11 October 2022
“Woman. Life. Freedom” and the Fate of Iran’s Constitutional Order
Streets of Tehran and other cities from Kurdistan to Zahedan are the scenes of unprecedented protests in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran for its fourth consecutive week. The protests initially erupted when Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by Morality Police in Tehran for what the government alleged to be improper hijab, shortly died in police custody. Her death was the latest and most tragic story of countless women whose bodies are policed and are subject to the state’s ideological homogenization on a daily basis. Continue reading >>
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16 June 2018
Wurde Ali B. rechtswidrig aus dem Irak nach Deutschland geholt?
Nun, wo die „Heldenpolizisten“ in die Heimat zurückgekehrt sind, geht das Drama um den gewaltsamen Tod der 14-jährigen Susanna in den dritten Akt. Was war das eigentlich rechtlich, das da am vergangenen Samstag in Erbil geschah und letztlich zur Festnahme des Tatverdächtigen Ali B. durch die Bundespolizei führte? Eine „Auslieferung“? Eine „Abschiebung“? Oder doch ein „Rechtsverstoß“ oder „Freiheitsberaubung“? Continue reading >>22 October 2017
The Kurdistan Independence Referendum and Constitutional Self-Determination
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held a non-binding independence referendum on 25 September 2017. Voters were asked: ‘Do you want the Kurdistan Region and the Kurdistani areas outside the region’s administration to become an independent state?’ Voting occurred in Kirkuk and the Kurdish-controlled parts of other territories in northern Iraq whose disputed status is recognized in the Iraqi constitution. In retrospect, Kurdish leaders seem to have overreached politically, as the Iraqi armed forces and allied militias have in recent days seized Kirkuk Governorate from Kurdish control. But was it legal overreach? Continue reading >>28 September 2017