These are my concerns about the growing commercialization of law in my city. I am currently a citizen of the city of Ahmedabad, GUJ,India. What really frustrates me is that despite the government’s attempts at regulating traffic laws for benefit of the citizens, the blatant incompetency of the traffic cops at street level has made […]
Treatment of Afghans in Iran, including caging of Afghan refugees, prompts outcry from human rights watchers and Afghan government
This week, Afghan prisoners were blindfolded and put in a cage displayed amongst other contraband items in Shiraz, a city in southern Iran. Images of the nearly two dozen prisoners in a steel cage then went viral on social media. The deputy police chief of Shiraz said the Afghan prisoners were among some 200 foreign nationals who […]
Russia desires to turn PACE into the hybrid structure
On September 18, election to the State Duma – the supreme state legislative body is going to be held in Russia. One would think why does it matter? Parliamentary elections are held in all the states. However, the forthcoming Russian elections have particular feature – Russia is going to hold elections in Crimea and Sebastopol […]
Law or force, what will BSEC choose?
The activity of international regional Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) is aimed at development of lasting and close cooperation among the countries of Black Sea region. This organization integrates 12 states of Black Sea region: Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Three states – Greece, Bulgaria and Romania […]
Amanda Knox case moves to European Court over denial of human rights
Avrom Brendzel and Nigel Scott set out the reasons why Italy will lose another case in Strasbourg. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is the court of last resort for defendants in the 47 states of the Council of Europe (CoE) who have been subjected to violations of the rights of defence. It was […]
“Addressing slavery in 21st century”: It’s time to take child trafficking seriously
Introduction Child trafficking can be traced back to the early 1400s, when the European salve market began in Africa. One of the main reason behind child trafficking is cheap labour. Today, child labour is the vicious image of slavery in the 21st century and its elimination is seen as matter of urgency throughout the world […]
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