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JULY 27, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in the case Ontario (Attorney General) v. Restoule on Friday, confirming that the Crown is required to negotiate and, failing agreement, compensate First Nations groups for breaching treaty obligations. The case considered the interpretation of treaties signed between the Anishinaabe of Lake Huron and Lake Superior and the Crown in 1850, when those areas were part of the British colony of Canada West (now Ontario) prior to Canadian confeder

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JULY 27, 2024

“Justice Dept. Defends TikTok Law That Forces App’s Sale or Ban; In its first detailed response to a legal challenge, the agency said TikTok’s proposed changes wouldn’t prevent China from using it to collect U.S. users’ data or spread propaganda”: David McCabe and Sapna Maheshwari of The New York Times have this report. You can view at this link a redacted copy of the brief that the federal government filed yesterday in the U.S.

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JULY 27, 2024

Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard denounced the rollback of human rights in Tunisia on Friday after a four-day visit where she met with several human rights defenders, civil society representatives, the Tunisian Judges Association, lawyers, political parties, journalists, victims of human rights violations and families of arbitrarily detained people.

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JULY 27, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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JULY 27, 2024

An independent United Nations (UN) expert on Friday called on the Cambodian government to implement a national action plan to execute and safeguard the interests of the country’s indigenous communities. Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn was appointed as a special rapporteur to oversee and report on the human rights situation in Cambodia in March 2021.

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JULY 27, 2024

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Friday stating that Russia must release activist Alexey Sokolov from detention and drop all charges against him. Sokolov was detained for his using “extremist symbols” on his Telegram channel and charged with “repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols” under Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code.

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“Biden will announce Supreme Court reform plans next week; Biden is likely to endorse term limits for the justices, an ethics code and a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity”: Adam Cancryn of Politico has this report.

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JULY 27, 2024

Ugandan police forces announced on Saturday that 104 individuals have been arrested amid the ongoing anti-corruption protests in the African nation. Uganda’s Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke stated, “Between July 22 and July 25, 2024, demonstrators attempted to #MarchToParliament in Kampala, leading to significant police intervention.” Rusoke confirmed that 100 of the individuals were already in court and that 13 of them have prior criminal charges.

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JURIST

JULY 27, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith re-confirmed on Monday that she will table amendments to the Alberta Human Rights Act to include vaccination status as a protected ground from discrimination. The amendment was a key campaign promise, along with the enactment of the Alberta Sovereignty Act , which allows the province to challenge or ignore federal laws that negatively impact Alberta’s interests.

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JULY 27, 2024

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan announced on Thursday the extension of Proof of Registration (PoR) cards for Afghan refugees in Pakistan for another year. This decision, communicated by the Office of Afghan Immigrant Affairs in Islamabad, extends the validity of PoR cards from June 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. Despite assurances that documented refugees will not be targeted, many PoR cardholders report experiencing harassment and the fear of deportation.

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JURIST

JULY 27, 2024

The Supreme Court of the western US state of Nebraska on Friday upheld a state law that restricts gender-altering care for minors and limits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The state’s Republican Party-dominated unicameral legislature passed and the governor signed the Let Them Grow Act in May 2023. Before passing, the legislature had amended the bill to include abortion restrictions after an abortion bill, the Nebraska Heartbeat Act , died in fierce debate.

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