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Putin Signs Law Permitting ECtHR Override
December 16, 2015
Following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") against the country's surveillance program, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law permitting the Russian Constitutional Court to determine whether or not to implement ECtHR decisions.
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UK Prime Minister Seeks Tightened EU Gun Laws
December 16, 2015
The Mirror reports that, in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for an EU-wide ban on semi-automatic weapons and the tightening of EU firearm restrictions in order to make it more difficult for criminal and terrorists to obtain guns.
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EU Launches Legal Action over Migration
December 16, 2015
The BBC reports that the European Commission has launched infringement cases against Greece, Croatia, and Italy for failing to properly register migrants entering their territories from North Africa and the Middle East, and against Hungary for what the EU considers to be restrictive asylum laws.
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UK Rejects Implementation of ECtHR Prisoner-Voting Judgment
December 16, 2015
The Daily Mail reports that, after the UK Government announced that it will not permit prisoners to vote after a finding from the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") that the British blanket prisoner-voting ban violates human rights, the Council of Europe delayed discussion on the issue until the end of 2016.
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Northern Ireland Judge Finds Abortion Rights in ECHR
December 16, 2015
Despite a contrary precedent from the European Court of Human Rights, Judge Mark Horner of the Northern Ireland High Court has ruled that provisions protecting privacy and family life in the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") requires exceptions in abortion restrictions for children unlikely to survive at birth and those conceived through a sexual crime.
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