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OCTOBER 9, 2021

The United Human Rights Council recognized a “ safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment” as a fundamental human right on Friday. . The resolution first proposed in the 1990s will implement the right to a healthy environment and introduce a Special Rapporteur to establish these changes. The text proposed by countries including the Maldives and Morocco passed with the only abstentions being Russia, India, China, and Japan.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

“Texas’ restrictive abortion law temporarily restored by federal appeals court”: Madlin Mekelburg of The Austin American-Statesman has this report. J. David Goodman of The New York Times reports that “ Most Abortions in Texas Are Banned Again After Court Ruling; A federal appeals court panel temporarily reinstated the law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while it considers a district judge’s ruling.” Ann E.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 41, Genetic Information Privacy Act , into law on Wednesday, requiring direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to provide information and obtain consumers’ express consent regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of genetic data. “ At-home DNA tests have provided people with the ability to seek meaningful connections to long-lost family or their own cultural and religious histories.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

“Apple Filing Notice of Appeal in Epic Antitrust Case, Looks to Stay In-App Injunction; The iPhone maker wants a stay on judge’s order to open in-app communications that could allow cheaper payment options”: Tim Higgins has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Friday warning of the possibility of an imminent attack by the Myanmar military against its opponents. In the release, OHCHR noted that there had been a build-up of heavy weapons and troops by the Tatmadaw, the Myanmar military, in several townships across three regions of the country in recent days.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on recent Taliban restrictions on music in public places. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding our correspondent’s name and institutional affiliation.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

“What abortion access looks like in America even before the Supreme Court reconsiders Roe v. Wade”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court of India ruled Friday that if the fundamental right to education under “Article 21A of the Constitution has to become a reality,” then the needs of underprivileged children “to receive adequate access to online education cannot be denied.” The court passed the order while issuing notice in a special leave petition against a judgment of the Delhi High Court.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

People don’t read, they skim. If you want your clients to understand you, make it easy for them and write like people read. Have you noticed that the way you read websites, emails, text messages — even magazine and news articles — has changed over time? A growing body of research suggests the internet is changing how people pay attention to writing.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

A report released Thursday states that the vicious cycle linking natural resource depletion and violence may have gone past the point of no return in some parts of planet, and will likely be exacerbated by climate change. The second edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR), released by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), assesses threats “relating to food risk, water risk, rapid population growth, temperature anomalies and natural disasters.” The authors measured thes

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

“The Supreme Court v. Reality”: Columnist Maureen Dowd will have this essay in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday has temporarily reinstated Texas’ six-week abortion ban after a lower court had blocked the law just two days earlier. The controversial law was blocked by Judge Robert Pitman on Wednesday after a complaint was filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Pitman found that the law would subject citizens of Texas to irreparable harm if it were allowed to stand.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Private Side of Transforming our World. UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030and the Role of Private International Law. September 9-11, 2021, Hamburg, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law. By Madeleine Petersen Weiner and Mai-Lan Tran. The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law hosted a hybrid conference on the Institute’s premises, and digitally via Zoom, under the above title from September 9-11, 2021, on the occasion

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OPIC) of Canada published on Thursday the findings of its investigation into Alcanna Inc.’s retail liquor stores in Alberta. The investigation found that Alcanna’s use of ID scanning technology violated the Personal Information Protection Act of Alberta (PIPA) by collecting more than the reasonable extent of personal data.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

Introduction. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 is one of four Labour Codes included in the Central Government’s largest reform scheme in decades. It incorporates three major Central laws pertaining to industrial dispute resolution and collective bargaining arrangements, namely: The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 The Trade Unions Act, 1926 Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Grand national assembly of Turkey ratified Wednesday the Paris agreement on climate change, a move coming nearly six years after it originally signed the agreement. However, as the last G20 country to ratify the agreement, Turkey is still dissatisfied with its classification as a developed country under the agreement. Despite signing the agreement in 2016, Turkey has long been hesitant to ratify it due to what the country perceived as injustices flowing from its classification in the Annex

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Ahmar Khan: Canada Lacks ‘Political Will’ to Waive COVID-19 Vaccine Patents, Bolivian Minister Says (Source: Global News). Andreas Curkovic: Psygen Announces That Psilocybin from Its Patent-Pending Process Has Been Used in Human Trial (Source: Yahoo Finance). Blake Brittain: Apple Loses (and Wins) Rulings in ‘Home Button’ Patent Dispute (Source: Reuters).

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACA) found on Wednesday that the app store rules by Apple are anti-competitive due to regulations requiring software developers to use Apple’s in-app payments, according to a report by Reuters. The US company’s policy requires app developers to use their in-app functions, which can have commissions up to 30%.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

The lawsuit observes that cash-strapped Utah residents languish in jail while comparably wealthy people go free.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The UN Human Rights Council approved a resolution Thursday to appoint, for one year, a Special Rapporteur to monitor the status of human rights in Afghanistan as it evolves. The Council adopted the resolution introduced by the European Union with 28 votes in favor, 14 abstentions, and five votes against, including China, Pakistan, and Russia. The resolution says that the rapporteur will report on the status of human rights and provide recommendations for improvement.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

Chicago Tribune journalist Eric Zorn is not going to speak at DePaul University after the student newspaper condemned him for “racism.” The students wrote that Zorn should not participate in a “ Tough Times for Local Journalism ” panel because he warned against making snap judgments on the controversial shooting of Adam Toledo by a Chicago police officer.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

“The Trump Court and The Roberts Court: What the data about decisions can tell us about the new Supreme Court term.” Professor Lee Epstein is Dahlia Lithwick’s guest on today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast.

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