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• What would a British bill of rights look like?

  21-06-2022 23:30
  
  Plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a UK-focused alternative will be presented this weekThe government will introduce plans for a British bill of rights to parliament on Wednesday. We examine what it will mean in practice. Continue reading...
  
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• UK’s new bill of rights will curtail power of European human rights court

  21-06-2022 23:30
  
  Government says weakening court that paused deportation flight will strengthen sovereignty but critics see effort to make itself ‘untouchable’Downing Street will tomorrow set out sweeping plans to override the power of Europe’s human rights court just days after a judge in Strasbourg blocked the deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda.The abolition of the Human Rights Act (HRA), including reducing the influence of the European court of human rights (ECHR), will be
  
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• The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN review – a horrific tale of misogyny, rape and 10,000 deaths

  21-06-2022 23:30
  
  This shocking, methodical documentary uses first-hand testimonies to expose a toxic culture where abusers prey on the vulnerable – while hiding behind a cloak of saintlinessNot the United Nations as well. We live resigned to the knowledge that our political parties, law enforcers, independent standards agencies and sport governing bodies are functionally corrupt and deeply chauvinistic. Now Whistleblowers: Inside the UN (BBC Two) is here to tell us that the nearest thing we have to an expr
  
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• No 10 to set out sweeping plans to override power of human rights court

  21-06-2022 23:30
  
  Proposal to replace Human Rights Act with bill of rights is effort to make government ‘untouchable’, say criticsWhat would a British bill of rights look like?Downing Street is to set out sweeping plans to override the power of Europe’s human rights court just days after a judge in Strasbourg blocked the deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda.The abolition of the Human Rights Act (HRA), including reducing the influence of the European court of human rights (ECHR),
  
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• No 10 to set out sweeping plans to override power of Europe’s human rights court

  21-06-2022 23:30
  
  Proposal to replace Human Rights Act with bill of rights is effort to make government ‘untouchable’, say criticsWhat would a British bill of rights look like?Downing Street will tomorrow set out sweeping plans to override the power of Europe’s human rights court just days after a judge in Strasbourg blocked the deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda.The abolition of the Human Rights Act (HRA), including reducing the influence of the European court of human rights
  
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• Bill of rights is a lurch backwards for British justice - The Law Society

  21-06-2022 23:22
  
  Bill of rights is a lurch backwards for British justice  The Law Society
  
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• Justice Sonia Sotomayor continues her warnings of a dramatic conservative turn at the Supreme Court - CNN

  21-06-2022 21:45
  
  Justice Sonia Sotomayor continues her warnings of a dramatic conservative turn at the Supreme Court  CNN
  
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• Justice Department Secures Groundbreaking Settlement Agreement with Meta Platforms, Formerly Known as Facebook, to Resolve Allegations of Discriminatory Advertising - Department of Justice

  21-06-2022 19:50
  Justice Department Secures Groundbreaking Settlement Agreement with Meta Platforms, Formerly Known as Facebook, to Resolve Allegations of Discriminatory Advertising  Department of Justice
  
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• The Guardian view on criminal record checks: the case for second chances | Editorial

  21-06-2022 19:22
  
  Rules that force people to disclose decades-old convictions, including for non-violent offences, should be changedThere are good reasons for the existence of the current system of criminal record checks in England and Wales. It is right that some employers and organisations reliant on volunteers (including the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme) want to find out whether applicants have been convicted of criminal offences. Primarily, this relates to work with people who are vulnerable ei
  
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• Opinion | Why Is the Justice Department Fighting With the Jan. 6 Committee? - Yahoo Money

  21-06-2022 19:00
  
  Opinion | Why Is the Justice Department Fighting With the Jan. 6 Committee?  Yahoo Money
  
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• Opinion | Why Is the Justice Department Fighting With the Jan. 6 Committee? - POLITICO

  21-06-2022 19:00
  
  Opinion | Why Is the Justice Department Fighting With the Jan. 6 Committee?  POLITICO
  
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• Sotomayor accuses supreme court conservatives of dismantling church-state separation

  21-06-2022 18:00
  
  Liberal justice delivers warning after ruling that state of Maine cannot exclude religious schools from tuition programmeThe liberal justice Sonia Sotomayor has warned that the US supreme court is dismantling the wall between church and state, after the conservative majority ruled that the state of Maine cannot exclude religious schools from a tuition programme.In a dissent to the ruling in Carson v Makin, released on Tuesday, Sotomayor wrote: “This court continues to dismantle the wall of
  
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• Glencore pleads guilty to bribery related to African oil operations

  21-06-2022 16:45
  
  SFO says subsidiary of commodity trading company will be sentenced in NovemberA subsidiary of the commodity trader Glencore has pleaded guilty in a London court to seven counts of bribery related to its oil operations in several African countries.The Serious Fraud Office, which had brought charges against the FTSE 100-listed company after conducting an investigation, said the sentencing hearing would take place on 2 and 3 November. Continue reading...
  
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• CPT President meets with Councillor for Justice of Catalonia (Spain) - Council of Europe

  21-06-2022 15:58
  
  CPT President meets with Councillor for Justice of Catalonia (Spain)  Council of Europe
  
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• Raab urged to let parliament scrutinise Human Rights Act replacement

  21-06-2022 15:13
  
  Letter from 150 organisations adds to MPs’ concern about the bill of rightsbypassing pre-legislative process Dominic Raab is facing demands today from 150 organisations to allow detailed parliamentary scrutiny of legislation that is expected to replace the Human Rights Act.The justice secretary has been sent a letter coordinated by the campaign group Liberty calling for the bill of rights to be subjected to “robust consideration” amid fears that it will put the government beyon
  
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• 'Confidence in justice plummets' over court closures, ministers warned - Express

  21-06-2022 12:41
  
  'Confidence in justice plummets' over court closures, ministers warned  Express
  
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• Who is Justice Clarence Thomas? He answers. - USA TODAY

  21-06-2022 11:01
  Who is Justice Clarence Thomas? He answers.  USA TODAY
  
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• Environmental concerns remain as Toyota files appeal against class action ruling over diesel filters

  21-06-2022 10:44
  
  Car company alleges mistakes of fact and law in appeal against April decision that could result in $2bn damages paid to ownersFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingToyota has appealed against a class action ruling which could see more than 260,000 car owners receive damages of about $2bn, but concerns remain about the environmental impact of the faulty diesel particulate filters that caused the problems with some of Austral
  
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• If we are to have a future, climate justice needs a legal footing - Al Jazeera English

  21-06-2022 09:00
  
  If we are to have a future, climate justice needs a legal footing  Al Jazeera English
  
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• Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe named new vice-chair of JUSTICE Scotland - Scottish Legal News

  21-06-2022 07:43
  
  Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe named new vice-chair of JUSTICE Scotland  Scottish Legal News
  
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• Budget delivers access to justice for Queenslanders - Ministerial Media Statements - Media Statements

  21-06-2022 07:17
  Budget delivers access to justice for Queenslanders - Ministerial Media Statements  Media Statements
  
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• Young people go to European court to stop treaty that aids fossil fuel investors

  21-06-2022 07:00
  
  Five claimants aged 17-31 want their governments to exit the energy charter treaty, which compensates oil and gas firmsYoung victims of the climate crisis will on Tuesday launch legal action at Europe’s top human rights court against an energy treaty that protects fossil fuel investors.Five people, aged between 17 and 31, who have experienced devastating floods, forest fires and hurricanes are bringing a case to the European court of human rights, where they will argue that their governmen
  
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• ‘We were just rowdy 16-year-olds’: how a police caution blighted a career

  21-06-2022 07:00
  
  Now 31, woman tells of shying away from teaching jobs because of criminal record checks flagging up minor incidentThousands locked out of jobs because of mistakes in youth, campaigners sayNatasha* was 16 when she was reported to the police while standing outside a fish and chip shop with a noisy group of friends.She had never been in trouble before but there was a local ban on teenagers gathering in big groups. She was one of a handful who did not run away in time. Continue reading...
  
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• UK lawyers gather evidence for action against countries over Yazidi genocide

  21-06-2022 07:00
  
  Yazidi Justice Committee has been working privately for more than two years to show states failed to protect minority groupA group of high-level British lawyers have been working privately on compiling evidence to show that one or more countries failed in their international obligations to prevent genocide against the Yazidis in northern Iraq.The lawyers, who formally announced their collaboration as the Yazidi Justice Committee (YJC) on Tuesday, have been working over the past two and a half ye
  
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• Thousands locked out of jobs because of mistakes in youth, campaigners say

  21-06-2022 07:00
  
  Exclusive: more than a third of childhood offences on DBS certificates happened over 40 years ago‘We were just rowdy 16-year-olds’: how police caution blighted a careerThousands of people risk being unfairly locked out of jobs because of mistakes in their youth, campaigners have said, as new data showed childhood offences were disclosed in more than 11,000 criminal records checks last year.Politicians and justice campaigners are calling for a reform to the criminal records check syst
  
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• Thousands in England and Wales locked out of jobs because of mistakes in youth, campaigners say

  21-06-2022 07:00
  
  Exclusive: more than a third of childhood offences on DBS certificates happened over 40 years ago ‘We were just rowdy 16-year-olds’: how police caution blighted a careerThousands of people risk being unfairly locked out of jobs because of mistakes in their youth, campaigners have said, as new data showed childhood offences were disclosed in more than 11,000 criminal records checks last year.Politicians and justice campaigners are calling for a reform to the criminal records check sys
  
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• The temple of justice and its famished priests - Vanguard

  21-06-2022 06:47
  The temple of justice and its famished priests  Vanguard
  
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• The judge who wrenched open justice from journalists - The Media Online

  21-06-2022 06:35
  The judge who wrenched open justice from journalists  The Media Online
  
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• Sanju Samson hasn’t done justice to his talent and skill, remarks Mohammad Kaif - SportsCafe

  21-06-2022 06:13
  
  Sanju Samson hasn’t done justice to his talent and skill, remarks Mohammad Kaif  SportsCafe
  
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• Devastated mum: 'I've got justice after hospital neglect killed my baby' - Stoke-on-Trent Live

  21-06-2022 06:00
  
  Devastated mum: 'I've got justice after hospital neglect killed my baby'  Stoke-on-Trent Live
  
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• Chief Justice opens up plea bargaining camp at Gulu main prison - New Vision

  21-06-2022 05:04
  
  Chief Justice opens up plea bargaining camp at Gulu main prison  New Vision
  
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• Appointment – The Honourable Justice Karin Emerton - Victorian Bar

  21-06-2022 04:01
  Appointment – The Honourable Justice Karin Emerton  Victorian Bar
  
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• Jungle Justice: FCT Police Meet Okada Riders In Abuja - Leadership News

  21-06-2022 03:47
  
  Jungle Justice: FCT Police Meet Okada Riders In Abuja  Leadership News
  
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• Justice Chandrachud: SC must not touch issues that require lawmakers' role - The Indian Express

  21-06-2022 03:04
  
  Justice Chandrachud: SC must not touch issues that require lawmakers' role  The Indian Express
  
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• Osinachi’s mother in court, seeks justice for daughter - Punch Newspapers

  21-06-2022 02:40
  
  Osinachi’s mother in court, seeks justice for daughter  Punch Newspapers
  
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• Letter: Courts must manage data better to ensure justice - Financial Times

  21-06-2022 01:00
  Letter: Courts must manage data better to ensure justice  Financial Times
  
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• Social justice and military families webinar set for June 29 - AgriLife Today

  21-06-2022 00:52
  
  Social justice and military families webinar set for June 29  AgriLife Today
  
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• Faced with increased crime, we need more—not less—justice reform - Newnan Times-Herald

  21-06-2022 00:52
  
  Faced with increased crime, we need more—not less—justice reform  Newnan Times-Herald
  
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• To join Gauhati High Court: Justice Chhaya's contributions hailed at full court farewell - The Indian Express

  21-06-2022 00:09
  
  To join Gauhati High Court: Justice Chhaya's contributions hailed at full court farewell  The Indian Express
  
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• Children's Justice Center volunteers help put young abuse victims at ease - Daily Herald

  21-06-2022 00:04
  
  Children's Justice Center volunteers help put young abuse victims at ease  Daily Herald
  
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