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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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