Special Representatives of theUN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten and for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba on Monday urged the Iraqi government to reconsider proposed amendments in the Personal Status Law that do not set a minimum age for legal matrimony. Gamba explained that The boys and girls of Iraq, already [...]
Five Native American tribes filed suit Monday against US President Donald Trump after he announced his decision to reduce the size of both Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by nearly 90 percent and the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument by nearly 50 percent. The Hopi, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni and [...]
Spain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday withdrew a European arrest warrant seeking the deportation of Carles Puigdemont , the former President of Catalonia, and four former Catalan officials. The deposed officials fled to Belgium after Spanish courts found the October Catalan independence referendum was unconstitutional and constituted acts of sedition by Catalan officials. Puigdemont has stated [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Tuesday that he could not rule out that genocide is occurring in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority. During statements to a special session of the UN Human Rights Council , the High Commissioner stated that whether elements of genocide are present “is a [...]
Austria’s Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a 2009 law that allowed same-sex couples to enter registered partnerships but not to get married was unconstitutional. The court ruled that the 2009 law violated the constitution by discriminating against same-sex couples. The repeal of the 2009 law will take effect at the end of December 31, 2018. [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday, including a Tenth Amendment challenge to a federal sports betting prohibition. The first case, Christie v. NCAA , was brought by the governor of New Jersey, challenging the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) , which prohibits betting in sports played at [...]
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government recruited former M23 rebel fighters to protect President Joseph Kabila after protests broke out last December over his refusal to step down at the end of his constitutionally mandated two terms, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. During December of last year, at least 62 people were killed [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed enforcement of the Trump administration’s revised travel ban pending further court proceedings. Here is the order staying the lower court decision in Trump v. Hawaii , currently pending before the Ninth Circuit. Here is the order staying the lower court decision in Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to block an order from Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California , to produce additional documentation regarding suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gives undocumented immigrants brought into the [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Texas Supreme Court ruling that did not extend spousal benefits to same-sex couples under employee insurance plans. The case began in 2013 when Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks sued the city of Houston after the city’s mayor gave municipal spousal benefits, health and life insurance, to [...]
