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The view from outside- the week in review 9 December 2019- 16 December 2019

Matrix’s Legal Support Service will provide The view from outside, a weekly look at the UK’s relationship with the outside world.

By Legal Support Service · On December 16, 2019


UK and the UN

  1. The UK to still fund Myanmar camps despite fears of ‘apartheid-like’ conditions
  2. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law has announced a new multi-year project to explore new security threats and the future of economic globalization.

UK and the ICC

  1. The Foreign Office this week put pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to support government efforts to end UK exposure to ‘lawfare’, a little noticed minister’s speech released by the department reveals.
  2. Amnesty International has stated that the ICC must investigate arms company executives linked to Yemen war crimes allegations as it joined the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights in an official request to the ICC. The Communication focuses on companies from across Europe, including the UK. The Guardian has more.

Events

Bilingualism in law in practice: the experience of Belarus and the United Kingdom

Date: 15 January 2020

Time: TBC

Venue: National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Climate Change Litigation: Comparative and International Perspectives

Date: 16 January 2020

Time: 15.00 – 20.30 (registration from 14.30)

Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, LONDON, WC1B 5JP

Legal Support Service

Legal Support Service

The Legal Support Service provide research and paralegal support to Matrix members – whether by finding legal information (cases, legislation, articles, reports etc), producing bundles of authorities for court, or carrying out more substantial research. They also collate daily current awareness bulletins, covering Matrix’s major areas of practice, manage our intranet and extranets and administer the freelance research panel.




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