A minister for France’s new Socialist government announced on Friday that France will legalize same-sex marriage by the end of next year. Dominique Bertinotti , the junior minister for families, proclaimed that within a year, same-sex couples in France will be granted all the same legal rights as heterosexual couples , including the right to [...]
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos on Friday expressed concern about deteriorating conditions in Sudan due to continued violent conflict in the country. Amos noted a recent increase in Sudanese refugees crossing into neighboring countries because of the conflict. In her statement, she noted that although the government successfully partnered with the World [...]
Peter Madoff , brother of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Friday on charges connected with Bernard Madoff’s multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme. He agreed to serve 10 years in prison and give up all of his assets in exchange for permission to remain free until the US District Court for the Southern District of New [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Chris Elmendorf writing the seventh installment of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that recent statistical findings may contribute to courts declaring Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to be unconstitutional, while simultaneously strengthening the provisions in Section 2 of the [...]
A New York-based labor rights group alleged Wednesday that Apple suppliers in China are violating local Chinese labor laws . China Labor Watch claimed that an Apple Foxconn factory and nine other factories in China that supply Apple force their workers into excessive overtime, pay low wages to compel workers to work overtime, expose workers [...]
The UN Security Council on Friday extended the terms of four judges of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Judge William Sekule of the United Republic of Tanzania, Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda and Judge Mparany Mamy Richard Rajohnson of Madagascar, whose terms were supposed to end on June 30, were [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Toni Locy of Washington & Lee University says that the erroneous news reports about the Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act were the result of a desire for speed over quality in journalism…
Maricopa County , Arizona, asked a judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Thursday to dismiss the county from a lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) against Sheriff Joe Arpaio for alleged racial profiling. The county argued that it should be dismissed from the lawsuit against Arpaio [...]
A Kuwait delegate has started discussions with US officials for the release of two Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainees, the Kuwaiti Ambassador told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Friday. Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah stated that further discussions will take place in the near future. He is acting on behalf of Kuwaiti emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday urged Egypt’s new president, Mohamed Morsi, to end the pattern of human rights abuses committed by former president Hosni Mubarak and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) . AI Secretary General Salil Shetty announced that the organization will keep a close eye on whether Morsi improves Egypt’s human [...]
