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December 2023 Update

21 December 2023

Image: The King's Speech, November 2023 (reproduced under Open Government Licence v3.0)

Dear Friends,

This our first Update for several months. There is much news to share, including two vacancies (see the final section). We wish all our readers the very best for the holiday season and look forward to bringing you more news in 2024.

This update brings you news of our recent events and activities:

Rule of Law Monitoring of Legislation project - from the King's Speech to the Rwanda Bill
Retained EU Law: how is the UK Government its powers to revoke and amend?
Counter-Terrorism Commission news
Public Health Emergency Powers Commission news
Judicial integrity: improving appointments and addressing systemic challenges
Reversing Rule of Law backsliding in Poland, and wider questions
Judicial reform and modernisation in Cyprus
Access to justice: small states
Local and regional democracy in Europe: public participation and youth perspectives
Modern Slavery PEC news
Vacancies

You can read the whole update here.

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