OBSERVATORY OF LAW AND PLURALISM
"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free" (Charles E. Hughes)
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29-03-2023
Webinar organized by Melbourne Law School
Cultural water for cultural economies: pathways to water justice
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Donald Trump e il futuro della democrazia americana
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27-01-2023
Event at University of Naples "Federico II"
La Shoah e i diritti negati. Politiche e pratiche memoriali: un insegnamento per il futuro
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Tra medicina legale e diritti umani: verità, giustizia e memoria
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Origins and models of Islamic banking
The first Islamic credit institution was founded in Egypt in 1963 in the village of Mit Ghamr. This experience allowed a series of Islamic banking intermediaries to spread within a very few years, which enabled Islamic finance to grow considerably. Islamic banking today has its own identity within the financial market and this focus aims at highlighting its principles and main features.
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16/02/2023 Judgment
Ochigava v. Georgia, No. 14142/15, ECtHR (Fifth Section), 16 February 2023
Repeated ill-treatment by prison officers as part of systematic and systemic abuse amount to inhuman and degrading treatment under article 3.
Criminal conviction of journalist who, during a television broadcast, had uttered discriminatory expressions against the French Islamic community. There is no violation of the art. 10 ECHR.
08/09/2022 Judgment
J.I. v. Croatia, No 35898/16, ECtHR (First Section), 8 September 2022
Alleged death threats made to rape victim by her abuser. Violation of Article 3 ECHR in respect of the lack of an effective investigation.
12/01/2023 Judgment
Kilic v. Austria, No. 27700/15, ECtHR (IV section), 12 January 2023
Child's exposure, in in the context of custody procedures, to a different ethnic and religious background from that of the family of origin.
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