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| A bid is under way to have the famous ancient monastery at Clonmacnoise designated as a World Heritage Site. Plans are being developed to put the case forward to UNESCO. However, local councillors for Offaly County Council have been told that if it is accepted as a World Heritage site, the council could be forced to stop using the active burial grounds on the site, and other planning and cultural activities could also be affected. | |
| The Law | The Universe – September 28th 2008 |
| Today, at least 12m men, women and children worldwide are forced to work through the threat or use of violence. They are denied freedom, dehumanised and treated as property to be brought and sold. Even though it is illegal under international law, no region is free from this abuse and slavery is found in most countries – including the UK. In the Philippines, young girls are used as domestic slaves, boys as young as four years old are abducted from their families in South Asia to be used as camel jockeys in the Gulf, IN Niger people are born into a slave class; young men in Brazil are used as forced labour to clear the Amazon, and women are trafficked to western Europe an forced to work in the food-processing factories. | |
| The Law | The Difference- 2008 |
| A policeman, twice commended by his force for his loyalty and diligence, is to take his force to the Employment Tribunal on grounds of harassment because of his traditional Christian values, according to a report in July. PC Graham Cogman, 49, from Sea Palling in North Norfolk, has been an officer with the Norfolk Police for 15 years, having previously served in the RAF for 12 years. The father-of-two attends his local Church of England parish church, and, via the Christian Legal Centre, has instructed leading human rights barrister Paul Diamond to act on his behalf. | |
| The Law | Evangelicals - September 2008 |
| More than half the public would support a ban on the purchase of sex if it would help tackle human trafficking, according to a new Government poll revealed in August. The results of the survey will bolster calls for a change in the law to tackle the demand side of prostitution, led by the Minister for Women and Equalities, Harriet Harman. The law is currently under review by the Home Office. | |
| The Law | Evangelicals Now & The Christian Institute – October 2008 |
| In August, it was reported that the TUC will debate a motion calling for equality duties to be extended to cover the private and voluntary sectors. Equality duties place a legal requirement on organisations to promote equality on certain grounds. Currently, the only areas covered are race, disability and sex equality. However, as part of the Equality Bill, the Government is proposing to extend equality duties to cover sexual orientation, gender reassignment age, and religion or belief. | |
| The Law | Evangelicals Now & The Christian Institute – October 2008 |
| One in six drivers is breaking child care seat laws and putting children’s lives at risk, according to a poll. And 21 per cent of those failing to comply are unaware the laws exist, the survey by insurance company LV found. Ten per cent of those who are aware of the rules say they do not bother to fit safety seats, which are compulsory for under 12s who are 135cm and under. | |
| The Law | The Sentinel - September 30th 2008 |
| Sharia law could play a role in some parts of the legal system, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, emphatically ruled out the possibility of Sharia courts sitting in this country or deciding penalties. But in a speech at the East London Muslim Centre, in Whitechapel, last night he said there was no reason why Sharia principles could not be used in “Meditation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution”. | |
| The Law | The Sentinel - July 4th 2008 |
| The mayor of Assisi – the town of St Francis, patron saint of the poor – has issued a decree prohibiting poor peple from begging near the basilica of the saint or near other churches or holy places in the town. Begging is now illegal within 500 metres of any church. | |
| The Law | The Universe May 4th 2008 |
| Paedophiles will be banned from social networking websites such as Facebook under new measures announced by ministers today. Convicted child sex offenders will be forced to disclose their email addresses to police. But the Home Office admitted details of the scheme are yet to be fully worked out. | |
| The Law | The Sentinel - April 4th 2008 |
| Speaking during a debate hosted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in London, Mr Cameron gave his views on Sharia law for the first time since the Archbishop of Canterbury’s comments on the issue caused such controversy. Cameron said that if the Archbishop was suggesting to set up different laws for different communities it would be ‘dangerous and illiberal’. He added it would be dangerous because in Britain, all citizens are equal before the law. That concept is absolutely fundamental to our democracy - itself developed and nurtured over centuries. | |
| The Law | The Church of England newspaper - February 2008 |
| The Government is considering plans for cells in supermarkets and at major sporting stadiums to deal with shoplifters and football hooligans. Mobile jails could also be used to deal with protesters at major defence sites. The cells would allow suspects to be processed quickly and allow police back on the streets | |
| The Law | The Sentinel - 1st August 2007. |
| Almost a quarter of drivers think it is acceptable to speed if they reckon the limit is too low, it was revealed today. A third consider speeding acceptable if there is an emergency while 21% reckon it is all right if there is little traffic about. | |
| The Law | The Sentinel - 5th August 2005 |
| Ministers promises to usher in a new age of freedom of information have failed to materialise, with scores of requests to open the Government to public scrutiny being rejected. About 4,000 requests have been received across central government since the introduction of the Freedom of Information Act on 1st January. But MPs and journalists expressed frustration at the lack of positive responses to their request amid claims that the Government has breached its own legislation by failing to meet the Freedom of Information Act's statutory deadline. | |
| The Law | The Independent - 2nd February 2005 |
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