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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Union of Concerned Scientists

The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2016, the Human Rights Council declared that damage to cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, of any people, constitutes damage to the cultural heritage of humanity as a whole.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

Corp Watch

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

Corp Watch

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Corp Watch

For example in 2009 and 2010, Toyota recalled over 10 million vehicles over unintended acceleration problems and in 2016, Toyota recalled 1.4 T accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of substandard metal components in vehicles. In 2018, Toyota was ordered to pay out $21.9

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A New Opinion Report is Published: Assistance for Real Estate Financing Transactions

The Energy Law Blog

241 (2003). 167 (2016) directly addresses the particular issues facing local counsel in real estate finance transactions. In addition to accessing these reports in the Real Property Probate and Trust Journal, the Legal Opinion Resource Center of the ABA Business Law Section contains these and many other opinion reports and resources.

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Check Your Privilege: Can In-House Lawyers Claim Privilege in the Netherlands?

Arnold Porter

In 2016, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service launched an investigation into Shell for suspected bribery surrounding its exploration of the Etosha oil field in Nigeria. 5) {2003} EWCA Civ 474.]] This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. Background. Significance.

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Gray Wolf conservation in the Northern Rockies: Can we protect wolves and ranchers?

Vermont Law

By David Jennings, 1L Student, Vermont Law School. In 2003, satisfied that the populations had sufficiently recovered, USFWS initiated procedures to delist wolves from the ESA. animals were killed by wolves in Wyoming alone in 2016. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. litigation. back and forth followed, but ultimately.