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    Jurist UN disability rights committee ‘gravely concerned’ over treatment of people with disabilities in Ukraine

    The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Friday released its special report on the condition of people with disabilities in Ukraine and offered recommendations according to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The CRPD said it...
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    Jurist India competition regulator issues advisory to cab aggregators on surge pricing and data sharing

    The Competition Commission of India (CCI) Friday issued an advisory urging Indian cab aggregator (CA) platforms such as Uber and Ola to adopt self-regulatory measures “to address information asymmetry and transparency concerns” in key areas like calculation of fares, surge pricing, data...
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    Jurist Indonesia activists ask court to allow human rights case against Myanmar junta

    Leading Indonesian public figures Wednesday petitioned the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia to permit a case against the Myanmar junta. The application claims that the junta must be tried for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide against Myanmar’s Muslim population...
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    Jurist UN appoints new high commissioner for human rights

    United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Austrian diplomat Volker Türk to be the next High Commissioner for Human Rights. Following approval by the UN General Assembly, Türk will replace Chilean national Michelle Bachelet. Bachelet decided not to seek a second term after...
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    Jurist UK dispatch: death of Queen Elizabeth II sets constitutional succession process in motion

    Syed Taha Anzar is a UK staff correspondent for JURIST. He is a second year student in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. The United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and much of the rest of the world have unfortunately entered a state of mourning. “London Bridge” has fallen. The Queen has died...
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    Jurist New UK leadership abandons plans for bill of rights, stalls Rwanda deportation plan

    UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government Wednesday abandoned plans to proceed with a UK bill of rights. The plans, first proposed by outgoing Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab, would have replaced the Human Rights Act of 1998 and given legal supremacy to the UK Supreme Court, allowing...
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    Jurist Australia passes dramatic climate change bill, pledges net zero carbon emissions by 2050

    The Australian parliament Thursday passed new legislation pledging to reduce carbon emissions by 43 percent by the year 2030 and to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The laws mark the first Australian climate change legislation in over a decade and are the first substantial steps to...
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    Jurist EU antitrust watchdog blocks Illumina acquisition of GRAIL

    The European Commission (EC) Tuesday announced its decision to prohibit US biotechnology company Illumina’s acquisition of the cancer-test provider GRAIL, citing concerns on the takeover’s impact on competition in the market. The Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed...
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    Jurist Belarusian government proposes legislation to strip “extremists” of their citizenship

    Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko Tuesday hosted a meeting to discuss “issues related to granting citizenship.” During the meeting, Lukashenko discussed new legislation which proposes stripping “extremists” of their citizenship. The Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vladimirovich...
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    Jurist UN experts urge Mexico to repeal mandatory pre-trial detention constitutional provision

    The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) Monday urged Mexico to repeal the mandatory pre-trial detention provisions from its constitution. Pre-trial detention, also known as automatic preventive detention, is provided for under Article 19 of the Constitution of Mexico. The...
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