On 17 May 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued its Opinion on undue costs of UCITS and AIFs (the Opinion). BACKGROUND TO THE OPINION The Opinion follows ESMA’s Common Supervisory Action (CSA) with National Competent Authorities (NCAs) that was launched in January 2021. The aim of the […]

Countries: Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees In total, over 843,000 people have been internally displaced in Sudan, according to IOM, with neighbouring governments and UNHCR having recorded almost 250,000 crossing borders.

Celebrating Indigenous Beekeeping Practices on World Bee Day Country Global agnes Fri, 05/19/2023 – 12:27 Issues Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image Page Section By Charlie Malcolm-McKay (CS Intern) May 20 is World Bee Day, a day to highlight the crucial role that bees and other pollinators play […]

On 17 May 2023, the Renters’ Reform Bill (the Bill) was introduced to Parliament. The Bill will fundamentally overhaul the landlord and tenant relationship for private housing. This article will explain key reforms proposed by the Bill and analyse the effect these reforms could have on the private rented sector. […]

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Children’s Fund Gender-based violence reports in North Kivu increased by 37 per cent in the first three months of 2023 compared to last year, according to humanitarian agencies.

Angola recently edged out Nigeria as the African continent’s top oil-producing nation, with the economies of both nations highly dependent on oil and gas revenues. Yet as the world moves toward a fossil-free future, there are no clear pathways on how to transform Africa’s extractive economies — and perhaps no […]

The Government of Nepal today launched a series of programmatic frameworks in the food and agriculture sectors that will help the country transform its agrifood systems, making them more resilient and sustainable for the benefit of all people in Nepal, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) […]

A recent New York Court of Appeals case, Worthy Lending LLC v. New Style Contractors, Inc.,1 highlights the importance of maintaining best practices in transactions where the lender takes a security interest in the borrower’s accounts receivable or contracts.  What Does the Worthy Case Say? In Worthy, the New York Court […]