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Historic agreements reached at COP16 to empower Indigenous Communities and safeguard global biodiversity

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After two weeks of negotiations, delegates agreed to establish a subsidiary body that would include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation and to oblige major corporations to share the benefits of research when using natural genetic resources. These co-chairs will be elected by COP, with one nominated by U.N.

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Canada settles Indigenous residential school class action lawsuit for $2.8B

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billion settlement to conclude a 325-member class litigation launched by Indigenous Canadians affected by the country’s condemned residential school program, which sent 150,000 children into 139 residential schools from the late 1800s to the 1990s. The Canadian government Saturday announced a $2.8

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Amnesty International investigates business involvement in forced evictions of Maasai people in Tanzania

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The report documents that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE’s prime minister and a member of the ruling royal family, is linked to trophy hunting company Otterlo Business Corporation (OBC). In 2022, the government demarcated an area in Loliondo with the purpose of creating the new game control area known as Pololet.

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Why The GC-Legal Ops Partnership Is More Critical Than Ever

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Legal Ops plays a crucial role in operationalizing the GCs vision aligning legals goals with broader corporate objectives, creating strategic roadmaps, and implementing key initiatives. Communities like LINK x L Suite are helping General Counsel and Legal Ops professionals connect, exchange ideas, and build best practices together.

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ACLU alleges Pennsylvania school district discriminated against after-school satanist club

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A Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment rights of an after-school satanist club by banning its members from gathering for regular meetings on school grounds, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued in a complaint filed Thursday. The ACLU is representing The Satanic Temple, Inc.

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UN Secretary-General says Taliban must restore freedom of speech, stop corporal punishment before admission to global community

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In the UN Security Council’s latest quarterly report regarding life in Afghanistan, released last week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that Taliban authorities must ensure “inclusive governance,” allow freedom of speech and stop handing out corporal punishment in order to enter the global community.

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Afghanistan dispatches: ‘These are warlords ordering punishments and no one in their government is stopping them.’

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Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on the apparent reinstitution of harsh corporal punishments by the Taliban leadership. The above has raised a lot of concerns in the community and people are concerned if they really are thinking of revival of such punishments in the country.