SLAPPs – Strategische Klagen gegen öffentliche Beteiligung

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Madeleine Petersen Weiner addresses the phenomenon of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), whereby critical statements are silenced through legal proceedings, particularly in cross-border contexts. She explains the legal loopholes and presents reform proposals aimed at better protecting those affected and curbing abuse.
Madeleine Petersen Weiner examines strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) in a cross-border context. Such actions are not aimed at enforcing subjective rights; rather, they are intended to intimidate journalists, activists, or NGOs through the burdens of civil proceedings and to deter them from further critical reporting. This produces a chilling effect that impairs individual rights and weakens democratic accountability mechanisms. In what ways does private international law facilitate such abusive litigation and what counter-strategies should be considered? In particular, the mosaic approach developed by the CJEU enables claimants to sue in any state where a statement can be accessed. As a result, those affected can scarcely predict where they may be sued and which law will apply. The EU's recently adopted Anti-SLAPP Directive has so far addressed this problem only incompletely. The author develops a reform proposal to curb SLAPPs across the three pillars of private international law: international jurisdiction, applicable law, and the recognition and enforcement of judgments. She argues for a uniform regulatory regime oriented toward the injured party's center of main interests . In this way, she increases legal certainty and reduces the potential for strategic abuse.

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Madeleine Petersen Weiner
Born 1997; studied law at Heidelberg University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Geneva; 2021 First State Examination in Law (Heidelberg); 2022 Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law; research associate at the University of Heidelberg and at the Humboldt University of Berlin; 2025 doctorate (PhD) (Heidelberg); legal clerkship (Referendariat) at the Kammergericht Berlin.

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