The Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill 2019-21 was introduced in the House of Lords in February 2020. It is due to have second reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday 2 September 2020. It would implement arrangements for cross-border legal disputes after the end of the transition period, when EU based arrangements cease to have effect in the UK
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UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (127 KB, PDF)
The United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed with a series of worldwide events on 21 March every year.
It was proclaimed through a United Nations Resolution “Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination” adopted on 26 October 1966, six years after police had opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid “pass laws”.
The theme for the International Day 2017 is “racial profiling and incitement to hatred, including in the context of migration”.
Racial and ethnic profiling is defined as “a reliance by law enforcement, security and border control personnel on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin as a basis for subjecting persons to detailed searches, identity checks and investigations, or for determining whether an individual is engaged in criminal activity” according to a report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism of 20 April 2015.
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United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21 March
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UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (127 KB, PDF)
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This Commons Library briefing paper provides information about proposed changes to marriage registration which will enable details of both parents of each of the parties to a marriage to be included on a marriage certificate (and not just fathers' details, as at present)
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This briefing was last updated in January 2017.
