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Torture Should Not Be a “State Secret”

David M. Crane, Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, shares his opinion on the practice of States covering up international crimes such as torture…. North Carolina has an important connection to the “state secrets” at the center of an October 6 US Supreme Court argument. In this case, Guantanamo prisoner Abu…

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SCOTUS Skepticism and the Texas Abortion Law

Natalie Gomez-Velez, professor at City University of New York School of Law, discusses the oral arguments before the US Supreme Court on Texas’ new abortion law and considers their implications for the constitutional system… Last week’s US Supreme Court arguments in Whole Women’s Health v. Jackson and US v. Texas challenging the Texas abortion ban…

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Hungarian Anti-LGBTQ+ Campaign: Restricting Portrayals of Homosexuality to Minors

Insha Rahman and Rohit Gupta, students at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India, discuss the effects of the recent amendments to Hungarian laws that curtail the spreading of information concerning homosexuality and sex reassignment among minors.. In June 2021, the Hungarian Parliament passed certain amendments to several acts, which curtailed the…

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Counter-Terrorism, Martyrdom and the ‘Hunger of Immortality’: Re-defining the Relevance of International Law

Louis René Beres, a specialist on matters of nuclear weapons and world politics, analyses whether the ends justify the means while engaging in counter-terrorism… “Nothing is real that is not eternal.” Miguel de Unamuno, Tragic Sense of Life (1921) Though inconspicuous and easily misunderstood, there is no conceivably greater power in world politics than power…

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China market regulator fines tech giants for failure to report 43 old deals

The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has fined several Chinese Big Tech companies for failing to adhere to competition law regulations. The companies listed are fined up to 500,000 yuan (US$ 76,000), the maximum penalty under China’s competition law. The companies listed included e-commerce conglomerates Alibaba, JD and Tencent. They were charged for…

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India government to repeal controversial farm laws after year-long farmer protests

Addressing the nation on Friday, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the central government will repeal the three controversial farm laws in the upcoming winter session of the Parliament. When the Parliament had passed the three farm laws in September 2020, it sparked widespread protests by farmers. They feared that the laws would dismantle…

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Senators introduce joint resolution to block arms deal with Saudi Arabia

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators Thursday introduced a joint resolution to block a White House agreement to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia. The group includes Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and the resolution aims to stop the sale of 280 medium-range air-to-air missiles, 596 missile launchers, and other weapons,…

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India central bank working group recommends new law to prevent illegal digital lending

A working group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India Thursday released its report on digital lending through online platforms and mobile apps, recommending separate legislation to prevent illegal digital lending, a nodal agency for verification, and a self-regulatory organization for participants in the sector. The group was set up in January this year against…

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US state attorneys general coalition investigates Instagram’s mental health impact on children

A coalition of US state attorneys general Thursday announced a coordinated bipartisan investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. (previously known as Facebook) for providing and promoting its subsidiary Instagram to children and young adults despite physical and mental health risks associated with the social media platform’s usage. The group comes from a broad range of states…

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Ninth Circuit approves release of video of landmark gay marriage trial

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday ruled that it would not block an order requiring public disclosure of video recordings of the 2010 trial from a historic case that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, paving the way for the videos to be publicly released. Now-retired U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker presided over the 2010 two-week…

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