Remove europe government-public-sector
article thumbnail

The Media and the ‘Right to be Forgotten’

The Crime Report

But government records are just one piece of the puzzle. Private-sector reluctance to expunge criminal records comes from the First Amendment’s “enshrined norms related to free speech and access to official information,” according to Murray’s paper.

article thumbnail

China plans to strengthen lithium battery industry regulations

JURIST

China sought to solicit public opinion towards the draft regulations , aiming at regulating its rapidly growing lithium battery industry on Wednesday. The rules, proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, are designed to curb unchecked expansion and promote sustainable and high-quality development within the sector.

Drafting 129
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Report: World Governments Used COVID-19 to Corrupt Human Rights

The Crime Report

A report from Transparency International has found that 86 percent of countries around the world are either worsening or making no progress in tackling the problem of corruption, with numerous governments being accused of using the COVID-19 pandemic to erode human rights and democracy, reports The Guardian.

article thumbnail

Police Reform, Like Vaccination, Requires Global Strategy 

The Crime Report

And it is nearly a week since the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued the first of five planned reports on how the ‘’North” can help the ‘’South’’ develop policing that can support the rule of law and protect the public. But with what money and in whose interest? Everyone’s. For too long, policing—like medicine?preferred

Laws 122
article thumbnail

The Youngest Traffickers: How Drug Cartels Exploit Children

The Crime Report

The outcome has been the development of a significant co-operating model with public sector and third-sector services, national government and policing. The UK experience of the County Lines phenomenon is not replicated in Europe. Our Taskforce plays a vital role in understanding this issue.”.

article thumbnail

How Can Luxury Groups Compete with Private Equity & SPACs When it Comes to Buying Founder-Owned Brands?

The Fashion Law

The shift to digitalization and concentration of winning brands – which is taking place against a background of unprecedented government cash injections into the global economy – has created a pressure-cooker environment in the luxury mergers and acquisitions market. For example, Tapestry Inc.’s billion deal with a SPAC.

article thumbnail

Business in the Wake of Boycotts: How Companies Are Faring Amid the Fallout in China

The Fashion Law

The auction “risks being affected by a political row over possible forced labor in China’s western Xinjiang region,” though, the publication asserted, citing three unnamed sources. . European Union, Britain and Canada on one side and China on the other, the Wall Street Journal revealed. .

Finance 93