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04/04/2019

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11/02/2018

WHERE: Hilton Hotel Cyprus
WHEN: 27 - 04 - 2018 7pm-9pm
WHAT: Y O U N G L A W Y E R S A W A R D S
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18/05/2017

Guatemala: Thousands Face Needless End-of-Life Suffering

Thousands of patients with advanced illnesses in Guatemala suffer unnecessarily from severe pain because they cannot get appropriate pain medications, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 62-page report, “‘Punishing the Patient’: Ensuring Access to Pain Treatment in Guatemala,” documents how Guatemala’s drug control regulations – meant to prevent drug abuse – make it almost impossible for many patients with cancer and other advanced illnesses to get strong pain medicines like morphine. Patients described their extreme pain and other symptoms and how they struggled to cope with a dim prognosis. They said they had to make visits to multiple doctors because many were unable to adequately treat pain, and many said they faced lengthy travel on crowded buses to reach hospitals that offer pain treatment.
Source:Human Rights Watch

15/05/2017

Attended the discussion of Secretary General of the United Nations. The discussion was generic about his role and the approach he will be utilising during his term. Antonio Guerettas is a strong believer of multilaterism whereby multiple institutions and countries work on the substantial developmental goals. nations

08/05/2017

Iraq verdict 'could deter future claims': The fist week of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal's longest and most costly hearing has concluded with a warning that a guilty verdict against embattled London firm Leigh Day could deter other firms from taking on cases against the government.
The firm together with partners Martyn Day and Sapna Malik and solicitor Anna Crowther, deny charges of misconduct relating to the handling of claims against British troops following a 2004 battle in southern Iraq.
Source: The Law Society Gazette.

03/05/2017

The International Criminal Court takes part in a training seminar for investigators from the National Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Friday, 14 April 2017 marked the conclusion of a week-long training seminar organised by the National Human Rights Commission ("NHRC") of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC") in which the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court") participated.

Bringing together a wide range of stakeholders, the purpose of the seminar was to train NHRC investigators from across the DRC. Participants included representatives of the ICC, the component bodies of the NHRC and other Congolese institutions, as well as representatives from the legal profession and academia. The seminar's objectives also included sharing best practices, and exchanging views on ways of transferring skills and information sharing in the fight against impunity.

Source: International Criminal Court News Section

01/05/2017

While I was strolling in Nyhart of Copenhagen, Denmark I saw three elder Chinese people practicing some kind of meditation. I was intrigued to discover more about their practice, it was called Falug Gong.

Falug Gong literally means ‘Law Wheel Practice’ is a Chinese spiritual practice that combines mediation and Qigong exercises with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. The practice emphasizes morality and the cultivation of virtue, and identifies as qingong practice of the Buddhist school, through its teachings also incorporates elements drawn from Taoist traditions.
In 2006, allegations emerged that a large number of Falun Gong practitioners had been killed to supply China’s organ transplant industry. An initial investigation found that ‘the source of 41,500 transplants for the six-year period 2000 to 2005 is unexplained’ and concluded that ‘there has been and continues to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling Falug Gong Practitioners’.

In 2008, United Nations Special Rapporteurs reiterated their requests for ‘the Chinese government to fully explain the allegation of taking vital organs from Falun Gong practitioners and the source of organs for the sudden increase in organ transplants that has been going on in China since 2000.

You can STOP this from happening by signing the petition to the United Nations: http://www.dafoh.org/petition-to-the-united-nations/.



Written by: Diana Constantinidou

26/04/2017

Maritime delimination in the Indian Ocean, Somalia -v- Kenya. Preliminary objections.
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/161/19330.pdf

25/04/2017

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25/04/2017

China bans many Muslim baby names in Xinjiang:
When prospective parents deliberate over baby names – a joyful, private discussion – they tend to make decisions based on hopes for the child, passing on a family name, or some other tradition. Few would ever dream of having to consult a list of banned names – but this is the latest absurd restriction that the Chinese government has imposed on people in Xinjiang region, home to 10 million Muslim Uyghurs.

24/04/2017

On 16 January 2017, the Government of Ukraine filed in the Registry of the International Court Justice an application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation with regard to alleged violations of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism of 9 December 1999 and the International Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 21 December 1965.
You can read Court's order here:http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/166/19394.pdf

20/04/2017

Yemen: Houthi-Saleh Forces Using Landmines.
The Houthi-Saleh forces’ use of banned antipersonnel landmines in Yemen has caused numerous civilian casualties and hindered the safe return of civilians displaces by fighting. The Houthis and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh should immediately cease using these weapons and observe the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, which Yemen ratified in 1998.
Source: Human Rights Watch