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Dimitry Vladimirovich Kochenov is a Soviet-born Dutch legal scholar, currently a professor of legal studies at the Central European University.… more

Dimitry Kochenov
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by Laurent Pech — Reposted by Dimitry Kochenov, Alberto Alemanno

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Either the EU "enforces the 'beyond doubt' standard of commissioner independence with meaningful consequences — including the unprecedented step of leaving Hungary's commissioner seat vacant — or it tacitly admits that this principle has become a polite fiction that [EUMS] may violate with impunity"
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 2d
The Várhelyi affair: When an EU member state spies on Brussels - my first oped as contributing columnist for EU Observer #varhelyi #euco

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If in🇭🇺Budapest on Oct 21 join @prener.bsky.social and I at @ceudeminst.bsky.social Count Kalergi Seminar dedicated to Christian's recent work on Mobility Capital
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interest in Botswana CBI programme - but note figures represent early expressions of interest rather than formal applications.
Botswana CBI Program Records 464 Registrations in First Week - IMI Daily
Indians and Americans are the largest nationality pools to date, and 27 registrations came from within Botswana.
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🇪🇺EU's own good practice is to fly ICC arrest warrant recipients home by private jet and give them all the love. "Do what I say--do not do what I do" undermines EU's credibility. @omershatz.bsky.social
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🇪🇺EU's own good practice is to fly ICC arrest warrant recipients home by private jet and give them all the love. "Do what I say--do not do what I do" undermines EU's credibility. @omershatz.bsky.social
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by Laurent Pech — Reposted by Dimitry Kochenov, R. Daniel Kelemen

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I mean how can such a body be considered a court within the meaning of EU law...?

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by Laurent Pech — Reposted by Dimitry Kochenov, Steve Peers

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Important but arguably flawed ruling with rule of law implications as this is possibly the 1st time a non-EU body manifestly lacking characteristics of a court IMO - US Data Protection Review Court - is nonetheless recognised as a court within meaning of EU law...
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🇺🇸🇸🇰🇭🇺🇵🇱 Once again, NGOs in the US would benefit greatly from talking to civil society in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia (and several other places) about how to deal with a government that's hostile to the part of the third sector that doesn't align with its ideology. 1/
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The new editor of CBS News looked at political violence in America, and confidently identified the "biggest culprits": the universities.
This is the perspective that Weiss is being hired to bring to a hard news outlet.
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The acceleration of political violence has been frightening: from the attack on the Capitol in January 2021, to the murder of a healthcare executive allegedly by Luigi Mangione, to the attempted assassinations of Trump, to the killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., to the shooting of state lawmakers in Minnesota. And now Kirk’s murder. There are many guilty parties in the rise of political violence. But to our minds, among the biggest culprits are the universities. In the same way that madrassas radicalize jihadis, America’s campuses are among the places in the U.S. most hostile to disagreement and debate. Where they preach “inclusion,” they actually practice exclusion—shouting down speakers they disagree with, for instance. Where they promote “diversity,” they actually enforce a uniformity of thought, denying tenure to dissenters.
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Congratulations, Jacob! This is an achievement showing that your work is used and engaged with.
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Among the worst 🇪🇺CJEU decison in years is this: That a known impostor apponted in breach of Art 19 TEU harrasses real judges has nothing to do with judicial independence. Thank you, @cjeu.bsky.social, the law is now clear! @profjacob.bsky.social @profpech.bsky.social @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14d
Can unlawfully appointed judges still serve as part of the court administration?

Critical view of recent CJEU case law, by @profkochenov.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/10/fake...
Fake Judges are Great Administrators! A New Word on Judicial Independence from CJEU in T.B. v. C.B.
Dimitry Kochenov , CEU Democracy Institute Photo credit: Charles J Sharp, via Wikimedia commons Past summer was marked by further dete...
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Can unlawfully appointed judges still serve as part of the court administration?

Critical view of recent CJEU case law, by @profkochenov.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/10/fake...
Fake Judges are Great Administrators! A New Word on Judicial Independence from CJEU in T.B. v. C.B.
Dimitry Kochenov , CEU Democracy Institute Photo credit: Charles J Sharp, via Wikimedia commons Past summer was marked by further dete...
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People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.

This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
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Join my talk at 🇬🇧Tomorrow: TG15 5-6pm Oct 2, City Law School.
I will draw on this chapter for @petrabard.bsky.social & EU Law Analysis, thank you, @stevepeers.bsky.social❗️The chapter is on @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ceudeminst.bsky.social
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by Laurent Pech — Reposted by Dimitry Kochenov

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NYT in 2028: “Some legal experts have argued a dictatorship is not compatible with the US Constitution”
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 16d
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."
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Apatride Network &🇪🇪Yana Toom MEP host @europarl.europa.eu event on #statelessness. My focus: shortsightedness of citizenist approach to statelessness in the🇪🇺EU drawing on my @annualreviews.bsky.social artcile: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @ceudeminst.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social
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