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The Sri Lankan Cabinet has agreed a ban on wearing burqas and other full face veils in public, which is almost certain to be approved by Parliament. This follows other measures targeting Muslims and other minorities. Many in Sri Lanka and internationally condemned this as a breach of human rights. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Ahmed Shaheed, tweeted that burqa bans are incompatible with international law guarantees of the right to manifest one’s relig...

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The Workers Who Sued Uber and Won The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Uber drivers, declaring them workers and not independent contractors. But to beat the platform capitalists, it is urgent that we start to treat digital rights as worker rights. Yaseen Aslam and James Farrar outside the Employment Appeals Tribunal on September 27, 2017, in London (Carl Court/Getty Images) In February, the UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Uber BV v. Aslam that ...

Introduction Frances top court has reinstated a $1.58 billion arbitration award rendered in investment treaty proceedings between Canadian gold miner Rusoro and Venezuela. In its 31 March 2021 decision,(1) the Court of Cassation accepted Rusoros argument that the limitation period for bringing a claim under the Canada-Venezuela Bilateral Investment Treaty (the Canada-Venezuela BIT) was a question of admissibility and not of the tribunals jurisdiction to hear the dispute. Accordingly, the Court ...

The Cambodian government must take urgent steps to avert an emerging humanitarian and human rights crisis under the country’s COVID-19 lockdown, said Amnesty International today.

Eight years in jail, IM men approach court for bail citing prolonged trial NEW DELHI, Apr 29: A Delhi court has asked for NIA’s reply on bail applications by two alleged members of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) who claimed that even after eight years of their arrest there was no likelihood of the trial being completed anytime soon. The accused — Danish Ansari and Obaid-Ur-Rehman — were arrested in 2013 for alleged conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in various parts of the count...

Friday, April 23, 2021 On Earth Day, as expected, the Biden-Harris Administration continued its efforts to fulfill campaign commitments on climate change.  The big announcement came on what is called the “Nationally Determined Contribution” or NDC.  The Administration announced that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 50% by 2030.  This reflects an increased commitment from the United States’ prior commitment of cutting emissions...

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op woensdag 21 april 2021. EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act What is the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act? The EUs Taxonomy Regulation, which entered into force on 12 July 2020, will help create the worlds first-ever “green list” - a classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities. It will create a common language that investors can use when investing in projects and economic activities that have a sub...

NATO to Begin Leaving Afghanistan by Trump Deal Deadline May 1 15 Apr 2021 The head of NATO, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, confirmed Thursday that the coalition would begin withdrawing from Afghanistan on May 1, the original deadline set in a deal brokered by the administration of President Donald Trump, but extended this week under successor Joe Biden. Biden announced Wednesday that American troops would leave Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the al-Qaeda attacks on N...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Under Article 58 §3 of Brazil’s 1988 Constitution, either house of Congress can create an investigative committee called a “Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito” (abbreviated CPI). Article 58 §3 sets out only three prerequisites for any CPI: (a) a petition signed by one-third of the members of the congressional body; (b) a set of facts to be investigated; and (c) a time limit. Most constitutional theorists hold that if all three factors are present, t...