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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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Written by NIE Yuxin, Wuhan University Institute of International Law 1. Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. Notably, 19 changes deal with the special provisions on cross-border procedures. Jurisdiction 2.1 Jurisdiction 2.1

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Relevance of Indian Limitation Law vis-à-vis Foreign-seated International Arbitration With Indian Law As The Applicable Substantive Law

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The determination of the law applicable to limitation is a complex exercise. The aim of this post is to explore how would Indian substantive law of the contract impact limitation period and party autonomy, especially in the context of contracting out of limitation in a foreign-seated international arbitration.

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European and International Civil Procedural Law: Some views on new editions of two leading German textbooks

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For German-speaking conflict of law friends, especially those with a strong interest in its procedural perspective (and this seems to apply to almost all of them by now, I guess), the year 2021 has begun beautifully, as far as academic publications are concerned. 313 – 782). 313 – 782). 783 – 976). 3.34, at p.

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Americas human rights body urges El Salvador to respect rights of detainees

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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday urged the El Salvador government to comply with international human rights obligations in its treatment of over 36,000 Salvadorans detained during its state of national emergency. The president and the government have revealed the harsh conditions in prisons.

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Peru dispatch: corruption allegations made by arrested ex-advisor to dismissed Prosecutor throw new light on an old issue

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Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas , Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. Jose Daniel Yampy Meche is a law student from UNSAAC and a member of CIED. As preventive rules we find: Law No.

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Adoption of the ‘Lisbon Guidelines on Privacy’ at the 80th Biennial Conference of the International Law Association

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On 23 June 2022, the Lisbon Guidelines on Privacy , drawn up by the ILA Committee on the Protection of Privacy in Private International and Procedural Law , were formally endorsed by the International Law Association at the 80th ILA Biennial Conference, hosted in Lisbon (Portugal). Burkhard Hess chaired the Committee, and Prof.

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China formally arrests Australian journalist after 6 months of heavily-criticized detention

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.” The formal arrest comes six months after Lei was first taken into custody under controversial Chinese detention laws. Cheng was detained by Chinese authorities in August under Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL), provided for by China’s Criminal Procedure Law.