ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

“In Palestine, what we are dealing with is not the rule of law, it’s the rule 𝘣𝘺 law. So using the law as a tool to consolidate oppression”, says Dalia Qumsieh, a Palestinian human rights lawyer and director of the .
Listen to the recording of an ECCHR event held on May 4th, 2026 – just as global attention had shifted to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, while the West Bank saw an unprecedented surge in settler violence, raids, and land seizures that barely made headlines.
Hosted by ECCHR, in this conversation Dalia Qumsieh discussed these developments and the limits of accountability under the current political conditions with Chantal Meloni (), senior legal advisor at ECCHR.

US-Außenminister Rubio kündigt eine Kampagne zur Zerschlagung der Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs (IStGH) an. Diese soll sich nicht nur gegen IStGH-Mitarbeiter*innen richten, sondern auch gegen Staaten, die mit dem Gerichtshof kooperieren. Umso wichtiger ist es, dass die Vertragsstaaten sich nicht einschüchtern lassen und den IStGH entschlossen unterstützen.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC). The campaign is not only directed against ICC staff members, but also against states cooperating with the Court. It is therefore all the more important that States Parties do not allow themselves to be intimidated and provide the ICC with determined support.

“I try to cross to Germany as little as I can,” says Sandra Alloush, a Syrian refugee, filmmaker and human rights advocate.
“I don’t trust that I will be treated fairly even though I have my documentation. It’s still the trauma of what happened.”

The EU commission has finally asked Germany to lift its decade-long border controls and as German courts repeatedly rule them unlawful, this podcast and asks; what do border controls mean for communities stuck on either side of them and particularly for the mobility of racialized people and migrant communities? It’s about how so-called emergency measures are being used to take away freedoms and rights. 

Sandra Alloush speaks about the impact of a violent control she was subjected to by German officers at the French-German border. She has submitted a complaint to the German administrative court supported by ECCHR, and .europe .

“This is not how you manage migration. This is how you make violence very normal. And when state violence is normalized against one group, it is very easily spread to others,” says Sandra.

With van der Woude and ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

https://inkstickmedia.com/when-emergency-never-ends-germany-border-controls/

„When exactly is the red line crossed, so that the German government’s position would be that at this point sanctions against Israel are needed?“ wonders ECCHR‘s .
„What exactly is this clear position that Germany has with regard to international law?“
One could wonder if Germany hasn’t learned its lessons from the failed candidacy for the UN Security Council. It’s high time to take action and suspend the EU Israel agreement.