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    Jurist ECJ rules trainees are covered by employment protection directive

    The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled Thursday that companies need to make accommodations for employees who become disabled, even if those employees are in temporary training programs. A press release from the court explains that the case originated with a worker dispute in...
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    Jurist ECJ rules citizenship not discriminatory consideration in divorce proceedings

    The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled Thursday that an Austrian court was not required to hear the divorce proceedings of an Italian man and German woman who had been living in Austria for a little over six months. The couple’s divorce application was initially dismissed due...
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    Jurist Human rights organizations report calculated repression in Venezuela could constitute crime against humanity

    The Center for Defenders and Justice (CJD), the Penal Forum, and Amnesty International published a research report Thursday indicating that calculated repression by Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro’s regime could constitute the crime against humanity of persecution. The trio of human rights...
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    Jurist Afghanistan dispatch: ‘Taliban are afraid of Afghan women’

    Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on recent developments in the Taliban’s treatment of women in Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding his name...
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    Jurist ECHR finds Greece violated human rights of prisoner due to unsafe prison conditions

    The European Court of Human Rights }']ruled Thursday that Greece violated the human rights of Greek national Konstantinos Tousios while he was imprisoned in 2019. Tousios was arrested in January 2019 in connection to a criminal organization and participation in migrant smuggling. He was placed...
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    Jurist UNHCR increases emergency response in Myanmar as number of displaced persons doubles

    The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) announced on Friday that it is increasing its emergency response in Myanmar as the coup d’état reaches its one-year anniversary. The increased emergency response comes as the number of people displaced by the conflict in Myanmar reaches 800,000. UNHCR predicts that...
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    Jurist ICJ rules Uganda owes DRC $325M in resource conflict reparations

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Wednesday ruled Uganda must pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for its involvement in the Ituri conflict two decades ago. In 2005, the ICJ ruled Uganda violated international law by engaging in military activities...
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    Jurist Ghana land ministry fine Spanish truck company $6M for explosion killing 13 people

    Ghanian authorities Tuesday fined Spanish company Maxam $6 million for transport law violations following an explosion that killed 13 people. The truck owned by the Maxam Ghana branch was transporting explosives to the Chirano gold mine in January when a collision with a motorcycle caused an...
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    Jurist UN calls for renewed refugee protections after Venezeula refugee infant death in Caribbean

    Several United Nations agencies Tuesday released a joint statement condemning the death of a Venezuelan baby during a maritime interception by the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard. The intercepted vessel was fired upon while carrying Venezuelan refugees, which has become common in the Caribbean...
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    Jurist UN rights office expresses concern for the safety of disappeared women’s rights protesters in Afghanistan

    A spokesperson for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Tuesday issued a statement expressing concern for the safety of four women who disappeared after participating in a women’s rights protests in Afghanistan. The Taliban returned to power in 2021 after...
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