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    Jurist Italy approves draft law punishing feminicide with life imprisonment

    The Italian Council of Ministers approved on Friday a draft law introducing the crime of femicide and punishing it with life imprisonment. Under the proposed legislation, femicide is defined as causing the death of a woman as an act of discrimination or hatred because she is a woman, or with...
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    Jurist Canada top court strikes down election finance law provision for infringing right to vote

    The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that a provision of an Ontario election finance law violated the constitutional right to vote, finding the provision to be invalid and of no effect. Writing for the slim five justice majority, Justice Andromache Karakatsanis contended that the different...
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    Jurist UK court rejects appeal over offenders’ duty to disclose serious convictions in Northern Ireland

    The UK Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal regarding offenders’ obligation in Northern Ireland to disclose convictions to third parties such as employers and insurance companies under the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. The court assessed the proportionality...
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    Jurist Japan high court declares denial of same-sex marriage unconstitutional

    Japan’s Nagoya High Court ruled on Friday that the country’s lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. This ruling marks the fourth consecutive high court decision to declare the current government policy unconstitutional following similar verdicts in Tokyo, Fukuoka...
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    Jurist South Korea court orders release of impeached President Yoon

    The Seoul Central District Court ordered the release of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from detention on Friday, citing procedural violations by prosecutors during Yoon’s arrest. This ruling allows President Yoon to await his impeachment trial and criminal proceedings from home. Still, the...
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    Jurist Canada Federal Court rejects challenge to Parliament prorogation

    The Federal Court of Canada dismissed a challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s prorogation of Parliament on Thursday, concluding that the applicants failed to demonstrate that the prime minister exceeded the limits established by the written Constitution, unwritten Constitutional...
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    Jurist Canada RCMP launches investigation into Alberta Health Services corruption allegations

    Canada RCMP launched an investigation into Alberta Health Services on Thursday, confirmed by Public Interest Alberta. The investigation follows a complaint in February that made several allegations of corruption with respect to Alberta Health Services procurement, and the RCMP refused to provide...
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    Jurist ‘Alarming rollback’ on gender equality and human rights worldwide: report

    Women’s rights NGO Equality Now reported on Friday that despite some progress towards legal equality, there has been an “alarming rollback” of fundamental human rights relating to “women’s rights, LGBTQ+ protections, and democratic freedoms” thirty years after the Beijing Declaration and...
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    Jurist UNICEF urges stronger efforts to eradicate child marriage and guarantee education for girls

    UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause of child marriage. The organization pointed out that child marriage remains a serious issue in...
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    Jurist ECHR refuses to overrule Romania court annulment of presidential election

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected a request to overturn a Romanian court’s annulment of the presidential election, declaring the application inadmissible on Thursday in the case of Călin Georgescu v. Romania and ruled that the decision was final. The application was...
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