On 1st September 2016, a new law on arbitration comes into force in the Russian Federation. Key innovations of the so-called « Arbitration reform » inter alia address the following matters: the adoption of a presumption of arbitrability of disputes together with the...
The German Bundestag has adopted the a new criminal law regarding sexual assault at the beginning of the month . Accordingly, a sexual act will in the future also be considered as a rape if the victim does not actively defend itself. A crime is therefore also deemed...
Singapore ratified the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements with the aim to bolster it’s position as a dispute resolution hub in Asia. The Convention will come into force for Singapore on 1 October 2016. The Convention’s two basic aims are the enforcement of...
President Barack Obama is expected to block a bill (Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)) allowing victims of 9/11 and their relatives to sue the Government of Saudi Arabia over its alleged involvement in the terrorist attack. The bill passed the Senate...
CBC reports that Canada will remove its permanent objector status to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The declaration — first adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2007 — recognizes Indigenous people’s basic human rights, as...
Italy’s parliament has backed same-sex civil unions in a vote of confidence on 11 may 2016 for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Until this vote, Italy had been the last major Western democracy not to legally recognise gay partnerships. Recognition of same-sex...
