A group of independent UN human rights experts expressed concern Tuesday over the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and urged the transitional authorities to take urgent measures to protect the population from atrocity crimes and restore public order. There have been continued reports of gross human rights violations in the CAR since the [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Edwar Estrada, St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2014, is the author of the third article in a 10-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Estrada explores the implications of New York City’s stop and frisk practices and offers recommendations to improve them…
A Brazilian federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against Chevron after approving a negotiated settlement, closing a lengthy legal battle over a 2011 oil spill. The leak occurred in November 2011, when a Chevron appraisal well leaked 155,000 gallons of oil, and the following March, when oil resumed leaking from the well and Chevron [...]
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in West Virginia on Tuesday challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban. The suit was filed on behalf of three local same-sex couples who are seeking the right to marry as well as the child of one of the couples. The lawsuit alleges that the ban on same-sex marriage is [...]
The Hungarian Parliament on Monday passed a law that allows municipalities to prohibit sleeping in public places, effectively criminalizing homelessness. The law permits local authorities to declare areas prohibited for homeless people and evict those living in huts or shacks near the city. Punishment for violation can include community service, fines or imprisonment. The government [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday rejected a request by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss a suit over subpoenaed documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious . The lawsuit , filed in August 2012 by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee against Attorney [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday unsealed an arrest warrant for an Ivory Coast politician charged with four counts of crimes against humanity. Charles Ble Goude is accused of working with former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo to orchestrate a wave of post-election violence between December 2010 and April 2011. Ble Goude is specifically [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday added eight new cases to its docket for the upcoming term. In Harris v. Quinn the court will determine whether a state can “compel personal care providers to accept and financially support a private organization as their exclusive representative to petition the state for greater reimbursements from its Medicaid [...]
The administration of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Monday sent a letter to the state’s supreme court, appealing a lower court ruling which held that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry in the state. Despite Judge Mary Jacobson’s finding that the state’s current process of civil unions deprives same-sex couples of federal benefits [...]
The Spanish government must do more to provide information on the whereabouts of individuals who disappeared during the Spanish Civil War and the Francisco Franco regime, experts from the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances demanded Monday. The working group compiled preliminary observations and recommendations during a visit to Spain last week. The [...]
