As high school seniors across the country make their college decisions right now, I would like to raise awareness for higher education as a human right. Many high school graduates will get into the college of their dreams, but their families will be unable to afford to send them there. For many others, even their [...]
“Where will it end? When will it all be lulled back into sleep, and cease, the bloody hatred, the destruction?” -Aeschylus (Oresteia), presenting the ending of Agamemnon Currently, the Korean peninsula, Syria and the wider Middle East are the most critically urgent venues of world legal disorder. To be sure, if we can further accept that we [...]
Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: A new report by IGARAPÉ Institute outlines the continuing rise in crime in Latin America and demands urgent solutions. According to the report released Thursday, crime rates will continue to rise until new innovative preventive programs are implemented. An Istanbul court on Wednesday sentenced 14 journalists [...]
Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US House Intelligence Committee released its final report absolving the Trump campaign from involvement in Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. In the almost 250-page report, Republicans concluded that the year-long investigation has produced no evidence that the Trump campaign aided in Moscow’s efforts. [...]
The US House Intelligence Committee released its final report absolving the Trump campaign from involvement in Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. In the almost 250-page report, Republicans concluded that the year-long investigation has produced no evidence that the Trump campaign aided in Moscow’s efforts. While the committee found no evidence that the Trump [...]
A new report by IGARAPÉ Institute outlines the continuing rise in crime in Latin America and demands urgent solutions. According to the report released Thursday, crime rates will continue to rise until new innovative preventive programs are implemented. Currently, Latin America is home to 8 percent of the world’s population yet experiences 33 percent of [...]
An Istanbul court on Wednesday sentenced 14 journalists from opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet Daily to various prison terms over terrorism-related charges. According to Turkish state news agency Anadolu, the CEO, editor-in-chief and several journalists received sentences between four and eight years “on charges of acting on behalf of a terrorist group without being members.” “At the [...]
UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday praised Ethiopia for its willingness to openly discuss human rights challenges after completing his second official visit within the year. Zeid’s invitation to the country came after a recent transition of power from former prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn , who abruptly resigned in [...]
Louisiana senators voted 31-1 Tuesday to approve a bill that would ban abortions at 15 weeks. Mississippi approved a similar 15-week abortion ban in March, drawing an immediate legal challenge. An amendment to the Louisiana bill on the Senate floor means that the Louisiana bill would not go into law unless and until the Mississippi [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Hawaii , challenging the latest version of President Donald Trump’s ban on entry to the US from certain Muslim-majority countries. When granting certiorari in January, the court agreed to consider the following questions presented by the government: 1. Whether respondents’ challenge to the President’s [...]
