Three years before Mauritius gained its independence from the United Kingdom (ie: 1965 and 1968), a chain of tiny islands in the Indian Ocean were separated from
The International Court of Justice issued an Advisory Opinion today in respect of the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. Click here for the Advisory Opinion.Vice President Xue Hanqin of China and
Newspapers are reporting that a jury in Canada convicted a former Royal Caribbean waiter, from Mauritius, of murdering a young woman and her family who he met during a cruise in 2009. In December of 2009, two weeks before Christmas, 24
Long years of negotiations with Mauritius have finally culminated in the signing of the Protocol amending the Convention between Government of Mauritius and the Government of Republic of India (GOI) on May 10, 2016 (Protocol). This has resulted in a
In October 2014, the Mauritius Financial Services Commission (FSC) issued competency standards setting out the minimum technical skills and know-how expected from its licensees, which includes entities licenced as collective investment scheme managers (CIS Managers). The standards are part of
On November 1, 2014, the Global Privacy Enforcement Network posted a media release on their October 12 workshop in Mauritius on the use of publicity as a regulatory compliance technique. The workshop included a public demonstration of the International Privacy
On October 16, 2014, the 36th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Mauritius hosted a panel including representatives from the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), international NGO Access, and Hunton & Williams to discuss the need for
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership’s Vice President and Senior Policy Counselor Markus Heyder reports on the closed session of the 36th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners which took place in Mauritius on October 13 – 16,
At the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Mauritius this week, representatives of the private sector and academia joined together to discuss the positive changes and attendant risks that the internet of things and big data may
