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Europe human rights court orders Russia to pay $143M in damages for 2008 Georgia conflict

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The European Court of Human Rights Friday ordered Russia to pay approximately 130 million euros ($143 million) in compensation to Georgia, almost 15 years after the war in the South Caucasus. This decision follows on from the January 2021 Grand Chamber judgment in Georgia v.

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HCCH Monthly Update: July 2021

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On 30 July 2021, the HCCH 1970 Evidence Convention entered into force for Georgia. On 2 July 2021, the Permanent Bureau announced the publication of translations, in Albanian, Macedonian, and Bosnian-Serbian-Montenegrin languages, of the Explanatory Report on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. It currently has 120 Contracting Parties.

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Europe rights court orders Russia to legalize same-sex unions

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Currently, 30 out of the 46 member states of Council of Europe legally recognize same-sex unions. The remaining 16 include – Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Republic of Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Türkiye and Ukraine.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Georgia , No. 2:19-cv-00256 (D. 2:17-cv-00372 (S.D. 2:20-cv-14243 (D.N.J. On April 2, 2021, the D.C. 2:21-cv-02201 (W.D. Circuit Vacated Trump EPA’s Significant Contribution Rule. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the U.S. The court rejected the argument that BLM did not take a hard look at mercury emissions.

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