JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal, a professor at Alexandria University School of Law and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, discusses how the revival of the Emergency Law No. 162 of 1958 can negatively impact the rule of law in Egypt…. Egypt’s longtime former president Hosni Mubarak, who was forced to step down [...]
The Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Friday allowing the use, production and distribution of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes. The bill was approved by the other chamber of the legislature in December and will now be sent to President Enrique Pena Nieto for his signature. The change in policy came after [...]
South African President Jacob Zuma signed the anti-money laundering Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) on Saturday to combat tax evasion and money laundering in the country. The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) organization had threatened to oust South Africa if the amendment had not been passed before June 20. Supporters say the law is [...]
Turkey blocked the website Wikipedia on Saturday deeming it a threat to national security. Opponents say Turkey’s choice to block the website further supports rights groups and Turkey’s Western allies opinion that the country prohibits freedom of speech and other basic rights. Turkey supported its decision stating a law permits it to block access to [...]
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to lift restrictions placed on offshore oil drilling. According to a statement , about 94 percent of the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was either off-limits to or not considered for oil and gas exploration and development under previous rules. Trump blamed federal regulations for [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday granted a request from the Trump administration to stay ligation concerning an Obama administration air pollution regulation. The rule in question, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) , has been in place for numerous years and has many coal-fired power plants [...]
The Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) in Senegal upheld the life sentence of Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and torture. Habre was sentenced to life in prison for rape, various war crimes, and torture last year , however, his counsel appealed, believing that his sentence was too severe. On appeal, [...]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified a law Thursday that will allow him to appoint head judges in the country’s highest courts. The amended law, which was ratified when it was published in the official gazette , allows el-Sisi to chose one of three potential judges nominated by each court to be the head of [...]
The Second Intermediate People’s Court in Tianjin on Friday gave human rights lawyer Li Heping a three-year suspended sentence for subversion. He has been in jail since being detained in the summer of 2015. Heping represented many high-profile defendants including practitioners of the banned religion Falun Gong . His subversion conviction stemmed from a charge [...]
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday after the FDA banned a shipment of lethal injection drugs to prison officials. Texas argued that the lethal injection drugs are lawful and comply with FDA standards, and that the FDA “erroneously concluded” that the drugs violate 21 U.S.C. § [...]
