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A Step Forward For Women’s Rights: Pakistan Introduces New Rape Laws

January 21, 2021 Tanya Elahi

Following a series of notorious and disturbing rape cases in Pakistan, campaigns, protests, and demonstrations have led to the welcome introduction of anti-rape laws.

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In Equality, Legal Updates Tags Pakistan, protests, sexual assault, sexual violence, United Kingdom, Sweden, women's rights, Amnesty International, torture, Indonesia, Poland, Chemical Castration

UK Court Blocks Extradition of Julian Assange to the USA

January 17, 2021 Mary Rizk

Concerns over WikiLeaks founder’s mental health lead to denial of the American extradition request.

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In Legal Updates, International Law and Justice Tags United Kingdom, United States, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, Human Rights Violations, human rights abuse, Amnesty International, Sweden, United Nations, pandemic

World Genocide Commemoration Day: Raphäel Lemkin

December 9, 2020 Samuel Pitchford

9 December marks World Genocide Commemoration Day. A Holocaust-surviving Polish lawyer made it his life’s work to see genocide formally criminalised.

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In Community Contributions, International Law and Justice Tags genocide, The Nuremberg Trials, United Nations, Russia, Poland, Sweden, Cambodia, Myanmar, Rwanda, Sudan, Former Yugoslavia
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The Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Recognise The Victim Status Of “Invisible Children”
Jan 11, 2023
The Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Recognise The Victim Status Of “Invisible Children”
Jan 11, 2023

Bosnia’s “invisible children” born as a consequence of sexual violence during the Yugoslav War have finally received legal recognition as civil victims of war.

Jan 11, 2023
How University Students Are Suffering From The International Struggle Between The US And China
Jan 11, 2023
How University Students Are Suffering From The International Struggle Between The US And China
Jan 11, 2023

Tension between China and the US has impacted on students who wish to study in American institutions, who now face suspicion and barriers to immigration. 

Jan 11, 2023
Alarming Conviction Of Minors Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law
Jan 11, 2023
Alarming Conviction Of Minors Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law
Jan 11, 2023

Hong Kong’s National Security Law puts democratic activists behind bars, these extensive powers to prosecute, detain, and imprison puts minors in danger.

Jan 11, 2023
Arab-Spring’s Unparalleled Gender-Based Crimes: A People’s Court To Bring Perpetrators To Justice
Jan 11, 2023
Arab-Spring’s Unparalleled Gender-Based Crimes: A People’s Court To Bring Perpetrators To Justice
Jan 11, 2023

Several Arab countries have witnessed major upheaval leading to protests against authoritarian regimes, known worldwide as the revolutions of the Arab Spring.

Jan 11, 2023
CJEU Rules Lithuanian Asylum Laws To Be Unlawful
Dec 18, 2022
CJEU Rules Lithuanian Asylum Laws To Be Unlawful
Dec 18, 2022

Belarus’ use of migrants as a political weapon against the EU has led to a swathe of anti-migrant laws in Lithuania. As EU courts condemn the legislation, the bloc is itself coming to blows with Lithuania.

Dec 18, 2022

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