Edward SanFilippo, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, was recently a panelist at Transgender Experiences: A Legal Perspective, and writes here about legal issues confronting transgendered Americans. He argues that legalized discrimination is morally and economically indefensible… The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law recently published two studies pertaining to [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Christof Heyns on Monday urged the UN Human Rights Council to conduct further investigations into possible Sri Lankan war crimes after reconfirming the legitimacy of a video of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members being executed by members of the Sri Lankan military. Heyns’ conclusions are based on [...]
Milos Saljic, the lawyer representing Ratko Mladic , announced on Monday that he has appealed last week’s finding that his client is medically fit for extradition . Serbian authorities must postpone Mladic’s extradition until the court reviews the appeal, which formally requests that independent physicians, including cardiologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedists and gastroenterologists, be granted access to [...]
An Egyptian judge on Saturday fined former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and two ministers $90 million for shutting down Internet and mobile phone service during the protests culminating in his ouster. The massive fine, the first court ruling against Mubarak since leaving office , is to compensate for damage to the economy resulting from the [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that the War Powers Resolution does not limit the president’s options in Libya due to his constitutional authority and international obligations… President Obama has decided that the US will continue to participate with other NATO members in military actions authorized by the [...]
Google on Friday responded to allegations of misappropriating trade secrets made in a lawsuit filed by PayPal , arguing that it had done nothing illegal. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the Superior Court of California following the unveiling of Google Wallet a mobile payment system to be utilized by Google’s Android phone line. The [...]
Malta voters on Saturday approved a ballot question asking whether divorce should be allowed in the country. The measure passed with 53 percent of the vote, and saw a 72 percent turnout among the predominantly Catholic 412,966 residents, the lowest turnout in its recent history. The archipelago nation is the last EU member state not [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower court’s decision confirming that Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Musa’ab Omar al-Madhwani is lawfully detained for being part of al Qaeda. Madhwani challenged the denial of 2004 petition for writ of habeas corpus by the US District Court for the [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday struck down a campaign finance law which bans corporations from making contributions to federal candidates, citing the controversial Supreme Court decision in Citizens United . Judge James Cacheris dismissed a criminal count against two men charged with illegally reimbursing individuals [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called for the Yemeni government on Friday to crack down on deadly violence, expressing fear that the violence will push the country into a civil war . The OHCHR’s concerns follow escalated violence that has claimed more than 100 lives since President Ali Abdullah [...]
