Everlegal has announced its cooperation with the Danish Refugee Council to implement an online legal support platform aimed at helping Ukrainians around the world.
ECHR’s Intervention to Unjustified Refusal to Enforce ICC Arbitral Award: Victory for Arbitration!
Following a long lasting process since 2010 the European Court of Human Rights (the “ECHR”) held that Slovakia violated right to property due to the refusal of its courts to enforce an International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) arbitral award ruling that the National Property Fund of Slovakia (the “NPF”) was due to pay BTS Holding (“BTS”) approx. EUR 1.9 million plus interest. (the “Decision”)
Surprise! Surprise! No More Surprise Decisions!
We can probably all agree that no one likes bad surprises, and the same especially holds truth with respect to unexpected outcomes of legal proceedings. When it comes to civil proceedings before Croatian courts, so-called “surprise” decisions were recently introduced into Croatian legislation by Articles 5 and 367a of the new Croatian Civil Proceedings Act which entered into force on 19 July 2022.
Asters Advises on Olson Family Trust Humanitarian Mission in Ukraine
Asters has advised Olson Family Trust Director Chuck Olson prior to and during his visit to Ukraine on the implementation of the first phase of the trust’s humanitarian mission.
Wardynski & Partners Successful for OKO.Press Journalist Before Supreme Administrative Court
Wardynski & Partners has represented an OKO.Press journalist before the Supreme Administrative Court of Poland in a case concerning press access to a session of parliament.
Asters Supports Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice in Inter-State Case Against Russia Before European Court of Human Rights
Asters, working pro bono with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, has advised the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on the inter-state proceedings being brought by Ukraine against the Russian Federation before the European Court of Human Rights.
Facial Recognition – Useful Invention or Ubiquitous Surveillance? What Does the EU Say?
One of developments in the artificial intelligence sphere which raised most concerns about potential human rights violations is definitely facial recognition.