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Chile Constitutional Convention presents final draft of new constitution

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Chile’s Constitutional Convention Monday presented the final draft of its new constitution to President Gabriel Boric. The new draft will be voted on by Chile’s population. In May 2021, the Constitutional Convention was elected, and it began drafting ideas.

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Chile finalizes draft of new constitution replacing Pinochet-era instrument

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Chile’s Constitutional Convention Monday finalized the draft of a new constitution, following 10 months of negotiations. Chilean citizens overwhelmingly voted in October 2020 to draft the new constitution replacing the guiding principles put in place in 1980 under General Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship. .

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Attorneys file ethics complaint against DOJ official over 2020 election

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The group said they believed Clark violated the Rules of Professional Conduct when he sought to have the Department of Justice set in motion a process that would have nullified the 2020 Presidential election results in multiple states. He asked them to join him in signing it on behalf of the department.

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FDA’s Revised Draft Guidance on Biological Product Promotion Provides Additional Recommendations/Clarifications

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This Revised Draft Guidance provides considerations for manufacturers, packers or distributors (dubbed “firms”) of prescription biological reference products, biosimilar products, and interchangeable biosimilar products presenting data and information about such products in promotional materials in a truthful and non-misleading way.

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House Democrats draft impeachment resolution against Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’

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Democrats in the House of Representatives have circulated a draft of a new article of impeachment against President Trump charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol during congressional vote counting.

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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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The future legal value of the Draft Treaty will be that of enforceable regulation, provided of course that it is adopted in its current form. The Draft Treaty is still being negotiated and amended. The Draft Treaty complements soft law in the same area, namely the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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Syrian Constitutional Committee to begin drafting new constitution this week

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A 45-member drafting committee was created, consisting of 15 members from each of the three groups. Although the situation in Syria has been relatively calm since March 2020, civilians are still killed and injured on a daily basis. Pederson stated that constitutional reform cannot be carried out in a vacuum.

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