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Nuclear threats and international law: a complicated relationship

17:56 10/04/2013 If North Korea makes good on its threats of nuclear warfare, international law will likely be the last thing on anyone’s mind. The nuclear sparring match presently bouncing back and forth the Pacific begs the question: can international law pass muster to the threat of nuclear warfare? In an effort to create a David that could prove formidable in the face of the nuclear giant, the UN and ICJ focused in great depth on this very issue in the direct aftermath of the Cold War.

Former top Chinese officials charged with corruption

15:41 10/04/2013 Two former high-ranking Chinese officials have been charged with corruption and abuse of power this week.

The new frontier of Russian IP law

13:22 10/04/2013 Russia’s Intellectual Property Court, which was established by presidential order on December 8, 2011, will begin hearing cases this year. The court’s chair Lyudmila Novosyolova told RAPSI’s Sergei Feklyunin about the court’s judges and the current situation in the sphere of intellectual property disputes in Russia.

The fate of Berezovsky’s estate

17:57 28/03/2013 Self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky left behind a tangled web of legal and financial disputes and obligations when he suddenly passed at his Surrey home last weekend. RAPSI spoke with several experts in UK estate and probate law to seek clarity on the post-mortem implications of the various facets of Berezovsky’s personal crisis under English and – surprisingly, perhaps – Russian law in the aftermath of his death.

ECHR clears Russia of most violations alleged by terrorism convicts

17:29 14/03/2013 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia did not violate the rights of members of an extremist Muslim organization to freedom or religion, expression, or peaceful assembly by convicting them of membership in a terrorist organization.

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Civic Chamber member turns to prosecutors about YouTube Beslan documentary restrictions

14:21 18/09/2020 First Deputy Chair of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of the Information Community Alexander Malkevich has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office in relation to restricted access to Beslan documentary filmed by Alexander Rogatkin on YouTube.

Bill on increased fines for law enforcement personal data disclosure reaches State Duma

15:33 18/09/2020 A bill increasing fines for unauthorized disclosure of classified information including personal data of law enforcement officials tenfold has been submitted to the State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament.

Children Ombudsman urges developing of register of pedophiles to combat child molesting

16:16 18/09/2020 Creation of a register of pedophiles, who are to be put under lifelong administrative supervision, could help to prevent a greater part of child molesting crimes, according to Children's Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova.

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