Breaking: In major blow to puppy mills, New York ends the sale of puppies in pet stores
Legislation (S.1130/A.4283) Bans the Sale of Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits at Retail Pet Stores Allows Pet Stores to Charge Shelters Rent to Use Their Space for Adoptions Governor Kathy Hochul…
Retirement age: Poland broke EU law with ruling on judges
In today’s judgment the Court, upholds the action for failure to fulfil obligations brought by the Commission against the Republic of Poland and held that that Member State had failed…
The Chinese are leaders in image theft – USA ranked three
COPYTRACK evaluated 10,000 records for countries with most breach of copyright infringements of digital images in 2016 Berlin, February 23, 2017: China recorded the most copyright infringements of digital images…
ICC delegation visits Israel, West Bank to discuss probe
As part of its commitment to promote a better understanding of the work of the Office of the Prosecutor (the “Office”) of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), a delegation from…
Planning terrorist attacks must be made a crime, say civil liberties MEPs
Travelling abroad for terrorist purposes, training or being trained, incitement to terrorism or financing of terrorist activities must be made a crime in all EU member states, urge Civil Liberties…
Court backs France in free expression dispute over torture photos – European Convention of Human Rights
A French magazine, ordered to black out images of a captive and tortured man, has failed to persuade judges that the decision breached European human rights law. In its 25…