WEEKLY BULLETIN: 13 FEBRUARY 2015

WEEKLY BULLETIN: 13 FEBRUARY 2015
Four issues surrounding the Supreme Court ruling
on assisted death
(Canada)
A Supreme Court of Canada ruling that cleared the way for doctors to help competent,
grievously ill adults end their lives leaves legislators and medical regulators to decide
how the new aid-in-dying regime would work. Here are four major issues they are likely
to face. The Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling says physician-assisted suicide should
be available to a competent adult who “clearly consents to the termination of life and
has a grievous and irremediable medical condition (including an illness, disease or
disability) that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the
circumstances of his or her condition.” Read the full article at
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/four-issues-surrounding-the-supremecourt-ruling-on-assisted-death/article22885794/.

France baby-swap families win damages
(France)
As Hugh Schofield reports, the swap was only discovered when one of the girls felt she
did not look like her father. The families of two French girls who were accidentally
switched at birth 20 years ago have been awarded nearly €2m (£1.5m) in damages. The
clinic involved in the mix-up was ordered to compensate both girls - now women - their
parents and siblings. Both babies had been treated in the same incubator and were then
given to the wrong parents. Although the error was discovered 10 years ago, neither
family has wanted to swap the girls back. On Tuesday, the court in Grasse, southern
France, ordered the clinic in Cannes to pay €400,000 to each of the girls. Read the full
story at : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31350550.
Project launched to ensure children of sugarcane
factory workers attend school.
(India)
When the kids are small and both the parents work, the kids are taken along and they
lose out on education. Pune division’s Women and Child Development department has
recently started a pilot project in Solapur to increase enrollment of children of sugarcane
workers in schools. The project includes making school leaving certificates easily
available to making local people take responsibility of the kids. The department intends
to spread the project to other districts too.“What we are trying to do is create an all-

inclusive set-up of Anganwadi sevikas, school headmasters and a special group of
people called ‘bal mitra’ (friends of children) aware about the situation of these
sugarcane factory workers. Once the community in the area decides to help these
people, then there will be better chances of education among the students,” said R S
Patil, deputy commissioner, Women and Child Development.
Read the full article at http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/project-launched-toensure-children-of-sugarcane-factory-workers-attend-school/.
Children taken to UK should be returned to
Australia, judge rules.
(Australia)
Man’s former wife, now dead, had specified in will that she did not want her two children to
return to live with their father. An English woman who did not want her two children to live
with her ex-husband in Australia has lost a fight from beyond the grave. The woman had written
a will and said “under no circumstances” did she wish the youngsters – a girl aged eight and a
boy aged seven – to return to their Australian father. Her parents and her ex-husband, who is
of Aboriginal descent, became embroiled in a British family court fight over the children’s
futures after she died late in 2014. A judge ruled in favour of the woman’s ex-husband
following a hearing in the family division of the high court in London. Mr Justice Roderic
Wood had been told that the pair had married a decade ago and lived in Darwin, Australia. The
the full article at http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/11/children-ukreturned-australia-judge#img-1.
Australia asylum: Detention 'harms children and violates law'
Australia's policy of detaining the children of asylum seekers causes them harm and violates
international human rights law, a report says. A third of detained children had developed
mental illnesses of such severity that they required psychiatric treatment, the Australian
Human Rights Commission (HRC) said. It called for all detained children to be released
immediately. PM Tony Abbott has called the report a blatant attack on his government. Mr
Abbott said the commission "should be ashamed of itself" for being so partisan. Read the full
article at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31432017.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Edmonton withdraws bid
(Commonwealth)
Canadian city Edmonton has withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games,
leaving Durban in South Africa as the only remaining bidder. A statement from the bid
team said financial reasons and a global fall in oil prices were behind the withdrawal.
The Games, which were held in Glasgow last year, were staged in Edmonton in 1978
and the city has said they will bid again to host the 2026 event. Read The full article at
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/commonwealth-games/31407098.
ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015 IS
OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY
With thousands in attendance and millions watching around the world, the ICC Cricket
World Cup 2015 opened in spectacular fashion with star-laden events in both
Christchurch and Melbourne. Featuring sporting and entertainment icons, cultural
performances and impressive pyrotechnic displays, the Opening Events have ensured
that the 2015 World Cup has entertained even before a ball has been bowled. See more
at http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/2015/news/85460/icc-cricketworld-cup-2015-is-officially-underway.

SPORTS PROFILE
SACHIN TENDULKAR
One of the most decorated cricketers in the history of the game, Sachin Tendulkar
played in six World Cups (1992-2011). He is the most successful batsman in ICC’s
pinnacle event with 2,278 runs in 45 matches, including 482 runs in nine matches in
India’s successful campaign in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. He is the leading
run-getter in ODIs with 18,426 runs in 463 matches. Tendulkar was the player of the
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 when India finished runner-up to Australia.
SACHIN TENDULKAR: CHALLENGES FOR
BATSMEN IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
BATSMEN WILL HAVE TO BEWARE OF THE WINDY CONDITIONS DUE TO
THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE VENUES, SAYS
BATTING LEGEND. READ THE FULL PROFILE AT:
HTTP://WWW.ICC-CRICKET.COM/CRICKET-WORLD
CUP/NEWS/2015/COLUMNS/85378/SACHIN-TENDULKAR-CHALLENGES-
FOR-BATSMEN-IN-AUSTRALIA-AND-NEW-ZEALAND
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