The Syrian Air Force is deliberately targeting civilians in air strikes, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Wednesday. According to the report, which is based on visits to 50 sites of government air strikes in opposition-controlled areas, there have been 152 aerial attacks leaving more than 4,300 civilians dead. HRW believes the [...]
The UN General Assembly held its first debate Wednesday on the “role of the international criminal justice system in reconciliation.” The debate was orchestrated by General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic who claimed during the opening of the debate the “the paramount question is how international criminal justice can help reconcile former adversaries in post-conflict, transitioning [...]
Google on Thursday formally offered concessions to the EU’s competition authority for a possible settlement in the antitrust investigation against the company. The recent proposal has revised the initial proposal that was submitted in January . The January proposal came after the EU’s competition commissioner warned the company to change its business practices or be [...]
The Shura Council, Egypt’s upper house of parliament , on Thursday approved a revised election law that sets new rules for lower house elections to be held later this year. The law provides that the People’s Assembly, Egypt’s lower house of parliament, will consist of 546 seats, and it will also divide the country’s electoral [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist, Daniel Perrone, St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2013, discusses the implications of the US Supreme Court decision insulating generic drug manufacturers from liability against failure to warn claims…
At a preliminary hearing on Wednesday Military Judge Denise Lind ruled the state must prove Pfc. Bradley Manning knowingly helped al Qaeda. Manning has pleaded guilty to several other charges, but is contesting the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. Lind ruled that to meet the standard of proof for the charge, the prosecution [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Segall of Georgia State University says that, although several of the justices on the US Supreme Court interpret the US Constitution to require the government to essentially ignore race, such a requirement would significantly harm civil rights in the US…
The Russian State Duma on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that criminalizes negative actions towards religious groups and imposes stiff prison terms and fines on offenders. The legislation criminalizes blasphemy, including the public insulting and humiliating of religious rites and groups, as well as the desecration of religious objects. The bill proposes penalties [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a suit by victims of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) . The Madoff victims had argued that the SEC was liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FCTA) for failing to detect [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday that a New Mexico school district acted constitutionally when it prohibited five students from distributing two-inch rubber fetus dolls with pro-life cards attached. Writing for the unanimous three-judge panel, the Honorable Scott Matheson, Jr. opined that the school’s restrictions on handing out the dolls [...]
