On 30 December 2020, President Alberto Fernandez announced the legalisation of abortion in Argentina, making it the biggest country in Latin America to do so.
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The Court of Final Appeal has ruled that the Executive can continue to use emergency powers granted by a colonial-era law, at the expense of civil liberties.
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This review discusses Gilio-Whitaker’s holistic account of Indigenous environmental justice structured within contemporary and historical timelines, and highlights the work still required to decolonise knowledge production which continues to dictate social, environmental and legal systems.
Read moreShorter jail sentences now qualify foreign offenders in UK for deportation
New regulations that lower requirements for the deportation of foreign offenders in the UK come as part of wider plans to overhaul the immigration system and are likely to result in human rights violations.
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