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- Toward a legal framework that promotes and protects sex workers’ health and human rights http://t.co/XKMFOwqLWR
- The ghosts of user fees past: Exploring accountability for victims of a 30-year economic policy mistake http://t.co/7CtnwIAf6V
- Human rights versus legal control over women’s reproductive self-determination http://t.co/luR7uaU1rd
- Russian drug policy as a driver for violations of UN Convention against Torture & International Covenant on Rights http://t.co/XpqAxxHEBW
- Farm labor, reproductive justice: Migrant women farmworkers in the US http://t.co/C9qxRg0l4s
- Dark sides of proposed Framework Convention on Global Health’s many virtues: A systematic review & critical analysis http://t.co/71yUEeP4Ow
- Will the struggle for health equity and social justice be best served by a Framework Convention on Global Health? http://t.co/wJPFhsUeFV
- Leveraging HIV-related human rights achievements through a Framework Convention on Global Health http://t.co/y4jtB58ESR
- The Framework Convention on Global Health: A tool for empowering the HIV/AIDS movements in Senegal and South Africa http://t.co/hP4HCwFw6Z
- Advancing the right to health through global organizations: Potential role of a Framework Convention on Global Health http://t.co/KSVJqjlqtn
- Traditional/alternative medicines and the right to health: Key elements for a convention on global health http://t.co/SlaJrrie4t
- Respecting right to access to medicines: Implications of UN Guiding Principles on Rights for pharmaceutical industry http://t.co/D6yHcJdnyF
- Global health rights: Employing human rights to develop & implement the Framework Convention on Global Health http://t.co/TwBJGtWmOZ
- Effective access to justice against state & nonstate actors in the Framework Convention on Global Health: A proposal http://t.co/jqmboVqO82
- Police 'spying' on almost 9,000 extremists http://t.co/QbzJaVxexU
- Theresa May to meet Stephen Lawrence's mother after smear claims http://t.co/ybN4fPjy0Y
- Watchdog: reform ‘unnecessarily complicated’ election law | Law Gazette http://t.co/s3dj4FzZei
- No need to ban inducements by solicitors, SRA says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/zpZAswaV2R
- Law firms face rules hurdles in AFRICA http://t.co/usnvFrlWzC
- NGO Law to Protect RUSSIA from Foreign Interference, Says Putin http://t.co/OFGrR2HbIT
- Boy, two, injured in racist train attack in Walthamstow http://t.co/qvxk8NkZbc
- US: Texas abortion bill vote 'came too late to pass' http://t.co/gB0evw4b0X
- UK given carbon emissions warning http://t.co/KpUHIAqCan
- North Wales children's homes abuse: Second man arrested http://t.co/O1hUkD8HGO
- UKBA 'ignored' police data on missing asylum seekers http://t.co/H2dJUwsD9O
- Dumfries and Galloway equal pay case victory http://t.co/ZMXQkMfVAg
- Kevin Rudd ousts AUSTRALIA Prime Minister Julia Gillard http://t.co/vZaASZdLLI
- SRA gives green light to client inducements | Law Gazette http://t.co/5qpuUYdwj4
- Scholar Asserts That Hollywood Avidly Aided Nazis http://t.co/IAhlhJZhB0
- Premier League seeks red card for illegal sports streaming site http://t.co/ssRCO6IL4D
- INDONESIA arrests farmers for setting illegal fires http://t.co/TM0Azu14yi
- CANADA: TekSavvy illegal downloading case risks bogging down legal system, judge says http://t.co/0DOOEdiq0H
- Nationwide to let landlords offer three-year contracts http://t.co/hr4ZJKD5m8
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Travers pay review dilutes strict lockstep | The Lawyer http://t.co/gTlzrKB581
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing and White & Case crowned firms of the year at The Lawyer Awards | The Lawyer http://t.co/vCxHgYnImt
- European court lawyer backs Google http://t.co/mWrpjbwnAQ
- US: Should You Lawyer Up Against The IRS? You Bet http://t.co/BwxP0Cuc83
- Lawyer Rates, Linklaters, Simpson Thacher: Business of Law http://t.co/6lTC7uOU8m
- CANADA: Courts Uphold $15,000 Fine Against Comedian for Lesbian Slurs Against Audience Member http://t.co/1KFjOBQrcW
- ECUAFOR Risks Trade Problems With US if It Grants Asylum to Snowden http://t.co/P1vrqnki0N
- IRELAND: Supreme Court speeds up appeal in violent mum case http://t.co/Cwcw8xQw1m
- ITALY: Silvio Berlusconi witnesses could face perjury trial http://t.co/cmtjKCeOaq
- AFRICA's Anti-Gay Legislation - ABC News http://t.co/o6MTSfAD15
- UNISON applies for judicial review of employment tribunal fees http://t.co/ExAdRMLFo8
- NIGERIA: Democracy can only thrive with trusted Judiciary’ http://t.co/BtZfxpF92t
- UAE: New law on domestic⁰ workers in the works http://t.co/zpi3eGVLQH
- Topless protesters disrupt call for law reform in TUNISIA http://t.co/XwAam0l3zU
- US: New Kentucky Law Reopens Door for Christians-Only Medical Coverage http://t.co/05Aedf2hQH
- JAMAICA: Gay rights activist seeking changes to colonial-era law that bans sex between men http://t.co/VGW1EfJquD
- Rights ruling for transgender girl http://t.co/vRRua38y7w
- UK legal high market is EU's largest, UN report says http://t.co/W9LJ2ra74y
- Eddie Shah rape trial: Accused admits using prostitute http://t.co/DUA87CgMH4
- Swastikas sprayed on Redditch Central Mosque walls http://t.co/tGS377Hmwl
- Sacked Wayne Crook jailed for workplace hammer attack http://t.co/xRnldVYHD4
- US: Voting Rights Act's core quashed by US Supreme Court http://t.co/dLdwxPPM48
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/KgFQ9r6x28
- Amnesty urges NIGERIA to halt executions http://t.co/FQpAosz0Xp
- Human Rights Groups Urge LITHUANIA To Reopen Probe Into Secret CIA Prisons http://t.co/t6wJLXHhFm
- UGANDA: Justice Kavuma heads Judiciary http://t.co/chPhDBU25j
- Lord Justice Leveson could appear in front of MPs 'within weeks' http://t.co/wo9yTNXVtI
- US: Justice Ginsburg, Racism Still In The South, And Minority Voters Need Protection From Discrimination http://t.co/D00YLWVLVB
- One of Plymouth's longest serving solicitors, John Major dies http://t.co/qNYFfOAOJJ
- Setting Standards: The future of legal services education & training regulation in England and Wales | Download here http://t.co/LDEXxFtY6j
- Legal Education and Training Review report: a good basis but many areas to improve | Legal Futures http://t.co/29yg61gI21
- "Fanciful" BSB prosecution over barrister's gardening bill spat thrown out | Legal Futures http://t.co/XyEmwGbEV3
- QualitySolicitors firm eyes one-stop shop for professional services after gaining ABS status | Legal Futures http://t.co/3UKKYMaanI
- Tougher Times for UK Law Firms http://t.co/5fg78KP2Ug
- UK Law Firms Face Collapse http://t.co/1y69cEORIk
- Military families damages ruling 'totally bonkers' says Lord West http://t.co/4f5a1W4Tve
- Long-awaited legal education review addresses key issues for reform | Legalweek http://t.co/FkPbU7oRb5
- French Alps murders: Man arrested over Al-Hilli killings bailed http://t.co/iCby5qs46t
- India warns over UK plan to make visitors pay £3,000 bond http://t.co/I7ypfDc7U6
- US: Texas rushes ahead with voter ID law after supreme court decision http://t.co/P0EpSSsXFu
- Lawyers in US News Corp hacking suit working with more potential victims http://t.co/2bWfIEqM5M
- Where can Edward Snowden go to avoid US extradition? – live Q&A http://t.co/aqlA44KA3Y
- US: Zimmerman trial jurors shown graphic photos of Trayvon Martin's body http://t.co/hVvE0KnZV2
- Privatising the courts: if anyone needs advice, it's the judiciary | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/19YvEvmpkL
- David Davis warns that spy agencies are only subject to law 'in theory' http://t.co/G8mHKYUHo3
- Cloisters helps chief nurse win sex discrimination case against MoD | The Lawyer http://t.co/0sxAE9GvRM
- Romania's Tuca Zbarcea takes former managing partner from rival Musat | The Lawyer http://t.co/W1AOSdcsDX
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Houston's Bracewell raids A&O, HSF and Links for City energy boost | The Lawyer http://t.co/jHVKOqLqDb
- 4 New Square names Ben Hubble QC as head of chambers | The Lawyer http://t.co/wQIIDWn9KK
- Erskine Chambers adds three including Stephen Smith QC | The Lawyer http://t.co/ISmZmEDA6A
- RAF nurse Wendy Williams wins sexism tribunal http://t.co/rcfJQi3Ug4
- Premier League in streaming sports block | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kXtLA28jc2
- Lawyers warn investors of risky Chinese IPOs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/E9u0Kxdpq3
- Oil-rich US cities reveal record lawyer gains | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5V6CSR03j3
- Weil wields axe in latest US cuts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7QCkAJKZyU
- Google's $1.3bn Waze deal under investigation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/skcvwkqIm8
- Lawyers who hack 'deserve jail' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NkHYXDs9nY
- AUSTRALIA: Coffee van row heats up as barista books barrister for court http://t.co/AwVfRVfmJe
- Anger as Tooks withdraws 2014 pupillage places after it had accepted applications: http://t.co/E8JB8Wtmn6
- Law students among the most mentally stable of undergraduates at top uni: http://t.co/WkykJ7EiIF
- Intellectual property: Legal advice for protecting yours http://t.co/TouyAcehEz
- PAKISTAN: Legal experts speak about Musharraf's fate http://t.co/eqkf8L0Lv5
- LETR: consumer watchdog is ‘greatly disappointed’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/x0booWLzMr
- LETR: law students not prepared for work, Society says | Law Gazette http://t.co/2Ai2tnhuSm
- LETR: legal executives welcome ‘mainstream recognition’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/VRpVCGxufk
- Lawrence friend Duwayne Brooks 'bugged by police' http://t.co/oo0Zh9E0df
- Angelina Jolie speaks to UN security council over rape in conflict zones - video http://t.co/HQGv3Jp4p2
- Louis Theroux conman sentenced for pub stay fraud http://t.co/RBRigHN5CH
- Germany seeks UK surveillance assurances http://t.co/whhKzexFPM
- Double jeopardy case: Wendell Baker guilty of rape http://t.co/mX7bkuDMxc
- US whistleblower Snowden 'still in Moscow airport' http://t.co/Sr526ESRAV
- US SCOTUS Expert: Affirmative Action Decision Is 'Liberal Victory,' But Voting Rights Case 'Complete Disaster' http://t.co/kQqCku5jw4
- Human Rights Watch criticizes INDONESIA over treatment of migrant, asylum-seeking children http://t.co/wi8dJo1gno
- ECUADOR: Human rights principles most important in Snowden case http://t.co/6LS5FDVj4X
- Human rights checks on PSNI not a waste http://t.co/vSdHhAHFgJ
- Keanu Williams toddler murder: Mother jailed for life http://t.co/loK7T1f4T3
- Scotland Yard boss: my undercover police officers are completely clean http://t.co/baK44nmbqt
- Jeremy Forrest's sister says 'he is not a paedophile' http://t.co/m71EItCGJM
- Watchdog asked to examine 'out of control' GCHQ snooping http://t.co/zK29F0CfxG
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