VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee

In Africa, the persistence of post-electoral crises despite national legal and political solutions necessitates an exploration of alternative remedies. The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) presents a credible and serious...

In midst of unpredictable geopolitical changes accompanying the end of the post-Cold War convergence around liberal-democratic-capitalist ideas, it is difficult to predict what the next global order would look like. What is however very likely is...

Following a series of disputes between the Judiciary and Legislative branches in Brazil, and in the face of yet another myriad of lawsuits focusing on a range of issues regarding indigenous lands, the Brazilian Supreme Court set up a conciliation...

This article investigates the enduring impact of colonialism on gender equality in post-colonial Commonwealth nations, focusing specifically on examples from West Africa and the Caribbean. It focuses on discriminatory provisions embedded in the...

An island State whose territory has become submerged has thereby, according to an austere view, become extinguished. This may well lead to its people becoming stateless. To refute the austere view and thus to avoid this result requires to argue for...

The claim of constitutional guardianship by apex courts is not uncommon in jurisdictions with constitutional supremacy, including Bangladesh. The article introduces its readers to the notion of constitutional guardianship by examining the...

The effective realization of international human rights law (IHRL) fundamentally depends on its implementation and enforcement within individual states, through legislative, political, and judicial processes. In South Korea, judicial practice has...