International Maritime Organization: 2023 Maritime Decarbonization
After implementing a sulphur fuel regulation in 2020, the IMO (International Maritime Organization) introduces ,“IMO 2023” to further reduce ocean shipping’s carbon emissions.
New Digital Residency Law Passed in Palau
Palau is an island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, consisting of more than 500 islands. The capital and the seat of the government is Melekeok on the island of Babeldaob.
UN Rapporteur to Investigate Human Rights Abuses in Russia
On 7 October, the UN Human Rights Council passed a historic resolution to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation. The move marks the first time the UN body will examine the rights record of one of the so-called P5 members that hold permanent seats on the UN Security Council.
German Employment Law in 2023
On January 1, 2023, Germany will begin to implement digitization processes in the statutory health insurance system. As a result, the paper certificate of incapacity for work, previously known as the “yellow certificate”, which doctors usually issue to an employee to certify their sickness, will no longer be valid. From now on, employers will be informed electronically by the relevant statutory health insurance fund about the incapacity to work of employees who are insured under the statutory health insurance.
UK’s Supermarket ‘Iceland’ Food Ltd Patents Cancelled
EU Iceland rulings set ground-breaking precedent on country names as trademarks. The Grand Board of Appeal of the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has upheld a decision to cancel UK supermarket Iceland Food Ltd.’s EU-wide trademark for the word ‘Iceland’.
UK Bans Celebs From Gambling Ads
Britain bans celebrities including footballers, TV stars and social media influencers, from featuring in gambling adverts to protect young and vulnerable people.
Mali’s Constitutional Referendum
Nigeria's structure and composition are a legacy of British colonial rule. The country has gone through many divergent society with rampant political corruption and as a result has had many attempts to form an effective constitution. These efforts include civilian and military rule, centrifugal and centralized federalism, presidential and parliamentary systems, and other political institutions.
Canada’s Online News Act
The Government of Canada introduced Bill C-18,the Online News Act, which will ensure major digital platforms fairly compensate news publishers for their content and enhance fairness in the Canadian digital news marketplace, including the sustainability of independent local news businesses.
Refugees Status to Afghan Women
All women and girls from Afghanistan are eligible for refugee status, the European Union’s agency for asylum has declared. But it's up to each country to decide whether it agrees.
Italy’s - Decreto Flussi 2023
The Decreto flussi is an Italian government law that sets how many non-European citizens can enter Italy for work. Specifically, the Decreto Flussi, establishes the number of non-European citizens who can enter Italy for seasonal work, non-seasonal employed work or self-employed work. In addition to the number of non-EU citizens who can enter Italy for work, the Decreto Flussi, also sets the number of people who can convert their residence permit (for example a residence permit for study) into a residence permit for subordinate work or autonomous.
Finland to grant international students residence and work permits
A country like Finland is crowned the happiest country for the fifth consecutive year in the World’s happiness Report 2022. Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin had proposed that President Sauli Niinistö waved green light to the legislation on March 13, 2022,
Cricket: legal consequences of ball tampering.
Ball tampering is an action in which a fielder, illegally alters the condition of the ball thereby interfering the aerodynamics of the ball to aid swing bowling. Traditionally players also use the one side shining method with their saliva and sweat to generate movement in air while it is swung to the batsman.
China’s law on Family
In central China in the Hunan province a 9-year-old girl who was neglected by her divorced parents was forced to live with a nanny. A court in Tianxin district of Changsha city, in the Hunan province ordered the girl to live with her mother.
Cannabis and law
Just prohibiting cannabis has not controlled or had been effective in reducing health problems or the negative impacts on social system. Making it prohibited has only increased the supply of such illicit trade into the market thus increasing the violence and organised crimes in the society.
Covid- 19 vaccines finally shows green signal against patent rights helping the developing nations.
The world Trade organization (WTO) sealed by an the unprecedented agreement of 164 WTO members, has finally approved Covid vaccines against patent rights and the mounted barriers by the intellectual property restrictions to manufacture for a period of 5 years.
Corporate legal news
Spies would swallow these poison pills if they thought they were about to be caught, similarly this kind of strategy is implemented in the Corporate world, when a company may employ poison pill tactics to avoid such hostile takeovers. The poison pill tactic was first credited to the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, and Katz in the 1980s.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
IUCN was initially known as World Conservation Union, is the global authority to safeguard and protect the nature and the different species of natural and wild world living in it. It works to help countries mainstream nature into economic decisions and its policies.
Swatch filed a complained against Samsung for infringing trademarked watch face designs and wins the battle
The case was filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York by Swatch Group of Companies which include Blancpain, Breguet, Glashütte, Hamilton, Jaquet Droz, Longines, Mido, Omega, Tissot, and Swatch proper. And The defendant Samsung Electronics Co. LTD. and Samsung Electronics America.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is a group of 38 member countries that discuss and develop economic and social policy. OECD members should be typically democratic countries that support free-market economies.
International courts of justice allows Rohingya genocide case-against Myanmar filed by Gambia
The International court of justice at Hague on July 22,2022 allowed the case between Gambia and Myanmar under the international genocide convention. The case was filed on November 11, 2019, against Myanmar’s campaign of murder, rape, arson and other atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.