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The government sought to reduce the pension of Sara Pérez, widow of Madero.
The Mexican government sought to reduce the pension former president Francisco Madero's wife, Sara Pérez Romero received.
In 1917, Sara Pérez Romero was granted a pension as the widowed spouse...
Legal Analysis
Judicial Reform in Mexico: It contravenes international law
The President of Mexico presented in February 2024 a Constitutional Reform bill to the Federal Judiciary of great magnitude. One of the transcendental points of the reform is that...
Chile
Court of Appeals in Chile authorizes the vaccination of a newborn after her mother’s refusal.
A mother refused to vaccinate her newborn daughter despite the insistence of a medical clinic, which turned to the Chilean courts to authorize the vaccination of the child.
Facts
A Clinic...
Brazil
A law banning neutral language in schools must be suspended, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal rules
A law banning neutral language in schools must be suspended, Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal rules
United States
Preliminary Injunction to allow parents to exclude children from exposure to LGBTQ books is denied, US Court of Appeals rules.
A group of parents filed a claim against the decision of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland, United States, to include LGBTQ-inclusive books in the English language...
Kenya
Life imprisonment is an inhuman punishment, rules a Court of Appeal in Kenya
Life imprisonment is an inhuman punishment and an unconstitutional sentence.
The Court of Appeal at Malandi, Kenya ruled that the sentence of life imprisonment is unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal...
United Kingdom
UK High Court finds a man liable for contempt of court for allowing someone else to impersonate him at a hearing.
Due to the restrictions of the pandemic, the courts implemented virtual hearings. However, what would happen if a person, taking advantage of this modality, allegedly failed to connect and...
Turkey
Blocking access to Twitter violates the right to freedom of expression, the Constitutional Court of Turkey rules.
Social media and the internet are modern tools for exercising freedom of expression in contemporary societies. What would happen if a government completely blocked access to certain pages or...
Comparative Law
Can universities prohibit students from protesting against them?
Can universities prohibit students from protesting against them?
Freedom of expression at universities. It has been reported that university administrators warned students at a University in Guadalajara, Mexico, that if...
Spain
The dismissal of a worker for shouting a swear word at his boss was unjustified, rules the Superior Tribunal of Justice of Madrid, Spain.
Can a worker be fired for shouting a swear word at his boss?
In Spain, a worker on his way out of the company was warned by the manager that...
International Protection of Human Rights
Persons with disabilities have the right to found a family
The human right of persons with disabilities to start a family.
The right to found a family of persons with disabilities has been recognized by international law, particularly the...
ECOWAS
Gambian laws criminalising the spreading of fake news transgress freedom of expression, rules ECOWAS Court of Justice
Are laws criminalising the dissemination of false news contrary to freedom of expression?
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States ruled that criminal laws in...
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Legal Analysis
Judicial Reform in Mexico: It contravenes international law
The President of Mexico presented in February 2024 a Constitutional Reform bill to the Federal Judiciary of great magnitude. One of the transcendental points of the reform is that...
Comparative Law
Can universities prohibit students from protesting against them?
Can universities prohibit students from protesting against them?
Freedom of expression at universities. It has been reported that university...
International Protection of Human Rights
Persons with disabilities have the right to found a family
The human right of persons with disabilities to start a family.
The right to found a family of...
Spain
Supreme Tribunal in Spain rules that it is not discriminatory to deny Spanish nationality to a person because of his or her polygamous marriage.
Polygamy is a valid reason to deny Spanish nationality according to the Spanish Supreme Tribunal of Justice (STS...
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