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The Ethics of Presumed Consent in Organ Donation
By Malak Tamer Consent to organ donation in England was transformed by the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 (ODDCA 2019).[1]...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 18, 2022
Russia/Ukraine Conflict: A threat to European Security?
By Katie Cocker The current situation in the Russia/Ukraine conflict represents a major security crisis for Europe. Russia has assembled...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 18, 2022
Brexit has led to more dangerous migrant crossings, its time to stop the lies and save lives
By Anna Noble One of the biggest influences on voter behaviour in the 2016 Brexit referendum was immigration. The Vote Leave campaign and...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 18, 2022
Artificial insemination – is the donor’s consent essential?
By Valerie Travis The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 1990 regulates the collection, storage and use of gametes and embryos....
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 6, 2022
All-American Authoritarian: Trump and the Rule of Law
By Metas (Fin) Chongsoontornkul In the summer of 2020, mass protests broke out all over the U.S. in the wake of the murder of George...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 6, 2022
In the Name of Inclusivity
By Samya Amir “Mixed-Sex civil partnerships serve no purpose. Rather than allowing mixed-sex couples access to civil partnerships, the...
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Feb 6, 2022
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA’S ONE-CHILD POLICY AND LOW MARRIAGE RATE
By Sik Wing Law Vivian China ended 1970 with a population of 829,920,000 people, which represents an increase of 23,208,000 people...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 6, 2022
Mass Atrocities in Myanmar
By (...) Human rights violations in Myanmar have risen detrimentally after the military coup seized power from the democratically elected...
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Feb 6, 2022
Virtual Courts: The Judicial System’s Response to Covid-19
By Jemima Gravatt Writing in January 2022, in the wake of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, if you were to enter a court, you would be...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 6, 2022
The future of the legal field, within the emergence of AI
By Humairaah Patel This article aims to explore how the emergence of AI, has led to changes in the provision of legal services. It...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 6, 2022
The controversy surrounding facial recognition
By Holly Downes Facial recognition is a technology that has maximised our safety and protection, served justice by solving crime cases,...
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Feb 6, 2022
Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property Rights
By Derek Wong NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens, are a digitised asset that cannot be readily interchanged due to their ‘individualised values’...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Feb 6, 2022
‘Assistance for Development’ or ‘Debt Trap Diplomacy’?
By Christine Uwadia In the last week of November, President Xi Jinping pledged to supply 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to African...
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Durham Pro Bono Blog
Jan 30, 2022
South Africa and Legislating for Autonomous Vehicles
By Tom Clapp Tesla, Apple, Kia-Hyundai, Ford, and Huawei have all begun work on, or plan to start developing autonomous vehicles (AVs) in...
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