The US Senate on Tuesday approved HJ Res 111 , which cancels a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule related to arbitration agreements. The canceled CFPB rule, 82 FR 33210 , prevented providers of specified consumer financial products and services from requiring consumers to sign arbitration agreements that barred them from participating in class action [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday ruled 6-3 that a 17-year-old unidentified, undocumented immigrant has the right to obtain an abortion. A week earlier, the same court through a three-judge panel temporarily blocked a lower court ruling permitting the teen immigrant to have an abortion, noting that it [...]
Russia on Tuesday vetoed the UN Security Council’s resolution to extend the UN Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) investigation into the Syria chemical-weapons attack. In February Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that the Syrian government conducted “coordinated chemical attacks” on rebel-controlled portions of Aleppo. In the same report, HRW alleged that Russia [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of Hawaii v. Trump , the last remaining challenge of the now expired March 6 travel ban . In the brief order, the court noted that the provisions of the original executive order “expired by own terms,” and thus the matter is rendered moot. As a [...]
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday resuming the admissions of refugees into the US but introducing heightened vetting procedures. The order states that the prior executive order barring refugee admissions from a number of Islamic nations is no longer in effect and “the Secretary of State may resume travel of qualified and [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Azadeh Shahshahani of Project South discusses a case of discrimination in access to public utilities … It’s hard to believe that in the twenty-first century there are still households that face the risk of going without electricity or running water because of who they are and where they come from. But in [...]
The Communist Party of China amended their constitution Tuesday to add a section titled “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.” The party’s “absolute” leadership over the military, the fight against corruption, Xi’s “Belt and Road” development initiative, supply-side reforms, and market forces in resource were also addressed in the [...]
Quebec Minister of Justice and Attorney General Stéphanie Vallée on Tuesday released guidelines for the implementation of Bill 62 , legislation requiring those who wear face veils to remove them when using public services. The bill passed by a vote of 66-5 last week in the Quebec National Assembly . These guidelines provide further instructions [...]
Microsoft announced plans to drop its lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday after the DOJ issued new guidelines in an effort to curb its practice of using secrecy orders to silence companies from alerting its customers when their personal information is accessed by the federal government. Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to raise human rights abuse s during a meeting with Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in Paris on Tuesday. Tuesday’s meeting will be Macron’s first meeting with al-Sisi and first opportunity to address Egypt’s serious human rights violations, including what HRW described as “Egyptian [...]
