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New Syria government urged to implement human rights reforms

JURIST

Amnesty International urged the new government of Syria to address the country’s history of human rights abuses through “justice, truth, and reparation” in a statement released on Friday. ” The rights group emphasized that the new government has an opportunity “to ensure a break with the past.”

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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.

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Tunisia dispatch: does the result of the constitutional referendum signal the end of the ‘Tunisian model’ of democratic change?

JURIST

I will be reporting for JURIST on the state of rule of law in Tunisia, conveying the ups and downs of a young country managing its new democracy and trying to secure a non-arbitrary form of government and ensure a non-arbitrary use of power. Public services were still slow and inadequate. This was a costly and risky choice.

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Violence Against Women: The ‘Shadow Pandemic’

The Crime Report

Changes in the Act recognize that women in all sectors of U.S. Earlier this year, Home Secretary Pritti Patel commissioned a public consultation to look into violence against women and to gather evidence from victims and support agencies. This work has now resulted in a new strategy published by the UK government last week.

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