ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sophia Stelzhammer

Sophia Stelzhammer researches questions of social inequality and classism in law as a doctoral candidate at the Chair of Public Law and Comparative Law at Goethe University in Frankfurt (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.Ute Sacksofsky, M.P.A. (Harvard)).

POSTS BY Sophia Stelzhammer

11 June 2024

Nothing but your own Constitution?

The recent report on Germany by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights following her visit in late 2023 records an alarming situation regarding social inequality in Germany. The document criticizes Germany for its approach to combat social inequality. Similarly harsh in tone reads the statement by the Federal Government on the Commissioner’s report, claiming the situation not to be as alarming as presented and the German law to have been misinterpreted. What’s it all about? Continue reading >>