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ISHR calls for greater focus on women human rights defenders in CEDAW general recommendation on gender stereotypes
In April, CEDAW released a draft General Recommendation on ‘Dismantling Gender Stereotypes and the Unequal Power Relations that Sustain them’. The draft defines stereotypes, describes their causes, forms and impact, and also addresses intersectional discrimination.
ISHR urges Ecuador’s top court to strike down law undermining civil society freedoms
The International Service for Human Rights has recently filed an amicus curiae brief in support of an Action for Unconstitutionality before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador brought by Acción Ecológica and other civil society organisations against the Organic Law on Social Transparency (‘the Law’) enacted on 28 August 2025. The Law establishes a legal framework governing nonprofit social organizations in Ecuador.
ISHR urges stronger protections for civil society in UN guidance on freedom of association
ISHR’s submission to the Human Rights Committee highlighted that human rights defenders face heightened and growing risk and that their freedom of association should be interpreted in light of existing international standards such as the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as well as the ‘Declaration +25’ (a civil society supplement building on the UN Declaration).
English Court Orders Crypto Exchange To Transfer Assets Into England And Wales To Facilitate Enforcement Of Judgment
The English High Court has ordered a cryptocurrency exchange (Huobi) to transfer into the jurisdiction a defendant's cryptocurrency held outside the jurisdiction to facilitate the claimant's efforts to enforce its judgment against those assets. Under the court's order, the cryptocurrency is first to be converted into fiat currency and then transferred to the Court Funds Office, either directly or via the claimant's solicitors: Joseph Keen Shing Law v Persons Unknown & Huobi Global Limited.
High Court considers application of gateways for service out of the jurisdiction to cryptoassets removed from the jurisdiction
A recent High Court decision suggests that there is some doubt as to the proper construction of the gateways allowing service out of the jurisdiction for claims relating to property in the jurisdiction, and for claims in constructive or resulting trust relating to assets within the jurisdiction.
High Court orders delivery up of stolen Bitcoin against crypto exchange
The High Court held, on an uncontested summary judgment application, that the crypto exchange controlling the wallet into which the claimant’s stolen bitcoin was transferred sat in a position of constructive trustee as against the claimant. It ordered delivery up of the bitcoin as against the fraudsters as well as the exchange: Jones v Persons Unknown [2022] EWHC 2543 (Comm).
High Court Grants Freezing Injunction In Relation To Stolen Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Adding to the run of recent cases involving fraud or theft of cryptoassets, the High Court has granted an order restraining "persons unknown" from dissipating NFTs allegedly stolen from the claimant's cryptoasset wallet: Lavinia Deborah Osbourne v (1) Persons Unknown (2) Ozone [2022] EWHC 1021 (Comm).
Why the RBI Should Regulate Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts
The frustration associated with enforcing contracts could be eliminated—if we replace humans with fiddly bits of code. Conducting business could be a whole lot easier if we embraced the blockchain, say digital currency enthusiasts. The dream of smart contracts—legally enforceable agreements that aren’t left to the mercy of legal interpretation and lawyers—traces as far back as 1994.
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