Categoria: Notícias

  [JURIST] The UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) [official website] last week overturned [ruling, PDF] a decision in favor of a whistleblower involved with the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. James Wasserstrom, a US diplomat currently serving as an anti-corruption officer at the US embassy in Kabul, accused high-level colleagues of retaliating after he suggested that they had been involved in corruption during the mission. In its decision the UNAT applied previous rulings to find that their tribunal only has jurisdiction over certain decisions by specific UN bodies. This does not include decisions made by the UN Ethics Office [official website], the entity established to protect UN whistleblowers. Whistleblowers have expressed concern because the UN Ethics Office has not historically protected the whistleblowers who have sought their support.   Wasserstrom's case has been ongoing for quite some…

  A U.S. probe into alleged money laundering by Zalmay Khalilzad has led Austrian authorities to freeze a Vienna bank account linked to the former presidential envoy to Afghanistan.   Khalilzad, who served as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, allegedly transferred $1.4 million to his wife’s bank account in Vienna, Austrian magazine Profil reported today, citing court documents. The money came from oil and building contracts in Iraq and the United Arab Emirates that allegedly violated U.S. laws, U.S. investigators told their Austrian counterparts, according to the papers cited by Profil.   Austrian court spokeswoman Christina Salzborn confirmed the documents’ authenticity in a telephone interview. Christian Bielesz, the lawyer of Khalilzad’s wife, Cheryl Benard, confirmed that the account was frozen and an investigation under way.   The U.S. had asked Austrian authorities…

  La anunciada reforma del Código Penal que prevé la responsabilidad penal de las personas jurídicas que no hayan establecido mecanismos internos que eviten la comisión de delitos por sus empleados o directivos, ha puesto de máxima relevancia la figura de la implantación de estos mecanismos y políticas internos, generalmente conocidos como política de Compliance o Cumplimiento normativo.   Según unas recientes declaraciones del ministro de Justicia, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, en una jornada organizada por Iuris Law Institute el pasado mes de julio, la finalidad de esta reforma no es tanto la sanción de la comisión de un delito, sino la de la falta de adopción de las medidas de prevención necesarias, según las características y estructura de cada empresa.   En el mismo acto Carlos Gómez Jara, abogado experto en estas…

Confira aqui a íntegra do voto da conselheira Ana Frazão, do Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), a respeito da prestação de serviços de agenciamento de viagens no Estado de São Paulo, decisão proferida na manhã desta quarta-feira (3/9).

  [JURIST] A group of UN human rights experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, urged stronger protection [press release] Monday for journalists covering conflicts. The group said recent attacks, kidnappings, and arbitrary incarcerations need to be condemned and opposed by the international community. The experts stressed that "journalists covering armed conflicts do not lose their status as civilians; they are not participants in the conflicts they cover. As such, they continue to be protected by the applicable guarantees under human rights law and international humanitarian law." The group highlighted that reports indicate over sixty journalists have been killed in the past three years in Syria alone, and several journalists have been killed during the recent violence in Gaza. The experts called for an open and committed…

  Victims of misuses of private information and intrusions into private space in Australia should have a right to sue for violations of privacy, a major report from the Australian Law Reform Commission says.   In a report released on Wednesday  the commission recommended the federal government should introduce a right to sue for major breaches of privacy in Australia.   The long-anticipated report suggests substantial changes to Australia’s privacy law to allow victims of abuses of privacy to take legal action, while attempting to balance the right to freedom of speech and ensure that journalists’ ability to report on matters of public interest is not affected.   The key findings from the report include:   - The introduction of a federal tort of privacy for either an “intrusion upon seclusion”…

  China defended a plan to place limits on democracy in Hong Kong, calling on opposition lawmakers to get behind its ruling or risk losing the chance to elect the city’s next leader by popular vote.   Activists should overcome their “prejudices” and see that China’s proposal is the most concrete step toward implementing the election, Li Fei, deputy secretary-general of the National People’s Congress, said in Hong Kong today. Earlier, police used pepper spray to repel protesters who sought to break through barricades as Li presented the plan to a gathering of lawmakers and business leaders.   China’s demand to vet candidates for the 2017 election angered pro-democracy lawmakers and activist group Occupy Central With Love and Peace, which said it will organize protests culminating in the mass occupation of Hong Kong’s…

  Two years after a single vote on the U.S.Supreme Court saved a core part of Obamacare, opponents are trying to topple the measure again, this time using a four-word phrase in the law.   A disputed provision in the Affordable Care Act suggests that millions of Americans can’t get the tax subsidies created by the law to reduce the cost of health insurance.   All sides are now waiting for a federal appeals court in Washington to make a procedural decision that will have outsize implications. The announcement could come any time.   President Barack Obama’s administration wants the court, known as the D.C. Circuit, to set aside a three-judge panel’s ruling against the subsidies and rehear the case. A refusal to do so would leave appeals courts in disagreement on…

  La Comisión de Economía del Congreso aprobará este jueves el proyecto de ley de Medidas urgentes para el crecimiento, la competitividad y la eficiencia, que procede del ‘macrodecreto’ presentado por el Gobierno a principios de julio, tras dos sesiones de debates parlamentarios y antes de remitirlo al Senado para que continúe su tramitación. La norma modifica una treintena de leyes de hasta nueve ministerios diferentes.   Los grupos de la oposición parlamentaria mostraron este miércoles su rechazo a la norma, que está siendo debatida como proyecto de ley y a la que que prácticamente no se han introducido cambios que modifiquen aspectos sustanciales del texto.   La ley contiene decenas de actuaciones propuestas por los ministerios de Economía, Hacienda, Empleo, Fomento e Industria que avanzan en la liberalización del comercio, limitan las…

  Former Porsche SE Chief Executive Officer Wendelin Wiedeking must stand trial over the company’s failed bid to use options to acquire Volkswagen AG, a Stuttgart appeals court ruled.   The ruling overturned a decision by a lower court in April that said there wasn’t enough evidence to pursue the case, Stefan Schueler, spokesman for the appeals tribunal, said in an e-mailed statement today. Ex-Chief Financial Officer Holger Haerter also has to stand trial.   Porsche has faced a series of investigations and lawsuits since disclosing in October 2008 that it had access to 74.1 percent of Volkswagen AG, partly through cash-settled options, and was seeking to acquire 75 percent as part of a takeover strategy. The announcement caused Volkswagen’s stock to jump as short sellers raced to buy shares…