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As the 44th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council begins, coinciding with the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (‘UN Basic Principles’), the International Bar Association (IBA) urges Member States to support the UN Basic Principles and the role of the legal profession in upholding the rule of law, and promoting and protecting human rights. A joint call for action – signed by 50 bar associations, law […]

THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT HAS EXPRESSED CONTENT WITH WORLD COUNTRIES EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE OF LEBANON WHO SUFFERED GREATLY IN A RECENT MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN BEIRUT. President Hassan Rouhani once again expressed deep sorrow on behalf of the Iranian government and people over the Beirut disaster, and said the global solidarity with the Lebanese indicates a sense of conscience and altruism within the human community. At least 158 people are confirmed

The Central Bank of Iran said the initiative to hold bond actions has been positive so far in that it is helping the government fund its deficit spending without the need to expand the monetary base by overborrowing from the CBI. In a press release on its website, the CBI said the government has so far raised 360 trillion rials ($1.5 billion) from selling bonds to banks and non-bank financial

A Swiss pharmaceutical company has completed the first transaction under a new humanitarian trade channel with Iran, the government in Bern said on Monday. The Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement (SHTA) channel to bring food and medicine to Iran started trial operations in January, helping supply Swiss goods to the struggling population without tripping over U.S. sanctions. “We would like to emphasise that the operationalisation of the SHTA is progressing and

THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON FRIDAY REJECTED A RESOLUTION TABLED BY THE UNITED STATES THAT WOULD EXTEND THE CURRENT ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST IRAN. The draft resolution failed to get the required nine votes in favor of adoption. China and Russia opposed and eleven members abstained, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom. The U.S. and the Dominican Republic were the only votes in favor. China’s Ambassador to the UN

Italian young adults do not have the automatic right to financial support from their parents, even if they aren’t financially independent, Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled. In a judgment from July — made public Friday — a court in Rome ruled against the appeal of a 35-year-old part-time music teacher who still expected financial support from his parents, claiming that his annual income of 20,000 euros (about $24,000) was not adequate.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is giving €14.5 million to an International Labour Organization (ILO) multi-donor programme to help garment sector workers in seven countries who have been affected by COVID-19. Designed as a multi-donor initiative, the programme will provide cash transfers and personal protective equipment (PPE) and deliver awareness raising campaigns on OSH. It will also provide policy advice on social protection and OSH,

The Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information technology banned 118 mobile apps Wednesday in an effort to put pressure on Chinese technology companies. The ministry said in a press release it had received multiple complaints that the banned apps had stolen users’ information and transmitted it to servers outside of India. The ban comes as a response to rising tensions between India and China as a result of a skirmish that happened at the

As the stock market continues to plunge, the High Council of Securities and Exchange said banks too can invest in the bourse. This is in line with a variety of measures by the government to revive the share market and boost the morale of retail investors seeing share prices getting ever closer to junk territory. Attended by top economic and banking officials, the bourse council met Thursday to address the

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE    Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) Conclusion of the public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by the United States of America The Court to begin its deliberation THE HAGUE, 21 September 2020.   The public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by the United States of America in the