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Australia introduces law to prevent construction of Russian embassy near parliament building

JURIST

At a press conference , Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the law has been expedited to prevent a formal Russian diplomatic presence near the parliament. The Australian government sought to cancel the lease following Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and subsequent cyber security threats to Australia.

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Russia sentences over 200 Ukrainian fighters to prison

JURIST

Addressing an inquiry into the alleged crimes of Ukraine, Lavrov informed the news agency that Russian law enforcement authorities are diligently documenting the alleged “atrocities” committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis that can be traced back to as early as 2014.

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TechReport 2022: Cloud Computing

LawTechnologyToday

The 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report showed the surge in cloud usage we expected after March 2020 starting to take off, led by solo lawyers. The 2022 Survey focused on cloud computing as a platform for a “web-based software service or solutions,” including Software as a Service (SaaS).

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Six Trends That Will Shape Public Safety in 2022

The Crime Report

Driven by calls to “reimagine public safety,” many public safety agencies are partnering with other government agencies and community organizations while restructuring some traditional law enforcement functions. Agencies should use the data they collected to embed a culture of diligence and innovation in the organization.

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: PIL and Litigation Aspects

Conflict of Laws

Introduction After extensive negotiations, on 24 April 2024, the European Parliament approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) as part of the EU Green Deal. From an older date is a 2014 special issue of Erasmus Law Review , co-edited by Kramer and Carballo Piñeiro on the role of PIL in contemporary society.

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Doctoral scholarship: International accountability through the value chain in Antwerp

Conflict of Laws

It examines recent and pending legislation on value chain due diligence in selected countries and/or regional organisations. The research can be approached from the perspective of human rights law, public international law or private international law, including private law mechanisms (either in tort or in contract law).

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GEDIP’s Reccommendation on the Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Conflict of Laws

Written by Hans van Loon, former Secretary General of the HCCH and Honorary Professor of the University of Edinburgh Law School. As reported in this blog before (see CSDD and PIL: Some Remarks on the Directive Proposal ), the European Commission on 23 February 2022 adopted a proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence.