A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday ordered a Philadelphia court clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The Montgomery County Register of Wills court clerk Bruce Hanes issued 116 marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the state’s Attorney General Kathleen Kane said the Pennsylvania Marriage Law was unconstitutional under the US Supreme Court holding [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday warned that the forced evictions of people from makeshift camps in Mogadishu has led to human rights abuses. For the past two years, Mogadishu has been undergoing reconstruction, while tented camps continue being cleared for development. Some residents have been forced to move to the outskirts of the city, where [...]
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday passed amendments to Spain’s freedom of information law that aim to combat political corruption. The amendments, which increase accountability for the use of public funds , include political parties, the royal family, lobbies, unions and employers’ associations. The new law will require all levels of government to provide clear public records [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Charles C. Jalloh, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that Kenya’s opting to withdraw from the International Criminal Court poses major risks for minimal gain …
JURIST Guest Columnist Enver Hasani of the University of Prishtina in Kosovo, argues that regime change in Syria will represent a profound geopolitical shift…
A court in France on Thursday rejected Rwanda’s request for the extradition of a Hutu ex-colonel wanted in connection with the country’s 1994 genocide and ordered his release. Laurent Serubuga, now 77-years old, had been arrested in France in July on an international arrest warrant issued by Rwanda. The court stated that because the crimes [...]
Northern Ireland will struggle to move forward due to its failure to establish the truth about abuses committed during its civil unrest, Amnesty International (AI) warned in a report published Thursday. The report, entitled “Northern Ireland: Time to Deal with the Past,” speaks extensively about the failure of the government to deliver justice or accountability [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Butti, University of Utrecht Class of 2014, investigates what are the different roles of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding human rights protection in the EU and how these different roles affect the relationship between the two courts after the Lisbon [...]
Legislators in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday rejected a proposal extending amnesty to all military officials involved in the April 12 coup d’etat. With 40 votes in favor, the proposal fell short of the 51 votes needed to secure its passage. The country has been operating under the control of a transitional [...]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general on Thursday denounced the decision by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to ban the short selling of stocks. Affirmed on nearly 80 percent of final judgments , the ECJ’s advocate general, Niilo Jaaskinen, rejected the measure for lack of contribution to market harmonization and overreaching [...]
