The US Senate on Thursday voted 95-0 in favor of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) , legislation aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic predisposition to disease. Employers would be barred from basing hiring and firing decisions on genetic risk or predisposition to disease, [...]
Navy Captain Prescott Prince , the military-appointed lawyer for confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , has expressed concern over the fairness of his client's upcoming military commission trial. In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Prince said that the possibility that the government will introduce as evidence statements made by Mohammed obtained by [...]
The upper house of the Austrian parliament Thursday voted 151-27 to approve the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon . The treaty now goes to Austrian President Heinz Fischer for signature. Also Thursday, the Danish national parliament voted 90-25 to approve the document, while the upper house of the Czech [...]
Myanmar voters will be permitted to observe ballot counting in a scheduled May national referendum on a draft constitution put forth by the country's ruling junta, according to Thursday state media reports. Government officials said that this would ensure that the referendum was fair, but opposition groups like the National League for Democracy (NLD) have [...]
John Roe v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, April 22, 2008 . Read the full text of the order and reasons . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
A, K, M, Q & G and H.M. Treasury, UK High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division Administrative Court, April 24, 2008 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Officials from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Thursday that the court expects to complete an investigation into former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav , also known as Duch, by July. In a statement , the court said: Indeed, the intend to notify the parties that they have finished [...]
Indonesian police Thursday arrested a fourth man suspected of involvement in February assassination attempts against East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao . Last week, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that police had arrested three other suspects in the attacks. Last month, another suspect in the assassination attempt surrendered to [...]
The Supreme Court of Taiwan Thursday upheld a December 2007 ruling by the Taiwan High Court acquitting Taiwanese President-elect Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges. Prosecutors had filed an appeal of the High Court decision, asking the Supreme Court to clarify the legality of the Taiwanese system that allows high-ranking public officials access to special funds. [...]
The German Bundestag , the lower house of parliament, voted 515-58 Thursday to approve the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon . The upper house is expected to ratify the treaty next month. Leaders from the 27 countries that make up the European Union signed the reform treaty in December, [...]
