Zur Anerkennung der in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat rechtmäßig geschlossenen gleichgeschlechtlichen Ehe

Doppelter Blick auf ein wegweisendes Urteil: Die Entscheidung des Gerichtshofs zur Anerkennung gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehen wirft viele spannende unions- und menschenrechtliche Fragen auf. Um den unterschiedlichen Facetten dieses Urteils gerecht zu werden, präsentieren wir daher gleich zwei Beiträge: Den ersten Beitrag von Martina Liotta finden Sie hier.

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Lieb‘ doch, wen du willst! – Der EuGH zur grenzüberschreitenden Anerkennung gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehen

Doppelter Blick auf ein wegweisendes Urteil: Die Entscheidung des Gerichtshofs zur Anerkennung gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehen wirft viele spannende unions- und menschenrechtliche Fragen auf. Um den unterschiedlichen Facetten dieses Urteils gerecht zu werden, präsentieren wir daher gleich zwei Beiträge: Den zweiten Beitrag von Luca Welle finden Sie hier.

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Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility in Times of Armed Conflict

This contribution introduces the emerging concept of “geopolitical responsibility,” arguing that companies can actively shape or intensify international conflicts through their economic activities. It traces how existing soft law instruments, such as the UN Guiding Principles and OECD Guidelines, already call for heightened corporate due diligence in conflict-affected areas. Yet, binding frameworks like the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive overlook this geopolitical dimension, leaving a growing gap between theory and corporate practice.

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The Stateless Worker Problem: Linking Nationality Law Discrimination to EU Corporate Due Diligence

This contribution examines how gender-discriminatory nationality laws create stateless populations excluded from formal labor markets, revealing a major blind spot in corporate governance and due diligence frameworks. By linking this issue to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), it calls for expanding the directive’s scope to address nationality-based exclusion as a core human-rights risk.

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The Contested Soul of Corporate Accountability: Navigating the CSDDD’s Ambition and Its Political Unravelling

The first contribution to our Symposium analyses the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) as a landmark step in the EU’s move from voluntary corporate responsibility to binding accountability. It traces how this ambitious project, once seen as a breakthrough, is now facing systematic political rollback that threatens to undermine its enforcement mechanisms and weaken its promise of effective corporate justice.

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From Search Engines to Large Language Models: Re-evaluating the Right to Be Forgotten in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

This Saar Blueprint examines whether the EU’s Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF), first established in Google Spain, can and should apply to Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. By comparing search engines and LLMs, it highlights the new legal and technical challenges these AI systems pose for data protection under the GDPR. The author concludes that while RTBF could in principle extend to LLMs, effective enforcement will depend on clearer legal guidance and technological solutions.

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