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From trade unions to a controversial human right: that of privacy. UK Focus has covered this right in relation to sting operations previously. This edition, we try to find the contours of this right. Comparative examination of four different jurisdictions has been attempted by Abhay Pratap Singh.

Exploring the contours of the right to privacy With the overwhelming power of the internet to centralize information, it is possible to collate all kinds of information about individuals - from communications to medical information to financial records. Coupled with an explosion in the audio-visual media, the question of privacy now permeats almost all fields of human activity. In this article, the author explores the comparative contours of the controversial and vague right.Read more...

3rd International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Commercial Mediation Competition kicks off in Paris

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"Most advanced democracies have developed ways to express formally their view of who they are as a nation. This country has throughout much of its history vigorously discussed what it meant to be British."
Justice Minister Michael Wills gave a speech on the constitutional renewal programme at the Leslie Scarman Lecture on 13 February 2008. This year's lecture was delivered by Professor Aharon Barak, the former President of the Supreme Court of Israel.read more...

If a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities which clarifies this relationship is to be more than a legal document and become a 'mechanism for unifying the population', it is vital that it is owned by the British people and not just the lawyers.
ack Straw has given a speech at the George Washington University about the UK's and USA's constitutional heritage and what a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities might look like.read more...