Antitrust and Competition The General Court Upholds Commission’s Findings on Abusive Predatory Pricing On 18 September 2024, the General Court of the European Union (General Court) largely upheld the fine imposed by the European Commission (Commission) finding that a global tech company had engaged in predatory pricing of its mobile […]
Read MoreBy Melek ZahinePARIS, Oct 24 2024 (IPS) Nobody should be fooled by President Biden’s recent warning to Israel that the U.S. may level consequences if it doesn’t do more to surge humanitarian aid into Gaza within the next 30 days. Biden’s warning, along with Anthony Blinken’s 11th trip to Israel […]
Read MorePuriyninchik Publishing House Is Making Books Accessible in Quechua Country Peru agnes Thu, 10/24/2024 – 09:32 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Verónica Aguilar (Mixtec, CS Staff) Yesenia Montes, from the Puriyninchik Collective which runs a library and an independent publishing house, tells us in an interview […]
Read MoreOn 24 September 2024, the G7 released updated guidance on the prevention of evasion of export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia. The aim of the guidance is to “assist industry in identifying Russian evasion practices and complying with Global Export Control Coalition controls, thereby protecting their technology from misappropriation, […]
Read MoreIndigenous Peoples Principles and Protocols for Just Transition Country Global agnes Wed, 10/23/2024 – 12:30 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image Russian | Español | Français | Português INTRODUCTION From October 8-10, 2024, 95 Indigenous Peoples’ representatives from all seven socio-cultural regions met in Geneva, Switzerland, for the Indigenous […]
Read MoreBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct 23 2024 (IPS) Bronisław Malinowski (1884 – 1942) did for several years conduct socio-anthropological research in the Trobriand Islands. Returning to England after World War I, he wrote several ground breaking books, among them Magic, Science, and Religion in which he assumed that people’s feelings […]
Read MoreCommercial lease law is constantly evolving, with court rulings providing particularly interesting insights into the negotiation and management of commercial leases. Our selection of some of the High Court’s major decisions relating to commercial leases for the first half of 2024 provides an opportunity to take stock of the latest […]
Read MoreQhana Pukara Kurmi, Cultural Survival, and Earthworks Support the Rejection of a Sham Consultation by Mining Companies from the Totoral Chico Community in Ayllu Acre Antequera, Bolivia Country Bolivia agnes Tue, 10/22/2024 – 12:11 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image We express our utmost concern regarding the serious violations […]
Read MoreBy Jomo Kwame SundaramKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 22 2024 (IPS) New institutional economics (NIE) has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth, development, equity and democracy. Jomo Kwame Sundaram Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson (AJR) are well known […]
Read MoreThe New Competition Law1 maintained the prohibition on restrictive agreements and practices between undertakings whose object, purpose, or impact is to distort, lessen, prevent, or restrict competition. These prohibited agreements and practices include price fixing, determining sales conditions, bid rigging, restricting production or distribution, blocking purchases or sales to specific […]
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