The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) released a report Wednesday highlighting the lack of protections provided to domestic workers worldwide. The report details the ways in which domestic workers are more vulnerable than other workers...
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UN report shows domestic workers lack adequate legal protections
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Vietnam court convicts 14 bloggers of subversion
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Supreme Court rules burden on defendant to prove withdrawl from conspiracy
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Military judge rules pre-trial punishment of Wikileaks defendant was illegal
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Illinois House approves bill allowing illegal immigrant driver’s licenses
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Military contractor pays $5 million settlement in lawsuits alleging torture at Abu Ghraib
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Supreme Court hears arguments on securities fraud, Medicaid
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EU court rules Italy prison overcrowding violates rights
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Supreme Court rules habeas cases can proceed with lawyer, incompetent client
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Supreme Court rules on pollutants under Clean Water Act
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The Vietnam Supreme People's Court in the central Nghe An province on Wednesday sentenced 14 Catholic Redemptorist bloggers to jail terms ranging from 3 to 13 years of combined prison and house arrest. The defendants are associated with Viet...
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Smith v. US that it is defendants' burden to prove they had removed themselves from a conspiracy in cases where their departure from the conspiracy happened long enough...
A US military judge ruled Tuesday that the pre-trial punishment of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning , who is accused of leaking confidential documents to WikiLeaks , was illegal and excessive. Army Colonel...
The Illinois House on Tuesday voted 65-46 in favor of a bill that would permit immigrants in the country illegally to obtain temporary driver's licenses if they can provide proof of...
A military contractor that was accused in a lawsuit by former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison of conspiring to torture detainees has paid $5.28 million to detainees held at the prison and other US detention...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases . In Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission the court heard arguments on the statute of limitations under 28 USC § 2462 ...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that overcrowding in Italy's prisons violates the basic rights of inmates. Seven inmates at two Italian prisons filed complaints against the Italian government in 2009,...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday in the combined cases Ryan v. Gonzales and Tibbals v. Carter that there is no right to stay a federal habeas corpus proceeding until an...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday in Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council that water flowing through a concrete channel from different points in the river...
