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Angelika Nußberger

Angelika Nußberger is Professor of Constitutional Law, International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Cologne, a Member of the Venice Commission, and has been a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights from 2011 to 2019 and the Court’s Vice President from 2017 to 2019.
POSTS BY Angelika Nußberger
18 June 2026

Hungary and the Venice Commission

Time is short and the demands are enormous. Following the landslide victory in Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the new government must demonstrate that its commitment to reform extends beyond mere rhetoric. Nevertheless, hard limits are set by EU law, and soft limits are set by best practice. When theoretically unlimited possibilities meet with vaguely worded standards, it is helpful to have an Archimedean point outside the system from which to assess which reforms will be helpful and sustainable, and which may exacerbate existing problems or unnecessarily weaken the system. Continue reading >>
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27 January 2025
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Omnipresent History

Present-time politics are, to an unprecedented extent, shaped by struggles over how to remember the past: Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine is led in the name of history; Germany’s wrestling with the war in Gaza is largely determined by its memory of the Holocaust, to give just two examples. However, historical narratives have not only swept into politics, but also into law. Continue reading >>
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30 July 2024

Verfassungskonsenskultur in Gefahr

Das Erfolgsmodell der Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit in Deutschland beruht – aus dem Ausland mit gleichbleibend großer Verwunderung zur Kenntnis genommen – auf einer bekennend politischen Auswahl der Richterinnen und Richter. Da man aufgrund der hohen Hürde der Zweidrittelmehrheit zur Wahl die Stimmen der jeweiligen Opposition braucht, sind nur jene Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten durchzusetzen, die sich in die Karlsruher Dialogkultur einpassen. Nach dem gegenwärtig auf dem Tisch liegenden Vorschlag zur Änderung des Grundgesetzes sollen gerade diese einfachgesetzlichen Regelungen nicht im Grundgesetz abgesichert werden. Continue reading >>
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25 November 2020
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LawRules #10: We need to talk about the European Convention on Human Rights

Europe is larger than the EU – and a European framework aiming at preserving basic rights and freedoms as well as rule of law safeguards has been in place for 70 years precisely this November: the European Convention on Human Rights. Today, we take a deeper look at the Convention and at the institutions that work to enforce it: The European Court of Human Rights and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe. Are they capable of adding another layer of human rights and rule of law protection to the European legal framework? What kind of support do those institutions need in order to be able to fulfill their task? And how is their status today, 70 years after the European Convention on Human Rights has been signed? Continue reading >>
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