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The EU published conclusions on the new “Globally Connected Europe Strategy,” an infrastructure strategy set to rival China’s “Belt and Road” initiative on Monday. This came following a co-operation pledge between the EU G7 nations along with the rest of the elite forum’s members. These conclusions are set to build upon the 2018 Joint Communication [...]

The European Parliament on Thursday officially endorsed the Climate Law (also known as the European Green Deal), with member states voting 442-203 to transform the legislation’s political commitment into a legal one. The law “gives European citizens and businesses the legal certainty and predictability they need to plan for the transition to climate neutrality,” according [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned Friday of intensifying violence across Kayah State, Chin State and Kachin State in Myanmar, calling for increased regional diplomacy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other influential states to insist on the immediate cessation of violence and ongoing human rights violations. Bachelet reported [...]

The Parliament of Japan (Diet) on Wednesday approved the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade deal at a plenary meeting of the House of Councillors (upper chamber of Diet). The move follows the Japanese Cabinet’s decision to approve the ratification in February. RCEP is touted as one of the world’s largest free trade deals [...]

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders on Saturday held a meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, where they called for an “immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar.” While the meeting addressed several region-specific economic, sociocultural and COVID-19-related issues, the focal point was the situation in Myanmar. The meeting was chaired by Brunei’s head of state Hassanal [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A Myanmar law professor joins JURIST’s team of law student correspondents on the ground in Myanmar, updating us on the latest developments on Thursday, a day after police and security forces killed dozens of pro-democracy protestors at rallies and demonstrations across the country. Out of respect for our correspondent’s voice, the text [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar police and soldiers cracked down Sunday against protesters opposing the Myanmar military coup, dispersing peaceful marchers with smoke grenades and bullets in Yangon, and making multiple arrests there and in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city. In Yangon’s Yankin District, a march of doctors and medical students undertaken as part of the Sunday [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students will join many thousands of other protesters in Myanmar and across the ASEAN countries of the so-called Milk Tea Alliance in mass pro-democracy demonstrations against the Myanmar military coup on Sunday. Among the law students going into the streets in Myanmar are several who have been reporting for JURIST since [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar’s military junta sacked Myanmar UN Permanent Representative Kyaw Moe Tun on Saturday as police cracked down and arrested protestors in several cities across Myanmar and carried out threatening deployments in advance of Sunday’s planned general strike, which is expected to bring hundreds of thousands into the streets across Myanmar as well [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – The latest report from one of our law student correspondents in Myanmar, originally filed in audio Tuesday morning, offering her perspective on Monday’s huge general strike in the country and explaining her goals as a law student supporting a return to democracy. The transcript has been slightly edited for continuity and clarity. [...]