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Egypt criminal procedures draft law targets detention reforms and public corruption

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Egypt’s Minister of Justice, Adnan El-Fangary, announced new provisions under the Draft Criminal Procedures Law on Sunday, aimed at overhauling the country’s criminal justice system. Notably, 20 of these proposals received unanimous support.

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Americas human rights body urges El Salvador to respect rights of detainees

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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday urged the El Salvador government to comply with international human rights obligations in its treatment of over 36,000 Salvadorans detained during its state of national emergency. The president and the government have revealed the harsh conditions in prisons.

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

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Indeed, Roberts reflected, when the whole point of the governments inquiry in deciding whether to grant or deny marketing authorization is whether the products will be sold to the public, the retailers might be the most likely people to challenge the denial of authorization. The government gets sued in a lot of places, she noted.

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Spain PM refuses to testify regarding corruption allegations against wife

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Under Article 315 of the the Spanish Civil Procedure Law , government officials can testify in writing. Sánchez then invoked his right to remain silent under Article 118 of the Spanish Criminal Procedure Law , which grants broad scope for the right to remain silent during investigations, trials, or appeals.

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European and International Civil Procedural Law: Some views on new editions of two leading German textbooks

Conflict of Laws

For German-speaking conflict of law friends, especially those with a strong interest in its procedural perspective (and this seems to apply to almost all of them by now, I guess), the year 2021 has begun beautifully, as far as academic publications are concerned. 783 – 976).

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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

Conflict of Laws

Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Law in 2023, referred to as the new CPL, involve 26 amendments, including 14 modified articles and 15 new additions.

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Relevance of Indian Limitation Law vis-à-vis Foreign-seated International Arbitration With Indian Law As The Applicable Substantive Law

Conflict of Laws

Classification of limitation in the context of foreign-seated arbitrations – procedural or substantive? The limitation in India is governed by the Limitation Act, 1963 (“Limitation Act”). The Supreme Court of India (“SC”) and the Law Commission of India have characterised the law of limitation as a procedural law.

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