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Ekins: Why Britain Found the Exit
July 19, 2021
Richard Ekins reviews the book This Sovereign Isle, by Robert Tombs on lawliberty.org which explains how the UK entered the European project and why the British people eventually became disillusioned, leading to Brexit.
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Top EU Court: Companies can Ban Headscarves at Work
July 19, 2021
The Court of Justice of the European Union, The EU’s top court, has ruled that private companies can prohibit employees from wearing headscarves at work citing an employers genuine « need to present a neutral image towards customers or to prevent social disputes ».
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Ukraine Takes a Step Towards Judicial Reform
July 19, 2021
The Atlantic Council writes that after years of Ukraine struggling to reform its flawed judicial system, MPs adopted two laws that could potentially establish foundations for the reboot of the country’s legal system backing the relaunch the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) and High Council of Justice (HCJ).
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EU Adopts New SCCs For Transfers of Personal Data
July 14, 2021
The European Commission adopted a new set of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S. or other countries that are not deemed to ensure adequate protection for personal data taking into consideration the July 2020 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Schrems II that declared the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework for data transfers invalid.
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Venice Commission: Russia's 'Foreign Agent' Amendments Violate Human Rights
July 14, 2021
The Venice Commission has sharply criticized recent Russian amendments to laws regulating so-called ‘'foreign agents," saying they constitute “serious violations” of basic human rights, referring to Russia's "foreign agent" legislation that was adopted in 2012 that requires noncommercial organizations that receive foreign assistance to be registered and submit to audits.
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