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France: the term “race” to be removed from the Constitution?

On 27 June 2018, French Members of Parliament agreed to remove the word “race” from the French constitution and add a ban on gender discrimination as part of an upcoming rewrite of the 60-year-old text. The proposal is available online : Link More...

Australia: Parliament legalizes same-sex marriage

On December 8, 2017, the Australian Parliament passed a new law authorizing same-sex marriage. The bill passed its third reading with four members of Parliament in opposition. The new law expands on earlier legislation which already provided equality to same-sex...

Chile’s Constitutional Court on proposed bill legalizing abortions

On 21 August 2017, Chile’s Constitutional Court has voted (6-4) to approve a bill to ease the total ban on abortions which is currently in place. The proposed bill aims to legalize abortions when a woman’s life is in danger, when a fetus is not viable and...

Iceland to introduce legislation requiring employers to prove they are paying men and women equally

Iceland will be the first country in the world to oblige employers to prove that they offer equal pay regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality or nationality. A legislation will be introduced to parliament, requiring employers with more than 25 staff to obtain...

France – Constitutional Court on law obliging big companies to identify and prevent human rights violations and environmental damages

On 21 February 2017, the Assemblée nationale adopted a law obliging companies registered in France with at least 5,000 employees (10,000 for subsidiaries of foreign groups) to draw up a vigilance plan to prevent serious environmental damage or human rights violations...

France: Assemblée nationale adopts a new law obliging big companies to identify and prevent human rights violations and environmental damages

On 21 February 2017, the Assemblée nationale adopted a new law obliging companies registered in France with at least 5,000 employees (10,000 for subsidiaries of foreign groups) to draw up a vigilance plan to prevent serious environmental damage or human rights...

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Kenya is cancelling its entire academic year and making students repeat it. The move was intended to address the glaring issues of educational inequality that arose when school was suspended, but researchers say it could make them worse.
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Portugal to Become a Party of CISG https://t.co/kD3bkToKao

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17 Apr

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3 Aug

[Parution] The Sound of Silence in European Administrative Law. Dacian C. Dragos, Polonca Kovač and Hanna D. Tolsma (ed.). @Palgrave https://t.co/ZldgVXgSOz

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4 Aug

La note d'information sur la jurisprudence n° 242 de juillet 2020 est disponible au format PDF https://t.co/69s1SsyGAA, EPUB https://t.co/u1MtfvodjS et MOBI https://t.co/xTXTkaSE4A
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