The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday passed three resolutions critical of Israeli practices towards Syrian and Palestinian territories. The resolutions were adopted during the 13th session of the UNHRC held in Geneva. One resolution titled "The grave human rights violations by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem" passed by a [...]
Daphne Eviatar : "There may be no better example of why so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" are a bad idea than the case of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who a judge on Monday ordered released after seven years in US custody. Prosecutors once insisted that Slahi was "the highest value detainee at Guantanamo Bay," a key al-Qaeda [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday lifted the stay blocking the extradition of former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega to France, where he is wanted on money laundering charges. This latest order comes two days after the US Supreme Court declined to reconsider Noriega's petition to [...]
The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday proposed reforms to simplify and clarify international divorce laws. Under the proposal, married couples from different European Union (EU) countries could choose the country of the divorce, and the various courts would use a common formula to decide which country's law applies when a couple disagrees. EC Vice President [...]
French President Nicholas Sarkozy said Wednesday that the government will introduce legislation to ban traditional Muslim face veils in public places. Sarkozy's announcement comes weeks after a French parliamentary commission charged with investigating whether to enact laws banning the wearing of burqas or other "full veils" released its report calling for a partial ban that [...]
The Russian State Duma on Wednesday approved a bill to ban pre-trial detention for suspects accused of economic crimes. The legislation would allow those charged with financial crimes to be bailed out of jail at any time during legal proceedings for a minimum bail charge of 100,000 rubles (USD $3,300), and 500,000 rubles (USD $16,600) [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a permanent injunction Wednesday against a Texas city ordinance prohibiting illegal immigrants from renting property in the city. Judge Jane Boyle ruled that the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch cannot enforce Ordinance 2952 , which required prospective renters to affirm they [...]
US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday continuing a prohibition on the use of federal funds for abortion except in cases of rape or incest or where a woman's life would be endangered. Some anti-abortion congressional Democrats insisted on the order as a condition for their support of the Patient Protection and Affordable [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha v. Regal-Beloit Corporation , the court heard arguments on whether the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 applies to the inland rail transportation of goods in the US that originate out of the country when the shipment [...]
Executive Order, President Obama, March 24, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on abortion funding.
