA). "Law and Politics" addresses authors and readers on all continents and aims to serve as a forum of mutual exchange. The journal is open for contributions from legal and social sciences as well as for analyses from practitioners. The journal is published quarterly and welcomes contributions in German, English, Spanish and French. Website: www.vrue.nomos.de
This article engages in a critical analysis of the European Social Charter’s scheme to safeguard the health of people on the move, including refugees, asylum-seekers and irregular migrants. It aims to assess how the European Committee of Social...
This article explores the evolving role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) in addressing climate-induced human mobility, focusing on its landmark Advisory Opinion AO-32/2025 on Climate Emergency and Human Rights. It argues that the...
In recent years, Latin America has witnessed two interrelated trends. The Inter-American System of Human Rights has been developing standards relating to the rights of migrants and refugees since its Advisory Opinion (AO) 18/03, and the rights of...
This article analyses transformations in migration governance in Argentina and Chile between 2015 and 2025, focusing on access to regular status as a central dimension. Despite their historically divergent normative frameworks -one more...
Colombia’s Estatuto Temporal de Protección para Migrantes Venezolanos (ETPV), adopted in 2021, is one of the most ambitious regularization programs in the world, granting nearly two million Venezuelans ten years of legal status, access to social...
This article examines the development of the legal framework regulating mineral and coal mining in Indonesia, highlighting the adequacy of public participation and its constitutional implications. The study analyses four primary Mining Law...
This article offers a comparative case law analysis of how courts address standing in climate litigation. Taking U.S. federal Article III standing as a reference point, it examines how courts in various jurisdictions confront analogous threshold...
Spain, the colonial administrator of Western Sahara, entered into an agreement with Morocco and Mauritania in 1975. The agreement conceded to territorial claims of Morocco and Mauritania. The people of Western Sahara resisted the agreement and the...