Argentina’s Universal Jurisdiction
The landmark case against Chinese officials was submitted under Argentina’s universal jurisdiction provisions. On August 17, 2022, lawyers acting for the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the World Uygur Congress (WUC) filed a criminal complaint in Buenos Aires for genocide and crimes against humanity committed against Uyghurs and other Turkic people. It is the first time ever that evidence of the genocide happening in northwest China has appeared before a court.
COP27 @ Egypt
Global environment concerns are increasing immensely and such a call shows that no country is immune with the natural devastations around. The onslaught of climate disasters in 2022 has left little breathing space for the international community to respond.
China’s accession to the Hague Agreement: WIPO
On February 5, 2022, the Chinese government deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva text of the Hague Agreement (1999) with the director general of the WIPO, thus becoming the 68th Contracting Party to the 1999 text and the 77th member state of the Hague Union. The Geneva text of the Hague Agreement (1999) entered into force in China on May 5, 2022.
EU: European Media Freedom Act
ARTICLE 19 is a global human rights organisation that works around the world to protect and promote the right to freedom of expression and information. ARTICLE 19 has also extensive expertise and experience advocating for the protection of media freedom,
Jamal Khashoggi case: Saudi crown prince demands immunity as PM
On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist was assassinated by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi was ambushed and strangled by a 15-member squad of Saudi assassins and his body was dismembered and disposed of.
No Google in China
Google made its translation feature available to China back in 2017, including a separate app that folks in China could download.
Maltese Citizenship Act
On the 29th of September 2022, the European commission has referred the country of Malta to the European court over the controversial golden visa scheme provided by the country under. The EU took Malta to the court under the Article 258(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
New Rules of law in Real Estate in Vietnam-2022
The new laws under Decree 2/2022, requires the real estate developer to make numerous public disclosures on the real estate projects he works on. In particular, the following information must be made available on the developer’s website:
New Insurance Regulations- Ireland 2022:
The Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1) (Insurance Requirements) Regulations 2022 apply to insurance undertakings and insurance intermediaries from 1 July 2022.
New Athletic Shoe rules by 2024: World Athletics
It was announced today that World Athletics has approved new shoe rules and regulations for competition. The athletes will not be allowed to wear shoes that have over a 20mm stack height during competition.
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.