JURIST

MAY 12, 2023

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Friday that Italy’s newly passed Cutro law will have “devastating impacts” on migrants’ rights, and threaten their ability to seek protection, access fair asylum and move freely throughout the country. percent–from 120 days to 135 days.

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JURIST

JANUARY 30, 2021

The Philippines filed a diplomatic protest over a new Chinese law that authorises its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and destroy other countries’ structures on islands China claims. The law was passed last Friday by China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress standing committee.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson announced Monday that the PCG removed a floating barrier allegedly placed by China near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. This is the latest in a lengthy history of disputes between the Philippines and China over the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

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JURIST

MARCH 14, 2023

The US military Tuesday announced a Russian fighter jet collided with and downed a US drone over the Black Sea. The US claims Russia downed the drone in international airspace while it was acting in accordance with international law. The Black Sea, where the US drone went down, is bordered by many countries.

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JURIST

MAY 21, 2022

ECCHR criticized the hearings, stating: Equating civil rescue with aiding and abetting human smuggling is a gross attempt to weaponize laws meant to protect vulnerable people on the move. The Iuventa has rescued over 14,000 migrants from incidents at sea between 2016 and 2017.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2023

Civil organizations engaged in search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea Thursday released a joint statement condemning Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s new decree. The civil organizations claim that Italy’s new decree, announced on January 2, violates international law.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2024

Hasan Yaci is a Staff Correspondent for JURIST and a senior law student at Türkiye’s Galatasaray University in Istanbul. Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis has announced a new visa program for Turkish tourists, which would make it possible to apply for a 7-day visa at the door for 10 Greek islands. This is his first dispatch.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2024

Amnesty International also urged the rejection of Interpol red notices from Russia, lawful detention practices for those needing protection and transparent risk assessments for legal challenges. ” The North Caucasus is a region in the southern part of Russia, situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court held Thursday that several provisions in the country’s Federal Climate Change Act of 2019 were insufficient and violate freedoms in the Basic Law. The post Germany top court rules climate change law is insufficient appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

The CJEU ruled that the concept of “energy solidarity” was well-grounded in European law, rejecting Germany’s argument that energy solidarity is merely a political concept. The post Germany loses case restricting the use of OPAL gas pipeline appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

MAY 31, 2022

The United Nations Security Council Tuesday adopted a resolution urging member states to criminalize piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea under domestic laws. The post UN Security Council adopts Gulf of Guinea anti-piracy resolution appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2023

The resolution also requests the Court’s opinion on the legal consequences for states whose “acts and omissions” caused “significant harm” to the climate, particularly harm to small island nations and “people of present and future generations.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2021

” If passed, it would double the country’s western territorial waters in the Ionian Sea, taking them from existing six to 12 nautical miles. .” ” If passed, it would double the country’s western territorial waters in the Ionian Sea, taking them from existing six to 12 nautical miles.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2023

These findings come after various monitoring visits to the land and sea borders of the Council of European member states. These findings come after various monitoring visits to the land and sea borders of the Council of European member states. Despite all these new procedural practices, there have been significant challenges.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2024

Amnesty International on Monday called on Italian lawmakers to reject a deal that would establish centers under Italian jurisdiction in Albania to detain migrants rescued at sea by Italian ships, calling the deal “unworkable, harmful and unlawful.” Prime Minister Meloni claimed that the centers would be operational by next spring.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2023

Aidana Tastanova is a Kazakhstan national and a 3rd year law student attending the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under a Kazakh government scholarship. It is located in the northern part of the Caspian Sea. Meanwhile, it is not the very first time that legal claims have been made against this oil deposit.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2023

Russian prosecutors first filed the charges against 24 members of the Azov battalion in May, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Russian prosecutors first filed the charges against 24 members of the Azov battalion in May, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Amnesty International published a report Wednesday, labeling the “ disproportionate use of criminal law” as “one of the main threats facing the right to protest peacefully in defense of land, territory and environment in Mexico.”

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JURIST

MAY 27, 2021

Three organizations initiated legal action Tuesday against the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG) Agency, or Frontex, at the European Court of Justice for violations of EU and international law. EU member states are not legally allowed to turn away asylum seekers, a practice known as “pushback.”

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JURIST

MAY 2, 2024

According to court documents, Italian fishermen discovered the sculpture in the Adriatic Sea in 1964. expressed an interest in acquiring the sculpture for his then-new museum but was wary of the potential for title disputes given its murky provenance. The sculpture, Victorious Youth , dates back to 300-100 BCE.

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JURIST

JANUARY 30, 2021

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ruled Thursday that the United Kingdom did not hold sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, allowing the dispute between Mauritius and Maldives in regards to the delimitation of their boundaries to proceed.

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JURIST

MAY 27, 2021

At least 2,239 migrants died during this period while crossing the central Mediterranean Sea from Libya to the European States. ” The post UN report blames EU and Libya for migrant deaths in central Mediterranean appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Nakul Rai Khurana, a law student at Jindal Global Law School. As a result of the protests, the Delhi High Court was forced to postpone the majority of the cases that were scheduled to be heard that day.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Having in mind this link between the oceans and climate change, it would be natural for the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to provide a clear picture of States’ obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment in the context of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2024

Detained Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai’s international legal team filed an urgent appeal on Thursday with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Lai and nine others were arrested in August under the new national security law for suspected collusion with foreign forces. The law, which came into force in June, was created to prevent secession, subversion, organization and terrorist activities. Lai is currently awaiting a bail hearing set for Thursday.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Khoury received a contract to operate a landfill and was accused of dumping toxic waste into the Mediterranean Sea. Khoury received a contract to operate a landfill and was accused of dumping toxic waste into the Mediterranean Sea. Al-Arab received a contract to build a landfill which he used to defraud the Lebanese government.

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LexForti

AUGUST 1, 2021

My subject is “THE LAW OF THE SEAS” – The “Law of the Sea” is a corpus of international law that regulates states’ rights and responsibilities in maritime areas. It addresses issues such as navigational rights, marine resource claims, and authority over coastal seas.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In his inaugural video report, JURIST Bangladesh Staff Correspondent Ahmad Rayhan Farhi, a law student at Dhaka University, describes his home country as a land of contradictions, many of which reflect, affect or implicate the law. The video below is followed by a lightly edited transcript of the dispatch. .

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LexForti

JUNE 15, 2021

The Apex Court, in the highly sensational Enrica Lexie-Italian Marines case, quashed criminal proceedings against two, who were alleged to have killed two Indian fishermen in a sea-firing incident which took place nine years ago. This case, at one point, sparked off diplomatic relations between India and Italy. At a distance of 20.5

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

[A special report by one of JURIST’s Canadian law student staffers at the University of Calgary Law School, reporting as a Canada correspondent, pro tem ]. I just completed final exams for a semester of law courses at the University of Calgary. The truth is, this is a war. The truth is, this is a war. The pun is fitting.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Here, Eisha Chaudhry, a law student in the final year of her external LL.B. Here, Eisha Chaudhry, a law student in the final year of her external LL.B. She files this dispatch from Islamabad.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Years of reports, hearings, and press conferences have documented the abusive conditions at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. So, in June 2021 when Vincent Schiraldi became Commissioner at the New York City Department of Correction [DOC], the stakes were high. Every day, people are fighting for their lives. Nel Andrews.

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LexForti

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In this field, numerous laws, rules, and regulations have been enacted. All the above laws and statutes were not according to the prevailing Indian System. As a result, post-Independence, the government enacted new rules and ordinances to improve existing coastal trading practices. In the case of M. Elisabeth v.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She was one of my first new hires after taking on a paralegal manager position in 2004. Whether you’re a new litigation paralegal or have been on your litigation career path for years, Kim’s story is the perfect inspiration for welcoming mobility into your paralegal career and seeing the possibilities of where it can take you.

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JUNE 4, 2021

One of the most vital concerns that a legal practitioner is essentially seen to deal with, that is with respect to any particular dispute or one that has arisen out of a legal relationship between the respective parties subsequently brings into consideration the forum which has/will/have the territorial jurisdiction to entertain such a dispute.

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JURIST

AUGUST 30, 2022

Rabia Shuja holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from Griffith College, Dublin and is a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Pakistan. She reports from Islamabad. . On the 21st of August former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was charged under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act.

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