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04/02/2019

Russians will be forced to confirm their right to attend the trial

The Russian Council of Judges has developed model rules to ban visitors without prescribed by law documents from attending the trial.
Source: meduza.io
04/02/2019

UK Supreme Court rejects government’s appeals in disclosure of criminal records case

The UK Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of appeals from the government against several respondents who said that they were harmed by the disclosure of their relatively minor offenses.
Source: jurist.org
04/02/2019

German court refers headscarf case to European Court of Justice

A Turkish-origin German woman working for drugstore chain Mueller returned to work after maternity leave wearing a headscarf but was told that doing so is against the company's policy.
Source: trtworld.com
11/02/2019

No-fault divorce to become law

The justice secretary, David Gauke, confirmed he will bring in legislation enacting the reform in the next session of parliament, removing the need for separating couples to wait for years or allocate blame for the collapse of their relationship.
Source: theguardian.com
11/02/2019

UN committee finds Finland court decision violated Sámi people’s human rights

The UN Human Rights Committee found that Finland violated the political rights of representatives to the Sámi parliament by improperly enlarging the electoral roll of eligible candidates.
Source: jurist.org
11/02/2019

Russian government plans to isolate the country’s Internet to facilitate censorship and security measures

Russian Senator Andrey Klishas has proposed the Internet isolation plan as an amendment to an existing Russian communications law. His amendment would require all online services that operate in Russia to install specialized equipment that would enable them to block websites banned by the Russian government with greater efficiency.
Source: meduza.io
11/02/2019

French parliament approves controversial protest law

France's National Assembly passed a law aimed at cracking down on violent protesters in the wake of the so-called Yellow Jackets demonstrations. The law would allow administrative rather than judicial authorities to issue protest bans against certain individuals that they consider to be a serious threat to public order.
Source: politico.eu
11/02/2019

UN rights experts warn UK against using terrorism legislation to prosecute peaceful protesters

UN rights experts urged the UK not to use security and terrorism-related legislation to prosecute a group a peaceful protesters who attempted to block a block a deportation flight.
Source: jurist.org
18/02/2019

Prostitute protection laws proving impotent in Germany

At the turn of the millennium, the German government passed laws aimed at boosting welfare protection for sex workers in Germany. But a new report shows the legislation is having far from the desired effect.
Source: dw.com