JURIST

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Women who stand to be conscripted have been especially worried and devastated by this law.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The bill’s broad OTT regulation provisions have raised preliminary concerns as to the potential regulatory conflict between the proposed bill and India’s Information Technology Act, which has historically governed the regulation of OTT services in the country. ” The public may comment on the bill until October 20.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Hong Kong government announced Wednesday that it concluded the four-week public consultation period for a new local security law under Article 23 of the Basic Law , which is Hong Kong’s mini-constitution. The Hong Kong government stated that around 3,000 individuals attended almost 30 consultation sessions.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

Russian government officials announced Saturday that it is preparing a bill to facilitate the confiscation of both money and property from people who are found to violate the law surrounding false information and the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Volodin says the draft law will go before the State Duma on Monday.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2024

The Hong Kong government released the new national security bill on Friday and sent it to the Legislative Council (LegCo) for deliberation. The bill consists of nine parts, including criminalizing several national security offenses not covered in the 2020 National Security Law but listed in Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The four bills seek to change the wording such as “men and women” and “husband and wife” in the Civil and Commercial Code to “individuals” and “marriage partners,” allowing same-sex couples civil rights and status under the law. The four bills still need to go through multiple readings and stages of approval before becoming law.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2024

” Sanders also claimed, “Much of the destruction that has taken place in Gaza has been done with US weapons,” and that he is “concerned about the implications of some of the very extreme statements and unclear intentions coming out of the Netanyahu government.”

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2023

A group of human rights organizations on Saturday, wrote an open letter urging top Armenian officals to oppose a proposed law that would restrict access to internet services, thus limiting the population’s freedom of expression. We urge the Republic of Armenia to #KeepItOn.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2023

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T ü rk Wednesday criticised a British draft law that would require the deportation of anyone arriving in the UK by small boats. T ü rk said he was “deeply concerned” at the legislation and argued that it would violate international law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Thomas Kraemer is Senior Counsel at Kakar Advocates in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. The first step in the processing of principal documents is for the concerned ministry or other government office to draft the desired legislation.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MeitY") released the draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (the "Policy") on 26th May 2022, inviting the public to provide feedback and comments on the same.

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2023

The Government of India introduced a new digital privacy bill in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s Parliament, on Thursday after withdrawing a similar privacy bill last year. A draft of the current bill was shared for consultation in December 2022.

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JURIST

MAY 19, 2022

The Spanish government approved a draft bill Tuesday that extends abortion access for teenagers, removes existing obstacles to abortion, and may make Spain the first country in Europe to grant workers menstrual leave. The post Spain government proposes paid menstrual leave and wider abortion rights appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

AUGUST 29, 2023

On Monday, legislators of the People’s Republic of China commenced the deliberation of a preschool education law aimed at ensuring accessible preschool education for all children. The draft underscores the government’s obligation to invest more in preschool education and elevate teacher training.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan passed a bill modeled after Russia’s “foreign agents” law on Thursday, increasing the government’s oversight of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The draft law has been strongly criticized by human rights activists, foreign governments and NGOs around the world.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2022

The Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) Wednesday published a draft of amendments to the Administrative Regulations on the Management of Mobile Internet Application Information Services issued in 2016. The draft contains 27 articles and places emphasis on data security, user privacy, and national security.

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JURIST

MAY 2, 2023

The Supreme Court of Nepal Tuesday instructed the government to legally recognize same-sex marriage. They further recommended a five-step plan in order to allow same-sex couples and non-cisgender individuals to get married in line with a 2015 court-ordered report , which has not yet been acted upon by the government.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The government of the Australian state of Tasmania is seeking to ban conversion therapy practices in a recently released draft legislation. ” The draft legislation is meant to “prevent harm caused by practices that attempt to change or eradicate a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.”

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

The Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties), a prominent civil liberties network, published the Liberties Rule of Law Report 2024 on Monday, raising concerns about the declining state of the rule of law and weakening democratic checks and balances across the EU.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2024

The government’s draft law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving Certain Issues of Mobilization, Military Registration and Military Service” was submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers to the Ukrainian Parliament Verkhovna Rada on December 25 , 2023.

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JUNE 21, 2023

A new generative AI product for immigration lawyers announced today is designed to help them conduct research, draft and summarize complex legal documents, and engage with potential clients through a chat interface. “Immigration law is an incredibly complex, high-stakes area of law. Called Visalaw.ai

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2023

China’s Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate and Ministry of Public Security released a draft proposal to curb cyber abuse for public consultation on Friday. It also makes proposals as to how the judicial department will improve comprehensive governance measures to handle cases of online violence.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The Victorian government introduced a bill that would give pandemic management discretion to the state’s premier and health minister. Following the bill’s announcement Wednesday, the Victoria Bar created a strong backlash , calling it the “biggest challenge to the rule of law” in Victoria in decades.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Sri Lanka Cabinet of Ministers has approved the drafting of two bills to promote cybersecurity as proposed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Technology. A draft bill is scrutinized by a sectoral oversight committee of the parliament before voting.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Indian government issued an advisory to all social media platforms operating within the country on Tuesday in response to escalating concerns around the detrimental impact of deepfakes. However, no concrete draft has been presented. It urges platforms to prioritize their detection and removal.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2024

This overbroad law risks these organisations being labelled and stigmatised, and having to face an atmosphere of mistrust, fear and hostility.” This is considering the same bill was withdrawn in March 2023, and government officials and parliamentarians assured UN organs that the draft would not be reintroduced.

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JURIST

JULY 14, 2023

Taiwan’s Executive Yuan approved draft amendments to several laws against sexual harassment on Thursday amid a recent surge in high-profile allegations of sexual harassment on the island. The proposed laws will protect employees from workplace sexual harassment, especially those committed by men in power.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Rishabh Yadav, a postgraduate law student at the University of Delhi. There is an actual need for strong laws to tackle this issue. The Bureau launched a fact-checking arm called “PIB Fact Check” in 2019.

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JURIST

JANUARY 9, 2021

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. The article is expected to be introduced in the House on Monday by Reps.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2023

Bangladesh Law Minister Anisul Huq announced at a press conference on Thursday that the government would allow stakeholders to submit their opinions on a newly released draft version of the Cyber Security Act (CSA) 2023. Further, Section 29 violations will only warrant a fine.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Australian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Australia. Gwendolyn Devoy is a law student at Newcastle University. The government therefore conceded in that case that debt calculated by averaging income reported to the Australian Taxation Office was not valid.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2024

The UN Mechanism heard testimonies on racial profiling in Italy’s law enforcement agencies, which “create harmful and spurious associations of Blackness with criminality and delinquency,” Chairperson Akua Kuenyehia said. This practice erodes trust in law enforcement, and as a result, reduces law enforcement effectiveness.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Australian Labour government Monday released a draft of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 to amend the Family Law Act 1975. The post Australia to scrap family law presumption of shared parental responsibility appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2023

The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report Tuesday on the bulk collection and retention of confidential journalistic material under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 and the draft Remedial Order proposed to change the Act, calling the changes inadequate to protect journalists and their sources.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

While Fico acknowledged the European Commission’s comments, he said that they would not affect his proposed criminal law reforms which he claims are protecting human rights. The European Parliament subsequently adopted a resolution in January expressing concerns about the effect such reforms will have on the rule of law in Slovakia.

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2021

JURIST law student staffers have drafted and launched a petition calling on law students worldwide to support Myanmar law students defending democracy, human rights and the rule of law following the February 1 military coup that led to the overthrow of the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Afghanistan’s Taliban government has said that they are working on new Procedures to regulate salaries of civil servant employees in the country. Once they have a draft the prime minister should approve it.

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