Immunity for Turkey
am 17.11.2007 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. An appellate court in the social matters branch, Hessisches Landessozialgericht, dismissed a complaint against Turkey or Turkish pension carriers by former Turkish citizens who became Germans, on the basis of sovereign immunity. The November 12, 2007 decision should appear soon on the website of the court. No-nonsense blog Recht und Alltag summarizes press release 39/07, in the matter L 2 AR 7/06. The substantive issue is whether Turkey may refuse former Turkish citizens pension …
Turkey, poised to join?
Law & Justice / Pim de Kuijer in Café Babel about Turkey, poised to join? :The European Commission, aware of the lack of public support, has announced that it will encourage a ´civil dialogue´ between European citizens and Turkey. What this means in practice is t…
Turkey and the European Union
Law & Justice / In this week’s newspapers one could read several interesting articles about EU law and more in particular the debate about the enlargement of the EU.On the one hand it is obvious from several polls that there is very little support from European pe…
Conference on Armenian Genocide Starts Despite Turkish Court Judgment
Law & Justice / Last Saturday, a conference started on the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923 despite a Turkish court judgment prohibiting the conference. Meanwhile the attitude of the current Turkish government towards th…
Turkey as Neutral Mediator in Cartoon Row ?
Law & Justice / The Austrian Presidency has invited Turkey to mediate in the conflict over the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. This seems a bit odd because Turkey has already made its position clear about the cartoons and a mediator is meant to be an independant…
Journalist Faces Retrial for Insulting Turkishness
Law & Justice / A Turkish appeals court has rejected a prosecutors recommendation and has ruled that charges still stand against Hrant Dink, a high-profile Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor of the newspaper Agos who has written about the Armenian genocide. JUR…
TIN Follows SSN
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Unlike the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany does not have a comprehensive numbering system for every person like the Social Security Number. An exsting numbering system for pensions covers only partic…
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