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Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
Human rights - On July 5, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed a law amending the 1998 Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law. The original law stated that its objective was "to prohibit sexual harassment in order to protect the...
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Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
Weapons - On July 6, 2010, the French National Assembly adopted a bill that prohibits the use of cluster munitions; the vote was unanimous. The bill had been approved previously by the Senate, also by a unanimous vote....
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Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
Trafficking in persons - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a document on June 29, 2010, on the problem of human trafficking in Europe, entitled Trafficking of Persons to Europe for Sexual Exploitation. The report is...
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Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
Family - Ireland has declined to take part in a European Union plan for enhanced cooperation in divorce cases. The proposed scheme has been agreed upon by 14 Member States implementing, for the first time, rules contained in...