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- Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective
“The Law Can Open Doors, but Movements Force Them Open”
11.07.2026
We are honored to have Lea Kayali join us for a conversation on grassroots movements against arms trade. Lea, you are a community organizer, writer, and movement lawyer specializing in...
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- Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective
Courts as Gatekeepers
10.07.2026
In Germany, attempts to challenge arms exports to Israel have repeatedly failed to reach the merits. Courts have dismissed claims for lack of standing, characterised alleged harm as merely indirect,...
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- Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective
War De Lege Artis
10.07.2026
In February 2026, the German Federal Constitutional Court declined to admit a constitutional complaint brought by a Palestinian applicant from Gaza challenging German arms exports to Israel. While the Court...
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- Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective
After Victory in Domestic Litigations
10.07.2026
This article examines how the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) deters illegal arms exports, focusing on the critical juncture where the international...
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- Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective
Arms Trade Litigation before the German Federal Constitutional Court
09.07.2026
This blog post critically examines the February 2026 judgment delivered by the German Federal Constitutional Court, in which the Court did not admit for a decision a Palestinian’s constitutional complaint...
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- Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective
Nothing to See Here
08.07.2026
Sué González Hauck
Jens T. Theilen
On 12 February 2026, the Tagesschau, the most widely-seen tv news show in Germany, covered the following topics: Trump decides that greenhouse gases don’t endanger public health, the ICE surge...
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- Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective
Doors Wide Shut
08.07.2026
In February 2026, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (GFCC) did not admit for decision a constitutional complaint of a Palestinian from Gaza challenging German military export licenses to the...
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