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News UK court refuses to compel release of Brexit analysis
UK court refuses to compel release of Brexit analysis
Christopher Anderson
March 8, 2018 12:15:01 pm

The UK's High Court of Justice on Tuesday declined a request to force publication of Brexit economic impact studies. Following the referendum to leave the EU, British ministries compiled data and analyzed Brexit's impact on 58 sectors...

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News European Commission releases draft Brexit agreement
European Commission releases draft Brexit agreement
Christopher Anderson
February 28, 2018 11:30:45 am

The European Commission on Wednesday released a draft agreement for the UK's withdrawal from the EU. An accompanying press release credits the Commission's transparency policy for the draft's publication and highlights its main points. These include: the...

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News UN rights experts urge EU to end child migrant detentions
UN rights experts urge EU to end child migrant detentions
Christopher Anderson
February 22, 2018 12:50:32 pm

As EU members and institutions meet to revise migration policies, the UN on Wednesday called for a stop to detention of children. The Common European Asylum System currently allows for children to be detained as a last...

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News Supreme Court rejects victims’ claims to collect damages from Iran
Supreme Court rejects victims’ claims to collect damages from Iran
Christopher Anderson
February 22, 2018 08:16:35 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to allow victims of a terrorist attack to collect damages from Iran through attaching government property present in the US. The case, Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran [SCOTUSblog...

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News Human Rights Watch criticizes German social media law
Human Rights Watch criticizes German social media law
Christopher Anderson
February 15, 2018 03:09:09 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday detailing flaws in Germany's Act to Improve Enforcement of the Law in Social Networks. . The law, which went into effect at the beginning of the...

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News Netherlands senate approves automatic organ donor registration
Netherlands senate approves automatic organ donor registration
Christopher Anderson
February 14, 2018 12:03:27 pm

The Dutch senate on Tuesday narrowly approved legislation revising organ donor registration to make automatic registration for organ donor status the default. Under the bill, people would have to opt-out if they...

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News Supreme Court partially stays North Carolina gerrymandering ruling
Supreme Court partially stays North Carolina gerrymandering ruling
Christopher Anderson
February 7, 2018 12:35:39 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an order to redraw certain North Carolina congressional districts. The US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina invalidated several districts in the state last fall. The districts...

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News Federal appeals court rules Louisiana death row inmates not entitled to air conditioning
Federal appeals court rules Louisiana death row inmates not entitled to air conditioning
Christopher Anderson
February 1, 2018 01:14:54 pm

The US Court Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court's ruling that temperatures in Louisiana's death-row prison cells be kept below 88 degrees Fahrenheit. In an opinion by the Chief Judge, the court explained...

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News UN rights office issues update of Israel settlements report
UN rights office issues update of Israel settlements report
Christopher Anderson
January 31, 2018 01:03:30 pm

The UN human rights office issued an update Wednesday of its report on the human rights situation in Palestine. The report implements the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It was mandated by a 2016 resolution [text,...

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News Senator Menendez acquitted on 7 of 18 charges
Senator Menendez acquitted on 7 of 18 charges
Christopher Anderson
January 26, 2018 08:58:48 am

A federal judge granted a request to acquit Senator Bob Menendez and his friend Salomon Melgen Wednesday on several charges in a bribery case that ended in a mistrial . The democratic senator from New Jersey was...

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First Geneva Convention signed

On August 22, 1864, twelve nations signed the first Geneva Convention protecting vulnerable persons in times of conflict.

Review the text of the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field and learn more about the modern Geneva Conventions from the American Red Cross.

Welfare Reform signed into law

On August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act into law. The Act fundamentally reformed the American welfare system, putting an emphasis on work requirements for those receiving federal assistance. The new law also limited most recipients to no more than 5 years on welfare and shifted money provided to states to the form of block grants, which the states could use to set their own criteria for welfare recipients.

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