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🇵🇱⚖️As mentioned earlier, this week I am looking into judges and politics in CEE. Where is Poland right now with the intersection of the judiciary and politics? Well, not in a great place. Let's start with the "good guys", the government and its allies. 1/
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🇵🇱⚖️As mentioned earlier, this week I am looking into judges and politics in CEE. Where is Poland right now with the intersection of the judiciary and politics? Well, not in a great place. Let's start with the "good guys", the government and its allies. 1/
Can you tell what’s real online? The EU’s inquiry into X over AI-generated deepfakes by Grok AI has put the spotlight on a pressing issue: millions of AI-generated images and videos are circulating online, making it harder to trust what we see.
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Can you tell what’s real online? The EU’s inquiry into X over AI-generated deepfakes by Grok AI has put the spotlight on a pressing issue: millions of AI-generated images and videos are circulating online, making it harder to trust what we see.
Scholars @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social argue that institutions like plurality voting systems and federal second chambers can be democracy-subverting.
For the @jodemocracy.bsky.social, our director @meyer-resende.bsky.social partly agrees, but argues they exaggerate the case. 👇
For the @jodemocracy.bsky.social, our director @meyer-resende.bsky.social partly agrees, but argues they exaggerate the case. 👇
January 26, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Scholars @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social argue that institutions like plurality voting systems and federal second chambers can be democracy-subverting.
For the @jodemocracy.bsky.social, our director @meyer-resende.bsky.social partly agrees, but argues they exaggerate the case. 👇
For the @jodemocracy.bsky.social, our director @meyer-resende.bsky.social partly agrees, but argues they exaggerate the case. 👇
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🇸🇰⚖️ Eight years will pass in February since the contract killing of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová in Slovakia. The trial of the main actors in the case – Marian Kočner and his former informant Alena Zsuzsová – will begin again, for the third time. 1/
Na Špecializovanom trestnom súde v Pezinku sa začal proces v kauze vraždy novinára Jána Kuciaka a jeho snúbenice Martiny Kušnírovrj
Na Špecializovanom trestnom súde v Pezinku sa začal proces v kauze vraždy novinára Jána Kuciaka a jeho snúbenice Martiny Kušnírovrj
Na Špecializovanom trestnom súde v Pezinku sa začal proces v kauze vraždy novinára Jána Kuciaka a jeho snúbenice Martiny Kušnírovrj. Prítomný je hlavný obžalovaný Kočner, aj Zsuzsová. Tiež aj Dušan Kracina a Marko Dragic.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM
🇸🇰⚖️ Eight years will pass in February since the contract killing of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová in Slovakia. The trial of the main actors in the case – Marian Kočner and his former informant Alena Zsuzsová – will begin again, for the third time. 1/
The CJEU recently ruled that Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal no longer qualifies as a court under EU law.
This is one of the EU’s most decisive legal responses to the capture of Poland’s judiciary under the PiS.
Our @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social and @profpech.bsky.social unpack the ruling 👇
This is one of the EU’s most decisive legal responses to the capture of Poland’s judiciary under the PiS.
Our @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social and @profpech.bsky.social unpack the ruling 👇
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The CJEU recently ruled that Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal no longer qualifies as a court under EU law.
This is one of the EU’s most decisive legal responses to the capture of Poland’s judiciary under the PiS.
Our @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social and @profpech.bsky.social unpack the ruling 👇
This is one of the EU’s most decisive legal responses to the capture of Poland’s judiciary under the PiS.
Our @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social and @profpech.bsky.social unpack the ruling 👇
Former Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro - a key figure in the Polish #ruleoflaw crisis - was granted asylum in Hungary⚠️
Is Ziobro, as he claims, a victim of a political witch hunt or is Hungarian PM Viktor Orban once again shielding his foreign allies from justice? ⚖️ ⬇️
Is Ziobro, as he claims, a victim of a political witch hunt or is Hungarian PM Viktor Orban once again shielding his foreign allies from justice? ⚖️ ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Former Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro - a key figure in the Polish #ruleoflaw crisis - was granted asylum in Hungary⚠️
Is Ziobro, as he claims, a victim of a political witch hunt or is Hungarian PM Viktor Orban once again shielding his foreign allies from justice? ⚖️ ⬇️
Is Ziobro, as he claims, a victim of a political witch hunt or is Hungarian PM Viktor Orban once again shielding his foreign allies from justice? ⚖️ ⬇️
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🇪🇺⚖️🇩🇪 Spending my day at @hertieschool.bsky.social to witness the first training as part of the Starlight 2.0 project on strategic litigation in fundamental rights and the rule of law, organised by Hertie School, @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social and @democracyreporting.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
🇪🇺⚖️🇩🇪 Spending my day at @hertieschool.bsky.social to witness the first training as part of the Starlight 2.0 project on strategic litigation in fundamental rights and the rule of law, organised by Hertie School, @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social and @democracyreporting.bsky.social
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Opportunity: Prototype meaningful youth engagement! 👇
Feb 10–12, the Nets4Dem Democracy Lab comes to Bilbao!
It's a three day interactive space for cities to solve real democratic challenges, learn from Bilbao’s innovations, and co-design solutions.
Register by Feb 2 ⬇️
bit.ly/3Ngzcgh
Feb 10–12, the Nets4Dem Democracy Lab comes to Bilbao!
It's a three day interactive space for cities to solve real democratic challenges, learn from Bilbao’s innovations, and co-design solutions.
Register by Feb 2 ⬇️
bit.ly/3Ngzcgh
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Opportunity: Prototype meaningful youth engagement! 👇
Feb 10–12, the Nets4Dem Democracy Lab comes to Bilbao!
It's a three day interactive space for cities to solve real democratic challenges, learn from Bilbao’s innovations, and co-design solutions.
Register by Feb 2 ⬇️
bit.ly/3Ngzcgh
Feb 10–12, the Nets4Dem Democracy Lab comes to Bilbao!
It's a three day interactive space for cities to solve real democratic challenges, learn from Bilbao’s innovations, and co-design solutions.
Register by Feb 2 ⬇️
bit.ly/3Ngzcgh
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The CJEU has ruled that Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is not a lawful court.
Yet the rule of law crisis in Poland is not over.
JAKUB JARACZEWSKI and LAURENT PECH explain what the judgment is about — and why implementation will be difficult.
verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...
Yet the rule of law crisis in Poland is not over.
JAKUB JARACZEWSKI and LAURENT PECH explain what the judgment is about — and why implementation will be difficult.
verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The CJEU has ruled that Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is not a lawful court.
Yet the rule of law crisis in Poland is not over.
JAKUB JARACZEWSKI and LAURENT PECH explain what the judgment is about — and why implementation will be difficult.
verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...
Yet the rule of law crisis in Poland is not over.
JAKUB JARACZEWSKI and LAURENT PECH explain what the judgment is about — and why implementation will be difficult.
verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...
They are taking their litigation game to a whole new level! 🔝
The first #STARLIGHT cohort is ready: lawyers turning the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights into real courtroom power.
First meetup in Berlin next week!
Learn more about STARLIGHT 👇
The first #STARLIGHT cohort is ready: lawyers turning the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights into real courtroom power.
First meetup in Berlin next week!
Learn more about STARLIGHT 👇
January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
They are taking their litigation game to a whole new level! 🔝
The first #STARLIGHT cohort is ready: lawyers turning the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights into real courtroom power.
First meetup in Berlin next week!
Learn more about STARLIGHT 👇
The first #STARLIGHT cohort is ready: lawyers turning the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights into real courtroom power.
First meetup in Berlin next week!
Learn more about STARLIGHT 👇
Social media was supposed to expand political participation.
But often, women politicians face hate, threats, and abuse just for showing up.
After analysing 110,000+ Facebook & YouTube comments during elections in #SriLanka, we found disproportionate amounts of hate towards women.👇
But often, women politicians face hate, threats, and abuse just for showing up.
After analysing 110,000+ Facebook & YouTube comments during elections in #SriLanka, we found disproportionate amounts of hate towards women.👇
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Social media was supposed to expand political participation.
But often, women politicians face hate, threats, and abuse just for showing up.
After analysing 110,000+ Facebook & YouTube comments during elections in #SriLanka, we found disproportionate amounts of hate towards women.👇
But often, women politicians face hate, threats, and abuse just for showing up.
After analysing 110,000+ Facebook & YouTube comments during elections in #SriLanka, we found disproportionate amounts of hate towards women.👇
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🇭🇺🇸🇰 The new year breathes fresh life into an established fact that doing anything related to politics and law in CEE without a degree in history or an adjacent field is extremely difficult.
🪧Hundreds protested at Slovakia’s embassy in Budapest against a new Slovak law penalizing denial or questioning of the Beneš Decrees—post-WWII rules used to strip Hungarians and Germans of their rights and properties. Opposition leader Péter Magyar even vowed to expel the Slovak ambassador.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🇭🇺🇸🇰 The new year breathes fresh life into an established fact that doing anything related to politics and law in CEE without a degree in history or an adjacent field is extremely difficult.
🛐Religious freedom in the EU?
Read this blog part of our FOCUS project! ⤵️
And learn more about our project on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights here: focuscharter.eu
Read this blog part of our FOCUS project! ⤵️
And learn more about our project on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights here: focuscharter.eu
Religious freedom in the EU remains as pertinent and contested as ever.
In a new Focus Symposium – In Good Faith, JAKOB GASPERIN WISCHHOFF & TILL STADTBÄUMER explore freedom of religion and examine the latest developments from an EU law perspective:
verfassungsblog.de/in-good-faith/
In a new Focus Symposium – In Good Faith, JAKOB GASPERIN WISCHHOFF & TILL STADTBÄUMER explore freedom of religion and examine the latest developments from an EU law perspective:
verfassungsblog.de/in-good-faith/
December 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🛐Religious freedom in the EU?
Read this blog part of our FOCUS project! ⤵️
And learn more about our project on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights here: focuscharter.eu
Read this blog part of our FOCUS project! ⤵️
And learn more about our project on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights here: focuscharter.eu
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🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 Revenge is a dish best served cold (and after five years). Moments ago, CJEU, in the case Commission v. Poland, found that the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has not only violated EU law with its anti-EU rulings, but also was (is) not an independent court established properly by law. 1/
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 Revenge is a dish best served cold (and after five years). Moments ago, CJEU, in the case Commission v. Poland, found that the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has not only violated EU law with its anti-EU rulings, but also was (is) not an independent court established properly by law. 1/
#Disinformation, an election strategy?! We keep hearing how content spreads online just in time to influence voters; Europe wasn’t an exception. Just ahead of 2026 elections, we’re back to analyse the networks behind this. Our #DisruptDisinfoNetworks project will look deeper into these threats⬇️
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
#Disinformation, an election strategy?! We keep hearing how content spreads online just in time to influence voters; Europe wasn’t an exception. Just ahead of 2026 elections, we’re back to analyse the networks behind this. Our #DisruptDisinfoNetworks project will look deeper into these threats⬇️
Your Data Access toolkit 👇🏽
Our latest update shows major platforms still make researcher access slow, inconsistent, and overly restricted.
We clearly lay out what data’s available, what’s missing, and how platforms and the European Commission can fix it.
Our latest update shows major platforms still make researcher access slow, inconsistent, and overly restricted.
We clearly lay out what data’s available, what’s missing, and how platforms and the European Commission can fix it.
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Your Data Access toolkit 👇🏽
Our latest update shows major platforms still make researcher access slow, inconsistent, and overly restricted.
We clearly lay out what data’s available, what’s missing, and how platforms and the European Commission can fix it.
Our latest update shows major platforms still make researcher access slow, inconsistent, and overly restricted.
We clearly lay out what data’s available, what’s missing, and how platforms and the European Commission can fix it.
As political debate shifts online, it’s getting more personal, more emotional, and more violent toward women.
We saw this firsthand while monitoring Sri Lanka’s 2025 local elections 🔎
Here’s what we found 👇
We saw this firsthand while monitoring Sri Lanka’s 2025 local elections 🔎
Here’s what we found 👇
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As political debate shifts online, it’s getting more personal, more emotional, and more violent toward women.
We saw this firsthand while monitoring Sri Lanka’s 2025 local elections 🔎
Here’s what we found 👇
We saw this firsthand while monitoring Sri Lanka’s 2025 local elections 🔎
Here’s what we found 👇
Youth in Nigeria is gearing up! 🔥
They are absorbing all the knowledge they need to take part in elections, not just watch them; this time they are going digital.
Under the WYDE Civic Engagement project the CJID is supporting young people in Nigeria to use digital tools and work towards democracy.
They are absorbing all the knowledge they need to take part in elections, not just watch them; this time they are going digital.
Under the WYDE Civic Engagement project the CJID is supporting young people in Nigeria to use digital tools and work towards democracy.
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Youth in Nigeria is gearing up! 🔥
They are absorbing all the knowledge they need to take part in elections, not just watch them; this time they are going digital.
Under the WYDE Civic Engagement project the CJID is supporting young people in Nigeria to use digital tools and work towards democracy.
They are absorbing all the knowledge they need to take part in elections, not just watch them; this time they are going digital.
Under the WYDE Civic Engagement project the CJID is supporting young people in Nigeria to use digital tools and work towards democracy.
⚖️ Passionate about the #RuleofLaw?
We are hiring a Research Officer to join our team in Berlin! If you have: a strong legal background; a deep understanding of the EU’s Rule of Law landscape; and experience working with media, policymakers or social media then apply before Dec 19 👉 bit.ly/48H2QT5
We are hiring a Research Officer to join our team in Berlin! If you have: a strong legal background; a deep understanding of the EU’s Rule of Law landscape; and experience working with media, policymakers or social media then apply before Dec 19 👉 bit.ly/48H2QT5
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
⚖️ Passionate about the #RuleofLaw?
We are hiring a Research Officer to join our team in Berlin! If you have: a strong legal background; a deep understanding of the EU’s Rule of Law landscape; and experience working with media, policymakers or social media then apply before Dec 19 👉 bit.ly/48H2QT5
We are hiring a Research Officer to join our team in Berlin! If you have: a strong legal background; a deep understanding of the EU’s Rule of Law landscape; and experience working with media, policymakers or social media then apply before Dec 19 👉 bit.ly/48H2QT5
Cyclone Ditwah continues to impact Sri Lanka; we stand in solidarity with our colleagues who have been impacted by the recent floods.
DRI is here to support them as they rebuild, recover and continue their essential work with communities across the country.
DRI is here to support them as they rebuild, recover and continue their essential work with communities across the country.
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Cyclone Ditwah continues to impact Sri Lanka; we stand in solidarity with our colleagues who have been impacted by the recent floods.
DRI is here to support them as they rebuild, recover and continue their essential work with communities across the country.
DRI is here to support them as they rebuild, recover and continue their essential work with communities across the country.
Your Data Access toolkit 👇🏽
Our latest update shows major platforms still make researcher access slow, inconsistent, and overly restricted.
In our resource, we clearly lay out what data’s available, what’s missing, and how platforms and the European Commission can fix it.
Our latest update shows major platforms still make researcher access slow, inconsistent, and overly restricted.
In our resource, we clearly lay out what data’s available, what’s missing, and how platforms and the European Commission can fix it.
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Your Data Access toolkit 👇🏽
Our latest update shows major platforms still make researcher access slow, inconsistent, and overly restricted.
In our resource, we clearly lay out what data’s available, what’s missing, and how platforms and the European Commission can fix it.
Our latest update shows major platforms still make researcher access slow, inconsistent, and overly restricted.
In our resource, we clearly lay out what data’s available, what’s missing, and how platforms and the European Commission can fix it.
Digital spaces should empower - not silence - women and girls 💯
Today we join UNMISS, UNDP South Sudan, and the NEC in South Sudan for #16DaysOfActivism to address GBV and violence against women in politics, ahead of the 2026 elections.
Let’s unite to end abuse, both online and offline! 👏🏽
Today we join UNMISS, UNDP South Sudan, and the NEC in South Sudan for #16DaysOfActivism to address GBV and violence against women in politics, ahead of the 2026 elections.
Let’s unite to end abuse, both online and offline! 👏🏽
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Digital spaces should empower - not silence - women and girls 💯
Today we join UNMISS, UNDP South Sudan, and the NEC in South Sudan for #16DaysOfActivism to address GBV and violence against women in politics, ahead of the 2026 elections.
Let’s unite to end abuse, both online and offline! 👏🏽
Today we join UNMISS, UNDP South Sudan, and the NEC in South Sudan for #16DaysOfActivism to address GBV and violence against women in politics, ahead of the 2026 elections.
Let’s unite to end abuse, both online and offline! 👏🏽
🏗️Rebuilding the rule of law:
NOT a sprint BUT an obstacle course 🚧 with new hurdles at every turn!
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social takes the mic🎙️ again to share insights on Poland’s tense political race: where is the system still stumbling?
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/17/h...
NOT a sprint BUT an obstacle course 🚧 with new hurdles at every turn!
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social takes the mic🎙️ again to share insights on Poland’s tense political race: where is the system still stumbling?
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/17/h...
How’s the Rule of Law in Poland? – In Conversation with Jakub Jaraczewski | Review of Democracy
In this podcast, Jakub Jaraczewski examines the progress the Bodnar ministry made in undoing the consequences of eight years of Law and Justice rule. He also discusses the challenges that lie ahead fo...
revdem.ceu.edu
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🏗️Rebuilding the rule of law:
NOT a sprint BUT an obstacle course 🚧 with new hurdles at every turn!
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social takes the mic🎙️ again to share insights on Poland’s tense political race: where is the system still stumbling?
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/17/h...
NOT a sprint BUT an obstacle course 🚧 with new hurdles at every turn!
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social takes the mic🎙️ again to share insights on Poland’s tense political race: where is the system still stumbling?
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/17/h...
“If we can’t legislate, we’ll find another way.”
Our @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social on how polarisation makes protecting the rule of law harder in Poland. A warning for democracies worldwide 💯
Read more: bit.ly/3KarlQm
Our @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social on how polarisation makes protecting the rule of law harder in Poland. A warning for democracies worldwide 💯
Read more: bit.ly/3KarlQm
Fixing a politicized judicial system isn't easy, as Poland is finding out
Donald Tusk’s government in Poland has struggled to reverse changes to the judicial system made by the previous nationalist, conservative government.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“If we can’t legislate, we’ll find another way.”
Our @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social on how polarisation makes protecting the rule of law harder in Poland. A warning for democracies worldwide 💯
Read more: bit.ly/3KarlQm
Our @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social on how polarisation makes protecting the rule of law harder in Poland. A warning for democracies worldwide 💯
Read more: bit.ly/3KarlQm
While world leaders debate Ukraine’s future over the phone, @avalaina.bsky.social reminds us: Justice is hard but necessary work 🕊️
➕ 600 people joined us at @blnensemble.bsky.social to hear her speak about documenting Russia’s war crimes since 2014, work that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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➕ 600 people joined us at @blnensemble.bsky.social to hear her speak about documenting Russia’s war crimes since 2014, work that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
While world leaders debate Ukraine’s future over the phone, @avalaina.bsky.social reminds us: Justice is hard but necessary work 🕊️
➕ 600 people joined us at @blnensemble.bsky.social to hear her speak about documenting Russia’s war crimes since 2014, work that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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➕ 600 people joined us at @blnensemble.bsky.social to hear her speak about documenting Russia’s war crimes since 2014, work that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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