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Dimitri Spieker

@dimitrispieker.bsky.social
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Postdoc at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & Senior Research Fellow @mpil.de | Dr. iur. | Author of “EU Values Before the Court of Justice” (OUP) | Passionate about EU, Constitutional and Public Law | 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇪🇺 Profile: tinyurl.com/3cf64jtd

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Die Junge Akademie @jungeakademie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📣 Neue Mitglieder gesucht! Bis zum 11.11. können sich exzellente Wissenschaftler*innen u. Künstler*innen mit Begeisterung für den interdisziplinären Austausch an der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft, Kunst, Gesellschaft und Politik um eine Mitgliedschaft bewerben: 🔗 diejungeakademie.de/de/mitglied-...
Grafik mit dem Text „Wir laden zur Bewerbung ein!“. Darunter stehen die Begriffe „Wissenschaft“, „Kunst“ und „Gesellschaft“. Unten ist das Logo der Jungen Akademie platziert. Der Text sowie eine kugelförmige Netzwerkstruktur in den Farben Grün, Blau und Rot sind auf hellgrauem Hintergrund platziert.
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 03/07/2026
Is the justiciability of Article 2 TEU an act of self-empowerment by the Court? LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER argues that its activation is rather the result of a collective interpretation by the European society. verfassungsblog.de/a-european-s... @mpil.de
Quote: "Inclusivity, representativeness, and deliberation should guide the interpretation of Article 2 TEU."
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Victor Loxen @victorloxen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
do come and spread the word
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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Man könnte auch sagen: Super, dass viele Teil der Gesellschaft sein wollen. Aber nein, nur mehr Abschottung ist die Antwort. "Der CDU-Politiker Alexander Throm hat nach dem sich abzeichnenden Höchststand bei Einbürgerungen in 🇩🇪 rechtliche Verschärfungen gefordert." www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Einbürgerung: Unionspolitiker wollen Einbürgerungsregeln verschärfen
CDU-Politiker Alexander Throm will Einbürgerungsreformen der Ampelregierung rückgängig machen. Grund dafür ist ein Höchststand bei Einbürgerungen.
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 09/05/2026
We are launching the symposium “On Law and Politics in the Hungarian Transition” to explore what constitutional repair in Hungary can look like after Tisza's landslide victory. PÁL SONNEVEND argues: a new constitution would be a mistake. verfassungsblog.de/hungary-cons...
Quote from our newest blogpost by Pál Sonnevend: “A quick constitutional repair needs to fix those elements of the Fundamental Law that are in breach of the common European values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.”
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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
⚖️🌈 The court’s ruling raises serious concerns regarding the sovereignty of member states and constitutional identity. In light of these concerns, the Hungarian government will not implement the ruling, writes Viktor Orbán in a letter, he sent today to the President of the Republic.
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 30/04/2026
The CJEU sees the Hungarian anti-LGBTIQ* law as stigmatisation that may foster hateful conduct and thus violates European values. ARMIN VON BOGDANDY and LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER argue that with this decision, the Court advances European society. verfassungsblog.de/the-red-line...
After years of academic controversy, there is now clarity: Article 2 TEU itself is a justiciable provision.
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hungarians deserve every congratulations for giving Peter Magyar a bigger margin than Orban has ever gotten in all of his rigged elections - and this within the system that Orban rigged. Magyar now has a constitutional majority to undo Orban's constitutional prison and govern as a democratic leader.
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban called Magyar to congratulate Magyar - and admitted defeat to his supporters. It's over. Peter Magyar and his Tisza Party wins with such an overwhelming victory that he has two-thirds of the seats in the parliament and can undo Orban's autocratic legalism!
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Perhaps a good time to bring up again our proposal with @dimitrispieker.bsky.social and Ulrich Karpenstein on how to suspend Hungary’s voting rights based on a breach of solidarity in CFSP: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
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A Matter of Solidarity: A New Approach to Revive Article 7 TEU Against Hungary
Viktor Orbán increasingly undermines the EU’s collective interests. The Hungarian government systematically uses its veto powers to block Ukrainian military aid and accession negotiations and to dilu...
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A long read on national competences and the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social in the @euconst.bsky.social I tried to make sense of and refute claims that the Court must respect national competences when interpreting substantive EU law (many will be reminded of the “retained powers” formula…).
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Good to see @europarl.europa.eu refer to principle of solidarity in its resolution on Hungary calling for triggering of Art. 7(2) TEU. With @dimitrispieker.bsky.social and Ulrich Karpenstein, we argued that new Art. 7 procedure should be initiated against HU based on breaches of solidarity in CFSP
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 16/10/2025
The EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia could be blocked by Hungary & Slovakia. Max Planck scholars Armin von Bogdandy & Dimitri Spieker explore legal avenues on how to overcome the vetoes & break the deadlock. www.mpg.de/25538859/eu-... @mpil.de @dimitrispieker.bsky.social
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Sanctions against Russia: ways to break the deadlock
How can the EU extend sanctions against Russia despite resistance from Hungary and Slovakia? The focus is on the EU’s 19th sanctions package, which would use around €140 billion in frozen Russian asse...
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The Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science @mpips.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We are thrilled to announce that @steffenmau.bsky.social, one of Germany’s leading sociologists, has been appointed Director at our Institute. He will lead a new Department on Inequality, Transformation & Conflict, addressing pressing societal challenges via cutting-edge social science research.
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 01/09/2025
Recently, Armin von Bogdandy and @dimitrispieker.bsky.social put forward a proposal on how to overcome the Hungarian veto, followed by a sharp response from Martijn van den Brink and Mark Dawson. Do Dawson and van den Brink’s objections convince? A rejoinder: verfassungsblog.de/overcoming-o...
Quote: “The disagreement between Dawson, van den Brink, and us reflects a deeper controversy over the role of scholars in society, often framed as a ‘controversy over method’.”
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
For those who work in EU law, this debate is vital to the future of the Union. Can the EU survive with a dictatorship in its midst, using its veto on matters existential to the EU? Here are creative ways around the veto, honoring the rule of law.
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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
For @sarahganty.bsky.social & I it was an Article 2 TEU #pride‼️ Respect the values, Orbán‼️🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈Hungary is too beautiful and loving to flush it down the drain with illegal nonesense‼️ @ilgaeurope.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Wow, this would be a huge, and highly necessary step! 25 years after AG Jacob’s opinion in UPA, AG Emiliou gives overturning Plaumann another try.
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 13/06/2025
Hungary is threatening to obstruct the extension of EU sanctions against Russia. A lot is at stake, including Europe's security. ARMIN VON BOGDANDY & LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER (@mpil.de) with a new proposal on how to overcome Hungary's veto: verfassungsblog.de/hungarian-ve...
Quote: "Neutralising the Hungarian obstruction is an extraordinary response to an extraordinary situation, namely Hungary’s support for the Russian aggression."
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ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
📢 Join our #StrategicLitigation webinar on 12 June at 12:30 CEST! We'll unpack the European Commission’s infringement case against Hungary & its impact on future #LGBTI rights in the EU. 🎙 With Háttér Society, legal experts & more. 🔗 Register now www.ilga-europe.org/news/what-th...
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SCRIPTS Berlin @scripts-berlin.eu · 22/05/2025
SCRIPTS is celebrating! 🎉 We have been awarded a second round of funding through the DFG’s Excellence Strategy! We're excited to continue exploring how democracies adapt under pressure—our new focus: democratic resilience. More to come as we prepare for SCRIPTS 2.0! #Democracy #ExcellenceStrategy
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MPIL Heidelberg @mpil.de · 21/05/2025
📢 Out now: Is EU law over-constitutionalised? Dieter Grimm thinks so. In his latest article, @dimitrispieker.bsky.social challenges that view, arguing that the Treaties’ rigidity is overestimated and that judicial responsiveness and legislative activity are underestimated. doi.org/10.1017/glj....
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for publishing my take on Commission v Malta. “Golden passports” violate the value of solidarity!
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EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
#ECJ: The Maltese investor citizenship scheme is contrary to #EULaw #EUCitizenship golden #passports 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
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Communiqués de presse - Cour de justice de l'Union européenne
Court of Justice of the European Union
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Maltas Verkauf von Staatsbürgerschaften ist illegal #EuGH #Malta
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Maltas Verkauf von Staatsbürgerschaften ist illegal
Wer viel Geld investiert, konnte bislang Bürger Maltas werden - und sich damit in der EU frei bewegen.
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
In @faznet.bsky.social beschwören Ulrich Karpenstein und ich die neue Bundesregierung, sich für einen 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙯𝙪𝙜 𝙐𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙪𝙛 𝙀𝙐-𝙀𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚 Stark zu machen! 👉 www.faz.net/einspruch/wa...
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Warum sich die Bundesregierung in Brüssel für einen Stimmrechtsentzug Ungarns einsetzen muss
Bei der anstehenden Verlängerung der Russland-Sanktionen ist Ungarns Veto vorprogrammiert. Es bleiben nur wenige Wochen, um eine Blockade abzuwenden. Das nötige Instrument dazu liefern die Europäische...
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🚨📢Come work with us! We at Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados! The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025! www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
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Planned Call for applications: Ten doctoral research positions
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Just use Art. 7(2) TEU and strip Hungary of its voting rights in the Council! There is momentum for this step as I argue here: verfassungsblog.de/tackling-orb...
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Tackling the Union’s “Orbán Problem” Now
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On @verfassungsblog.de I call for tackling the Union's "Orban Problem" NOW! 📣 The momentum has never been better! The @ec.europa.eu should bring a new proposal under Art. 7(2) TEU, which couples restraint and boldness.
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Ansgar Wolsing @ansgarw.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Land does not vote. Eine Karte wie zu Beginn der Animation ist seit der Bundestagswahl oft zu sehen gewesen. Sie zeigt die Parteizugehörigkeit der Wahlkreissieger nach Erststimmen. Wir sehen: ziemlich viel AfD-Blau. 🧵 #Bundestagswahl 📊
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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🇪🇺 In the new #ZaöRV’s Comment: @dimitrispieker.bsky.social argues why protecting #EU values does not require treaty change. Read his take #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/... #EUlaw #RuleOfLaw #HJIL
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Publication alert! New comment in @mpil.de's ZaöRV (open access)! 🎓📚 The piece tackles the question of whether we should aim at changing the EU Treaties to better protect EU values. My take: no! We should trust the Treaties! Read my text open access here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...
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MPIL Heidelberg @mpil.de · 11/02/2025
Ist die EU ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen? Mehr dazu im Beitrag von @dimitrispieker.bsky.social in der Europäischen Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht!
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
"Queer Theory" in der traditionsreichen EuZW?! Das geht?! Und wie! 👉 Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Die Europäische Union: ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen?, EuZW 2025, 112-124 👉 Zum Text: beck-online.beck.de/Dokument?vpa... Bei Interesse am Beitrag, gerne eine Nachricht an mich!
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MPIL Heidelberg @mpil.de · 31/01/2025
📢 Out now: Das Studienbuch „Unionsverfassungsrecht. Eine Neubestimmung anhand der Grundlagen im EU-Vertrag“, herausgegeben von Jürgen Bast und Armin von Bogdandy ist jetzt Open Access verfügbar! 📖🇪🇺 🔗 Zur Veröffentlichug: doi.org/10.5771/9783... #EURecht #MPIL #OpenAccess
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MPIL Heidelberg @mpil.de · 03/02/2025
Mit Impulsen von:   Matthias Ruffert (@humboldtuni.bsky.social), Mark Dawson (@delorsberlin.bsky.social @thehertieschool.bsky.social), Frank Schorkopf (@unigoettingen.bsky.social)  Roya Sangi (Redeker Sellner Dahs), Kirsten Scholl (@bmwk.de) und  Antje Wiener (@uni-hamburg.de)
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Tolles Event am 20. Februar an der @humboldtuni.bsky.social mit wunderbaren Gästen! Anmelden bei berlin@mpil.de!
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Insbesondere in Zeiten, in denen europäische Rechtsstaatlichkeit auch in Deutschland ins Wanken gerät, ist dieses Studienbuch zum Unionsverfassungsrecht relevant und wichtig!
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TagesschauVor20Jahren @tagesschauvor20.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
[16.10.00] In der Union wird darüber gestritten, ob die Einwanderung Thema des Bundestagswahlkampfes 2002 werden soll. CDU-Chefin Merkel äußert sich zurückhaltend gegenüber einem entsprechenden Vorstoß vom Fraktionsvorsitzenden Merz.
"Diskussion über Zuwanderung": Jens Riewa leitet die Meldung ein. Im Hintergrund eine Grafik der beiden Logos von CDU und CSU. Angela Merkel, CDU-VorsitzendeFriedrich Merz, Fraktionsvorsitzender.
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Wahnsinn, was Hans-Jürgen Papier da von sich gibt… dass die CDU diese Einschätzung für bare Münze nimmt ist nicht zu fassen. Wirklich schockierend!
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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Scheiss-Gerichte" - so reden CDUler jetzt über den Rechtsstaat. Es geht um viel mehr als die Migration. Das sollte allen klar sein. www.zeit.de/2025/05/asyl...
Auch CDU-Generalsekretär Carsten Linnemann lobte Merz’ Schritt: Die Leute hätten genug vom "Nazi-Bashing gegen die AfD und dem Gerede über die Brandmauer". Niemand, so fügte ein anderer Unionsmann am Telefon hinzu, könne die Ausreden mehr hören, wegen irgendeines "Scheiß-Gerichts" gehe dies nicht, wegen des Europarechts oder wegen der Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention gehe jenes nicht.
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hot off the press! Ferdinand Weber and I enter the academic ring in the “Golden Passport” affair. In our paper "Bonds without belonging?", published in the Yearbook of European Law, we explore, analyse, and discuss ways to justify a genuine link in international and EU law. 👉 tinyurl.com/46t3z2w7
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Bonds without belonging? The genuine link in international, union, and nationality law
Abstract. What kind of connection should form the basis of nationality? For decades, the ‘genuine link’ has been a central, yet controversial concept in in
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Finally…
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Very much looking forward to this Council Presidency under the new Polish government! But where is the rule of law among its priorities?!
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 01/01/2025
3… 2.. 1… The new EU Council Presidency starts now! In the next six months, Poland will focus on: ⬜defence and security 🟥people and border protection ⬜resistance to disinformation 🟥business freedom ⬜energy 🟥agriculture ⬜health For a safe and prosperous Europe for future generations. poland25.eu
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Dimitri Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
“It is impossible to be a top-line manager and administrator and mentor and researcher and writer and outreach officer and IT expert and online instructor and pedagogical innovator and recruiter and teacher and marker … and press pundit and grant bidder and editor and look after your own wellbeing.”
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Zselyke Csaky @zecsaky.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Here is where EU funds to Hungary stand right now. Around €19B is currently blocked & Hungary is set to lose more than €1B permanently from the pot suspended under the conditionality mechanism by year's end www.politico.eu/article/hung...
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Jan Philipp Albrecht @janalbrecht.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Aber Hauptsache Anwohnerparken ist ca. 60 mal günstiger als das Jahresticket für den ÖPNV 🤷‍♂️
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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Nominations for the 2025 UACES Best Book Prize & Best PhD Thesis Prize close this Sunday, 1 December 2024! 📚 Books published in 2024. ✍️ Theses passed in 2024. 💸 £100 prize + invitation to the UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025 in Liverpool. Submit now: www.uaces.org/awards. #UACES #Awards
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Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Poland’s government has approved plans to add sexual orientation, gender, age and disability to the categories covered by Poland’s hate crime laws. Those guilty of insulting or inciting hatred against such groups could be jailed for up to three years.
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Polish government approves criminalisation of anti-LGBT hate speech
The bill would add sexual orientation, gender, age and disability to the categories covered by Poland's hate crime laws.
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