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CoE Group Identifies Violations of Social, Economic Rights
February 01, 2018
In the group's annual conclusions for 2017, the Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee for Social Rights has identified 175 violations of rights related to "health, social security and social protection," including violations of a "right to protection against poverty and social exclusion."
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Austrian Leader Opposes EU Migration Quota Scheme
February 01, 2018
Deutsche Welle reports that Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has signaled his backing of the Visegrad Group of Central and Eastern European countries in the EU on migration policy by warning that the EU's migrant distribution scheme "isn't working" and that the bloc should focus on reducing illegal immigration.
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Ministers: UK Must Follow EU Rules During Transition
January 31, 2018
NPR reports that the EU ministers have approved instructions for the European Commission's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier demanding that, during any post-Brexit "transition" period, the UK continue to follow current and new EU laws, without having any vote in the EU institutions, and remain within the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU.
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ECtHR: Fining Company for Biblical Figures in Ads Violated Rights
January 31, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that penalties imposed by the Lithuanian government on a clothing company for including captions mentioning biblical figures Jesus and Mary in its advertising campaign violated the company's freedom of expression because the ads were not "gratuitously offensive" and "did not incite hatred."
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UK Parliament Committee Objects to Brexit Legislation
January 31, 2018
Reuters reports that the House of Lords Constitutional Committee has found "fundamental flaws" in the British government's EU withdrawal legislation replicating the bloc's laws within UK law to provide for a smooth Brexit process, calling the bill "constitutionally unacceptable" because it grants government ministers substantial authority to correct "deficiencies" in the law.
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