Posted on 02 April 2018. Tags: Development, international law, Palestine, technology
Despite the ongoing Israeli military occupation, Palestinian technology startups have flourished in recent years, providing a glimpse of an independent economy and overall improved quality of life for Palestinians. While more traditional forms of industry—such as textiles, agriculture, and manufacturing—have failed under the obstacles of the occupation, the tech sector is uniquely poised to transcend […]
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Posted on 14 November 2017. Tags: Apple, Apple tax ruling, European Court of Justice, international law, TFEU
In August 2016, the European Commission ruled that Ireland provided illegal state aid to the Irish subsidiaries of Apple, Inc. between 2003 and 2014, which amounted to approximately €13 billion. The Commission determined that Ireland’s illegal state aid took the form of “undue tax benefits” provided exclusively to Apple’s Irish subsidiaries: Apple Sales International (ASI) […]
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Posted on 17 April 2017. Tags: communism, Hugo Chavez, international law, riots, socialism, South America, United Socialist Party, USP, Venezuela
City-wide protests have occurred daily throughout Venezuela, a politically divided and economically destitute country, which was once South America’s wealthiest nation. Police meet protesters with rampant arrests, tear gas, and rubber bullets. Since the beginning of April, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have protested President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government and its perpetration of the nation’s […]
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Posted in DJILP Online, DJILP Staff, Featured Articles, Rachel Ronca