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Human rights organizations urge Cairo to release ‘arbitrarily detained’ Islamic Law scholar

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Imprisoned in Egypt’s notorious Badr 1 prison, Soltan suffers from life-threatening health conditions, the organizations say, including heart and liver diseases, and has reportedly endured tortured and other forms of ill treatment.

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Freedom House report accuses Rwanda of transnational repression

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The report documented the anti-repression policies of nine countries: Canada, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The report consists of a database of 735 public, direct, physical incidents of transnational repression that happened between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2021.

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Rights groups accuse Tunisia president of harming judicial independence after 57 dismissals

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Saïd Benarbia, Director of the International Commission of Jurists’ Middle East and North Africa Programme, said that “through these arbitrary dismissals, the President is sending a chilling message to the very judges who should safeguard the rule of law and human rights and serve as a check on his abuses of power.”

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Registration now open: The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention – Bonn University / HCCH Conference (9 and 10 September 2022)

Conflict of Laws

Middle East and North Africa (including Gulf Cooperation Council). Sub-Saharan Africa (including Commonwealth of Nations). Prof Dr Wulf-Henning Roth, Director of the Zentrum für Europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany. Part I: Cornerstones. Scope of application.

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Conference on “The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Cornerstones, Prospects, Outlook” – Rescheduled to 9 and 10 June 2023

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Middle East and North Africa (including Gulf Cooperation Council). Sub-Saharan Africa (including Commonwealth of Nations). Prof Dr Wulf-Henning Roth, Director of the Zentrum für Europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany. Dr Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the HCCH.

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Just published: “The International Commission on Civil Status in Danger”

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Here is a translation of their call to action: The International Commission on Civil Status in Danger [1]. EU regulations do not bind third States; yet, due to migration flows, the EU Member States are often faced with questions concerning the civil status of nationals from countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, among others.

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A review of the first year of the Peer Review Network on Global Climate Litigation 

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From a regional perspective, the Network’s coverage currently extends to 15 countries in Africa, 15 in the Americas, 30 in Europe, 27 in the Asia-Pacific, and 3 in the Middle East. The recordings are available here. The second annual conference will be held in April 2023. Working Groups. 11, 2022).