Pola Cebulak

Join us on 8 May 2025, at the @vuamsterdam.bsky.social for a discussion with @mallamfamude.bsky.social (Babátúndé Fágbàyíbọ́) on teaching international law through songs

In Madrid and interested in Transatlantic issues? 🌎 🌍
Join us on 6 May 2025, for a public debate between policy, academia and civil society at the Fundación Bertelsmann:

www.fundacionbertelsmann.org/actualidad/e...

I guess that PiS hope is that pickles from Hermany would hurt more than the granddad from the Wehrmacht

The Draft Constitution represents the consolidation of years-long institutional power struggles, pushes for secession, and attempts to weaken political opposition.

The new Draft Constitution, passed by Republika Srpska on March 13, is an attempt to shield Republika Srpska President Dodik from criminal responsibility.

RENA HÄNEL explains how Dodik uses legal reform to defy the constitutional order of BiH:

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Today, the Dutch Senate approved serious cuts for education budget. This probably marks the beginning of a series of judicial and workplace struggles, with the strike of @vuamsterdam.bsky.social staff and students yesterday #berniewisdom

An urgent debate at Pakuis de Zwijger on populist lawfare in the US and EU today, building support structures for civil disobedience and doomscrolling with @sldelange.bsky.social, @karolinakocemba.bsky.social, @mstambulski.bsky.social and Scott Cummings

When Lawyers Attack the Rule of Law - ACELG Scott Cummings is the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics at the UCLA School of Law, where he teaches and writes about the legal profession, legal ethics, access to justice, and local government...

Why are lawyers complicit in the dramatic consolidation of executive power currently underway in the Trump administration?
Join us this Friday 21 March at 2 pm CET to hear UCLA Law's Scott Cummings answer this question.
Co-hosted w/@uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social
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VGH Bayern: Grenzkontrolle war rechtswidrig Ein Völkerrechtler wird im ICE kontrolliert und klagt dagegen. Nun stellt ein deutsches Gericht fest, dass die Grenzkontrolle nicht hinreichend begründet war.

Friedrich Merz announced re-introduction of border controls in Germany "on his first day as Kanzler".
This will be difficult now as the Higher Administrative Court of Bavaria quashed the existing border controls as in violation of EU law.
Prepare your popcorn:
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Governance for Society Lawfare How right-wing populists are redefining rights in Europe and the US. A discussion on law, politics and the future of democracy.

On March 21 in Amsterdam we'll discuss 🦜how right-wing actors are reshaping law & rights in Europe & the US with
@polatoja.bsky.social, @mstambulski.bsky.social, Sarah de Lange and Scott Cummings.

📅 March 21 | 🕒 19:30 | 📍 Pakhuis de Zwijger
🔗 RSVP required: dezwijger.nl/programma/la...

A truly fun academic event - roundtables discussing avenues for further research on strategic litigation in Europe 🧵 yesterday in Amsterdam with @cohelongo.bsky.social, @faheye.bsky.social, @dionkramer.bsky.social, @martamorvillo.bsky.social and other enaged colleagues

You can still register to join this event tomorrow afternoon from 13:30, Amsterdam or online.

Organised by @polatoja.bsky.social, @martamorvillo.bsky.social & Stefan Salomon.
With acelg colleagues @eckes-uva.bsky.social & Sofie Fleerackers in the roundtable, 'litigating the climate'.

How right-wing populists use lawyers and the law to implement their agendas?
Join us for a discussion in Amsterdam on 21 March with Sarah de Lange, Scott Cummings, @karolinakocemba.bsky.social, Michał Stambulski.
Here are a few pics that didn't become the event poster 😉
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👩‍⚖️ The recap of our seminar with @polatoja.bsky.social is now available on our website!
We thank Pola for an insightful presentation on the strategic litigation in the EU ⚖️
❤️ Make sure to register for the upcoming (hybrid) seminars: lnkd.in/euUzzaTy.

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Join us in person or online to discuss strategic litigation on migration, climate change and digital rights in Europe, on the afternoon of 27 February:

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Lawyering for change - but what change exactly - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam A workshop on 27 Feb 2025 for scholars and practitioners engaged in strategic litigation to discuss the particular dynamics of strategic litigation in EU law.

Intrested in strategic litigation in Europe on data, migration and environment? Join us, with @dionkramer.bsky.social, @faheye.bsky.social, @cohelongo.bsky.social, @martamorvillo.bsky.social & others, on 27 Feb for rondtable discussions mapping avenues for future research
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Join the @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social book tour at her stop in Amsterdam at the @vuamsterdam.bsky.social on 10 February 2025.

Strategic litigation brainstorming. “Advertising must be in accordance with the law, truth, good taste and decency”(Art 2 of the Dutch Advertising Code). Can advertising for pineapple on pizza be in violation of the "good taste" clause? 🍍🍕
For more serious proposals:
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Op-ed: “The Polisario II judgment: tensions with International Law and with the EU Political Institutions” - EU Law Live On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice rendered a landmark ruling in Polisario II (C‑779/21 P and C‑799/21 P). The case was brought by Front Polisario, a self-determination …

In October, the CJEU in Front Polisario II annulled an act of EU concluding an agreement with Morocco on grounds that it violated, among others, the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. Together with K Istrefi we wrote a short op-ed on this :
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Russia exploits weaknesses of democracies, but the fight is not lost KEW talks · Episode

I'm not ready to listen to myself, but maybe you are? 🙂
On Russian interference with EU democracy hosted by The Jan Nowak-Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe in Wroclaw (KEW)

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🇳🇱⚖️🇪🇺 At the @acelg-uva.bsky.social annual conference, listening to re:constitution alumna @polatoja.bsky.social present about EU as a global actor in the context of the Western Sahara saga.

Our analytical framework (with @martamorvillo.bsky.social and S Salomon) on the actors, structures and effects of strategic litigation with EU law is out as a Jean Monnet Working Paper with @nyulaw.bsky.social, while forthcoming with the German Law Journal 🧾📥⚖️
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Looking forward to our special issue on "Strategic Litigation in European Law". Before you can read it, you can listen to the playlist on strategic litigation, in particular in environment, digital rights and migration 🎵🎵🎵
"Make 'em dance for it in the courthouse" 🕴💃🏻
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Debating Polish and European Eastern Policy with Kolegium Europy Wschodniej in the castle in Wojnowice 🏰

📢 New Europe College has just launched the Call for Applications for its annual Fellowships. Romanian and international candidates in the humanities and social sciences may apply.
Deadline: 10 January 2025
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#CfA #Fellowships #Bucharest #NewEuropeCollege

Timely special issue edited by Karolina Kocemba and Michał Stambulski, on "Populism, non-state actors and right-wing legal mobilization in Europe", as MAGA tactics and funding for right-wing legal mobilization increasingly come to Europe:
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SHOCKS TO THE SYSTEM. Lessons from Geert Wilders’ Victory in the Dutch Elections SHOCKS TO THE SYSTEM. Lessons from Geert Wilders’ Victory in the Dutch Elections - download Authors: Pola Cebulak, Florian Lippert The surprising triumph of Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) on...

After all the foreign scholars writing about democratic backsliding in Poland (and press releases of the constitutional court), now I get to showcase my superficial knowledge of the Dutch system. Tables have turned! 😉
Working paper with F Lippert🔎 📃
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On 21-22 March, we will discuss strategic litigation using European Union law with a stellar lineup of speakers! Tune in by checking out the workshop playlist:
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For more information, check out the website:
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Join us at the VU Amsterdam for a seminar on Geoconstitutionalism with Hans Lindahl from Tilburg University and Queen Mary University - Thursday, 30 November at 15.30 with drinks following the event 🍻

"How to deliver on the EU's geopolitical enlargement" Steven Blockmans will give the annual lecture of the Vrije Universiteit Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies (VICES) on 6 December 🎅