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    Jurist New Zealand-led international operation leads to 47 Canadian arrests for online child sexual exploitation

    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported Wednesday that 47 people across Canada were arrested, 186 charges were laid for online sexual exploitation, and a dozen children were brought to safety as part of a long-running international operation led by New Zealand’s Te Tari Taiwhenua...
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    Jurist UN rights office confirms 802 civilian casualties in first week of Russia-Ukraine conflict

    The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Thursday confirmed that 802 civilian casualties took place in Ukraine in the first week of conflict. Of those 802 casualties, 249 were killed and 553 injured. This included men, women and children. The OHCHR was established by the...
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    Jurist UN Human Rights Council appoints former ICC prosecutor to lead Ethiopia investigation

    The United Nations Human Rights Council announced Wednesday the appointment of the former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, to lead the investigation into abuses in Ethiopia. The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas, announced...
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    Jurist New Zealand police end three week COVID-19 protest

    New Zealand police Wednesday stormed parliament grounds in riot gear reclaiming the space where anti-vaccine mandate protesters had camped for 23 days. Hundreds of police began moving across parliament grounds early Wednesday morning, breaking up the protester’s camp, dressed in riot gear and...
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    Jurist France top court upholds city ban on lawyers wearing hijabs and other religious symbols in courtrooms

    France’s Court of Cassation Wednesday upheld a bar association’s ban on barristers wearing religious symbols alongside robes in courtrooms. In June 2019, the Lille Bar Council notified its members that they would be disallowed from wearing “decorations or signs” displaying “religious...
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    Jurist UN Environment Assembly adopts resolution to negotiate global plastic pollution treaty

    The United Nations Environment Assembly Wednesday approved a resolution to establish the first-ever global agreement on plastic pollution, along with a series of draft resolutions concerning biodiversity, health, the green economy, and circularity. Building off of prior resolutions aimed at...
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    Jurist ICJ to hold hearings in Ukraine proceedings against Russia

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday announced that it would hold hearings on March 7 and 8 to determine whether to order “provisional measures” brought in a lawsuit by Ukraine against Russia. On February 26, Ukraine instituted proceedings against Russia before the ICJ. Ukraine...
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    Jurist White House announces aggressive sanctions targeting prominent Russian oligarchs over Ukraine invasion

    The White House on Thursday announced damaging sanctions against some of Russia’s most prominent oligarchs, broadening its crackdown on the billionaires the White House accuses of enabling Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “War of Choice,” according to a statement released Thursday. Among...
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    Jurist NSO Group sues news portal for reports alleging Israel police’s misuse of Pegasus spyware

    The spyware company NSO Group Sunday filed a defamation lawsuit against Calcalist, an Israeli financial news portal, over a series of investigative articles alleging that the Israel police used its Pegasus spyware to remotely access, control, and extract data from phones of Israeli citizens...
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    Jurist Germany administrative court holds new online hate speech regulation violates EU law

    The Administrative Court in Cologne Tuesday ruled that key provisions of the amended Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), aimed at curbing online hate speech, violate European Union law on civil liberties. The ruling delivered a partial victory to Google and Meta that had challenged the new law in...
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