The British government has today added a further 13 individuals and entities from Russia to the list of those sanctioned over the country's assault on Ukraine. They include Russia's second richest man, Vladimir Potanin, and Putin's cousin Anna Tsvynova.more
Euthanasia should be possible for children under the age of 12, suggested Health Minister Ernst Kuipers. Today, he submitted to members of the lower house of parliament (Tweede cameras) detailed proposals on this matter.more
Canada will ban most foreigners from buying homes for two years and provide billions of dollars to spur construction activity in an attempt to cool off a surging real-estate market.more
Former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke will appeal against his conviction for accepting bribes in a case involving World Cup media rights, his legal team said.more
More than half of American voters believe the Supreme Court will limit access to birth control and same-sex marriage after it overturned Roe v. Wade, a new poll found on Sunday.more
The ruling of the US Supreme Court that the constitution does not guarantee the right to abortion may tighten the law in this case in nearly half of the states. At least eight of them banned the procedure, including some with minor exceptions, on the day of the ruling, the Washington Post reported.more
The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the US Constitution does not guarantee the right to abortion and that the matter of regulating abortion is a matter for the states. The court thus reversed the previous legal position in force since 1973 and the precedent-setting decision in Roe v Wade.more
The US Supreme Court yesterday struck down New York State restrictions limiting the right to bear arms outside the home, declaring them unconstitutional. The ruling expands the existing understanding of the right to own firearms across the country.more
The European Parliament has approved an agreement with Member States to extend the legal framework of the EU's COVID digital certificate for another 12 months.more
British Justice Minister Dominic Raab tabled a Bill of Rights in the House of Commons yesterday which, among other things, makes clear that the British Supreme Court has primacy over the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on human rights issues.more
Underage refugees from Ukraine who have already applied for visas to the UK will be able to come to the country without their parents or legal guardians, the UK Home Office announced yesterday.more
Parents who take their children on holiday or allow them to be absent for no good reason during term-time will face fines, the government has said.more
Nearly a quarter of Americans living abroad are "seriously considering" or "planning" to renounce their citizenship. The main reason is inconvenient tax regulations.more
Officials in the city of Uvalde, Texas, in the US, are exploiting loopholes and other laws in the state to keep documents from the recent shootout, which killed 21 people, not disclosed, US public radio NPR said today.more
Some asylum claimants who arrived in the UK in small boats or in the back of lorries could be electronically tagged under a new Home Office trial. A 12-month trial could apply to adults due to be removed from the UK after arriving via what the government calls "dangerous or unnecessary" routes.more
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US has been approved by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. Mr Assange has 14 days to appeal the decision, the Home Office said.more
More than 40 athletes have filed lawsuits against the British Gymnastics Federation for physical and mental abuse by coaches, the Guardian reported.more
The flight scheduled for yesterday, on which the first group of illegal immigrants was to be deported from the UK to Rwanda, was canceled due to a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.more
A Government minister has insisted that a first deportation flight taking refugees to Rwanda will go ahead next week, despite last-ditch attempts to stop it.more
A concerted effort is under way to position Ireland as a centre for international dispute resolution. While the potential for Dublin to become an international legal hub has been talked up in the wake of Brexit, efforts to turn that vision into a reality will gather pace today with the opening of the inaugural Dublin International Disputes Week (DIDW).more
The Assembly of the Republic, the unicameral parliament of Portugal, approved the laws on decriminalizing euthanasia proposed by four left-liberal groups in a vote on Thursday.more
