by sandydutczak | Oct 31, 2021 | General, Legal News
UN Resolution Condemning Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks (HPAWR) On 21 July 2021 The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted draft Resolution 47 entitled Elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of...
by sandydutczak | Oct 20, 2021 | General, IALS, Legal News
Eric George Irons OBE (1921–2007) Magistrate and campaigner for equal rights Born in 1921 in Jamaica, Eric Irons came to the UK in 1944 to join the RAF. In the 1950s, Irons became an important local community figure, campaigning for better...
by sandydutczak | May 21, 2021 | General, Legal News
Many more ‘spying cops’ without proper controls By Tim Baldwin, barrister at Garden Court Chambers The CHIS Act is an Act of Parliament sponsored by the Home Office which will make provisions for and authorise criminal conduct in the course of, or in connection...
by sandydutczak | May 12, 2021 | General, IALS, Legal News, Research
Dr. Daniele D’Alvia (Associate Research Fellow in Financial Regulation at IALS and Teaching Fellow in Banking and Finance Law at CCLS – QMUL); and Prof. Milos Vulanovic (Professor in Finance at EDHEC Business School Paris) On 3 March 2021, Lord Jonathan Hill’s review...
by Lindsey Caffin | Mar 12, 2021 | General, Legal News
By Paul Marshall and Stephen Mason. On 10 March 2021, Mr Darren Jones MP, Chair of the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee, (also chair of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence https://instituteofai.org/) moved a Parliamentary debate that was...
by sandydutczak | Mar 5, 2021 | General, IALS, Library, Publications
International Women’s Day 2021 IALS Reading List International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. IWD has occurred for well over a century with the first gathering held in 1911; see...