The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) on Monday criticized the abortion laws of the Philippines as a “human rights crisis,” resulting in the death of thousands of women annually. In a report, “Forsaken Lives,” the reproductive rights group characterizes the Philippines’s complete ban on abortion as a violation of women’s human rights by denying them [...]
A South African court on Tuesday sentenced former INTERPOL president and South African police chief Jackie Selebi to 15 years in prison for corruption. Selebi was convicted of corruption in July for receiving $170,000 in bribes from convicted drug smuggler Glenn Agliotti , who was suspected of killing South African mining magnate Brett Kebble. Judge [...]
Former Rwandan regional administrator Dominique Ntawukulilyayo was sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Tuesday to 25 years in prison for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Ntawukulilyayo, the former sub-prefect of the southern district of Gisagara, was indicted in 2005 on charges of genocide, complicity in genocide and public incitement [...]
The Supreme Court of California on Monday held 6-1 that a state ban on preferential hiring practices for minorities and women does not violate the federal Constitution . Justice Kathryn Werdegar, writing for the majority, held that the ban on giving preferential treatment in the awarding of public contracts under the Article I, Section 31 [...]
A Michigan public interest law firm, Great Lakes Environmental Law Center (GLELC) , on Monday sent a notice of intent to file suit to Enbridge, Inc. , the Canadian owner of the Michigan pipeline that ruptured on July 26 and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River. Enbridge estimates that [...]
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli (R) on Friday issued an opinion finding that state law enforcement officials have the authority to investigate the immigration status of those they stop or arrest. The opinion was issued following a request from Delegate Bob Marshall (R) asking whether Virginia officials have the same authority as that conferred to [...]
Eric Sterling : “Thursday’s passage of the Fair Sentencing Act proved that I have been very wrong about this legislation. I was wrong in not believing that fairness in sentencing, fairness for convicted African-American crack dealers, fairness for any criminal defendant, had any political traction. I was wrong in believing that the intrepid coalition of [...]
The EU on Monday declined to renew its mandate of reforming Guinea-Bissau security forces, citing the breakdown of law and order in the country. The EU SSR Guinea-Bissau Mission was first launched in June 2008 and was intended to provide assistance to the west African nation’s security forces in developing a legal framework in which [...]
A UK-based women’s rights group filed suit Friday against the new coalition government over its 2010 budget, claiming the drastic spending cuts in it will have a disproportionately negative impact on women. The accusation stems from a gender impact study commissioned by Labour Party MP and Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Yvette Cooper and [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state of Virginia challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted health care reform law . The lawsuit , which challenges a provision of the law requiring every individual to purchase [...]
