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What’s New: Week of June 22

— Sarthak Sahoo, Undergraduate Student of Law, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab

In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in public law. “Developments” may include a selection of links to news, high court decisions, new or recent scholarly books and articles, and blog posts from around the public law blogosphere.

To submit relevant developments for our weekly feature on “What’s New in Public Law,” please email iconnecteditors@gmail.com.

Developments in Constitutional Courts

  1. The Supreme Court of the US has held that an agreement condition waiving the right to appeal the sentence between the prosecution and defence would be unenforceable if it results in a miscarriage of justice, i.e., ‘an egregious error that would bring the judicial system into disrepute.’
  2. The UK Court of Appeals has upheld the decision of the Home Secretary to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organization under the Terrorism Act 2000 as lawful and consistent with the Home Secretary’s 2025 proscription policy.
  3. The Supreme Court of Canada has declared that under Section 16(2) of the Canadian Charter, a person appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick must be personally bilingual, as opposed to merely maintaining institutional bilinguialism.
  4. The Turkish Court of Cassation has held that defendants cannot claim they entered a home merely to rest or sleep as a way to escape conviction or obtain lighter sentences. Such conduct was considered not reasonable in the ‘ordinary course of life’.
  5. The High Court of Delhi in India has upheld a nationwide ban on the messaging app, Telegram, from 16 to 22 June 2026. The Court accepted the Indian Government’s arguments that this ban was proportionate and justified in order to prevent leaks of the exam papers for India’s national medical college admissions test.

In the News

  1. The High Court of Justice of Israel has begun hearing a challenge to the appointment of Michael Rabello as the State Comptroller of Israel, on the grounds of breach of confidential voting for his appointment, and because he has previously been Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyer.
  2. The Parliament of Canada has enacted the Combatting Hate Act, which criminalises obstructing a place of worship and engaging in intimidation against an identifiable group of people for a specified purpose.
  3. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has renewed its call to Türkiye to release two pro-Kurdish politicians and one businessman, in line with previous decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.
  4. A Member of Parliament of the UK has suggested that she may reintroduce the controversial Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill again this session. If the House of Commons passes the Bill once again, the House of Lords’ consent would not be necessary for its passage.
  5. The European Parliament has approved the Return Regulation which would allow states to set up ‘return hubs’ outside the EU, which can host migrants who have come to Union territory without a right to stay, with them subsequently being sent back to their country of origin or remain potentially for indefinite periods, without fixed time limits or guaranteed returns to their country of origin.

New Scholarship

  1. Ben Grama, ‘Process or Performance? Corporate Due Diligence and the Translation of Soft Law into Binding Obligations’ (2026) Nordic Journal of Human Rights 1–23
  2. David Cabrelli, ‘Fire & Rehire: Firing Blanks?’ (2026) King’s Law Journal 1–24.
  3. Philippa Collins, ‘The Law of Unfair Dismissal and the Employment Rights Act 2025: An Opportunity Missed?’ (2026) Industrial Law Journal
  4. Alessandro Ferrara, ‘Constitutional identity and constitutional authenticity’ (2026) International Journal of Constitutional Law
  5. Christer Karlsson and others, ‘Consistent across levels? Comparing the oppositional behaviour of Eurosceptic and Europhile parties in the European and National Parliaments’ (2026) Parliamentary Affairs  

Calls for Papers and Announcements

  1. The AALS Section on Constitutional Law invites submissions for a panel of to be held in New York City, United States on 5-8 January 2027 on the theme of ‘Philadelphia at 240: The Origins, Meanings, and Echoes of the Constitutional Convention’. 
  2. The Journal of International Economic Law invites abstracts for the JIEL Junior Faculty Forum for International Economic Law to be held virtually on 18-19 September 2026. Early-career scholars may apply on any theme under international economic law. Abstracts are invited until 30 June.
  3. The Procedural Law Unit of the University of Nicosia invites abstracts for the Annual Courts and Justice Conference 2026 to be held on 4 December 2026 at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Abstracts are accepted until 15 September 2026.
  4. The Transnational Criminal Law Review invites article-length and shorter submissions for a special issue Volume 5 Issue 2 entitled ‘The United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime: Prospects and Problems’. Submissions will be accepted until 10 August 2026.

Elsewhere Online

  1. Robert Hazell, ‘Revising the Cabinet Manual: why the timetable is tight for publication in early 2027’ Constitutional Unit Blog(18 June 2026)
  2. Ezgi Yildiz, Umut Yüksel and Collin Lucken, ‘The Chișinău Declaration in the Data: Non-Refoulement and States’ Insatiable Appetite for a Restrained Court’ EJIL:Talk! (19 June 2026)
  3. Markus Böckenförde, ‘The No-Benefit-Rule’s Struggle for Survival’ Verfassungsblog (16 June 2026)
  4. Arvind Kurian Abraham, ‘Ran Hirschl and the Possibility of a More Rigorous Comparative Constitutional Law’ IACL-AIDC Blog (16 June 2026)
  5. Craig Wells, ‘The Discipline of Reasons: Liberty, Vulnerability and Arbitrary Power in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2026] UKSC 16’ UK Constitutional Law Association (15 June 2026)

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