If one cannot be cured, it does not mean he can’t be helped
A new law concerning palliative care was passed in Russia. There are grounds to say that it is major breakthrough in the way people with life-limiting illnesses are treated.
La Russie accusée de violation de la liberté de religion suite à la condamnation d’un Témoin de Jéhovah
Dennis Christensen, un Danois appartenant au groupe religieux des Témoins de Jéhovah, a été condamné à 6 ans de prison, par le tribunal d'Orel – au sud de Moscou.
Portugal finally expands the legal definition of rape
According to a research by Amnesty International, 1 in 10 women in the European Union is victim of some sort of sexual violence from the age of 15. Particularly, in Portugal, according to the [...]
Public policy: a threat to transnational legal order?
JSC Ryazansky Plant of Ceramic Metal Instruments (Russia) and Lugana Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Germany) entered into a distribution agreement. The agreement included an arbitration clause, which [...]
Filling the gaps: the latest sexual harassment law in Brazil
According to an ActionAid research, 86% of women reported that they have been victims of sexual harassment in public spaces in Brazil. In terms of Brazilian laws, there was a legislative gap [...]
Russian Big Data Bill : a giant step forward or a tribute to a trend?
On 23 of October a group of parliamentarians introduced to the State Duma a new bill which aims to regulate the Big Data. According to the definition in the Bill, Big Data is any kind of [...]
