The judge presiding over the USS Cole bombing case, US Air Force Col. Vance Spath, said Wednesday that he plans to set a 2018 trial date for the case. The judge stated that he anticipates that it will take months to seat a jury. He stressed the importance of keeping the case moving forward. He [...]
UN rights experts urged the Philippines legislature on Thursday to reject a proposed death penalty bill that would reintroduce capital punishment for drug-related offenses. Specifically, the bill authorizes death penalty for the “import, sale, manufacture, delivery and distribution” of narcotics and for crimes committed under the influence of dangerous drugs.” Special Rapporteurs, Agnes Callamard and [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn, Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses the constitutional violations resulting from the executive order banning nationals from six Muslim-majority countries… After a federal district court judge and a unanimous three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Donald Trump’s Executive Order (EO) instituting a [...]
A front-runner for the 2018 Mexican Presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , filed a complaint Wednesday with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against US President Donald Trump’s proposed border security wall. Lopez Obrador announced his intentions to file on Monday. The complaint alleges human rights abuses by the US government. In his press [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order to an Afghan man trying to enter the US on a Special Immigration Visa, which are granted to those who have assisted the US military in Afghanistan. Earlier in the week, Judge Linares of the US District Court for [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied an en banc rehearing regarding US President Donald Trump’s original immigration order. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) had previously withdrawn its appeal regarding Trump’s original immigration order , which was filed after the Ninth Circuit denied a request to stay the proceedings [...]
Thousands of people in Belarus on Wednesday gathered to protest a labor law that fines people if they do not work enough days during the year. President Alexander Lukashenko enacted Ordinance No. 3 in April 2015, and it has been attacked since its proposal as a forced-labor law and a reenactment of Soviet principles against [...]
UK House of Commons speaker John Bercow announced Thursday that the EU withdrawal bill has received royal assent and become law. UK Prime Minister Theresa May is now empowered to begin the Brexit process under Article 50 of the EU’s key treaty. Article 50 explains that the UK will cease to be a member of [...]
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia released a report on Wednesday that accuses Israel of establishing “an apartheid regime that dominates the Palestinian people as a whole.” Apartheid is an international crime through the International Convention of the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1973) . The commission claims the [...]
The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved the Texas Privacy Act , which would require people to use the bathroom that corresponds to the gender listed on their birth certificate. Passed by a 21-10 vote along party lines, the bill would override city ordinances and other practices that permit people to use restrooms corresponding to their [...]
