"Europe’s highest court on Tuesday struck down an international agreement that allowed companies to move digital information like people’s web search histories and social media updates between the European Union and the United States. The decision left the international operations of companies like Google and Facebook in a sort of legal limbo even as their services continued working as usual."
By Leila Ueberschlag, October 27, 2016 at 9:51 am.
Since 2012, 15MpaRato, an organized citizen collective based in Barcelona, has been uncovering some of the largest corruption cases that are shaking Spanish politics since the 2008 financial crisis, and is a good example of fighting the impunity of financial corruption.
Schweizer Monat , Februar 2020: The case of Wikileaks-founder Julian Assange epitomizes a contemporary fall from the rule of law. An indictment by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
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By Alex Cobham TJN G7 countries meeting today have the chance to strike the biggest blow in a century against the tax abuse of multinational corporations.
Samma SD-ledamot som ville stoppa sagostunder föreslår nu att bibliotekets bestånd ska granskas. Är Kalmarpolitikerns åsikter välkomna i debatten eller går han över gränsen för armlängds avstånd?
Hbl Riktade trakasserier utgör ett hot mot rättsstaten och borde kriminaliseras, anser Finlands juristförbund. Av åklagarna har 40 procent och av domarna hela två tredjedelar utsatts. Tingsdomaren Paula Virrankoski har blivit hotad med hängning.
Problemet, enligt Juristförbundets ordförande Antero Rytkölä, är att en stor del av det som kan ses som riktade trakasserier och i dag är kriminaliserade är målsägandebrott som inte faller under allmänt åtal. Då är det upp till den som har utsatts att själv driva processen. Det kan handla om ärekränkning, olaga hot och spridande av information som kränker privatlivet.
On the other hand, British Territory Cayman which was briefly blacklisted for the first time in February 202018 but removed from the list in October 2020 after it was deemed compliant with international tax rules, is responsible for the biggest share of countries’ tax losses (16.5 per cent of global tax losses, equal to over $70 billion a year). The Tax Justice Network argues that Cayman being deemed to be compliant with international tax rules despite being the world’s greatest enabler of global tax abuse is evidence that current international tax rules are not fit for purpose.
EU blacklisted jurisdictions cause less than 2% of global tax losses, EU member states cause 36%
Analysis of the jurisdictions on the EU tax haven blacklist found the cohort to be collectively responsible for just 1.72 per cent of global tax losses, costing countries over $7 billion in lost tax a year.16 In comparison, EU member states are responsible for 36 per cent of global tax losses, costing countries over $154 billion in lost tax every year.
The Perace Formula of Pres. Zelensky contained in "Speech by the President of Ukraine at the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly 22 September 2022":
"So, all five items of our formula:
punishment for aggression;
protection of life;
restoration of security and territorial integrity;
security guarantees;
and determination to defend oneself.
This is the formula of crime and punishment, which is already well known to Russia. And this is the formula of justice and law and order that Russia has yet to learn. As well as any other potential aggressors.
What is not in our formula? Neutrality."