The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered Russia to pay more than 63,000 euros for arresting Alexander Navalny multiple times between March 2012 and February 2014. The Court held that Russia repeatedly and unjustifiably violated Navalny’s right to freedom of peaceful assembly under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and [...]
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled that it had the authority to adjudicate a dispute over a stretch of water in the Indian Ocean that is potentially laden with oil and gas. Somalia asked the ICJ to rule on the dispute in 2014 after negotiations with Kenya broke down over the [...]
UN human rights experts on Thursday urged the government of Iran to stop the execution of Hamid Ahmadi, a 17 year old with a death sentence stemming from Ahmadi fatally stabbing another Iranian youth. The office of the UN High Commisioner for Human Rights (OCHR) said the execution is scheduled to go forward on Saturday. [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist I. Nelson Rose of Whittier Law School discusses a recent Supreme Court opinion concerning sports betting in the United States… In a surprise move, the US Supreme Court blew a little life into the dying embers of state-authorized sports betting. New Jersey has been trying unsuccessfully for years to overcome a federal [...]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday that the new US order on Syrian refugees “should be removed sooner rather than later.” Drawing a comparison to the US history on the “forefront of refugee protection,” Guterres said that the policy violates “our basic principles,” echoing the thoughts of human rights experts from the UN. However, the [...]
The UK House of Commons on Wednesday approved HC Bill 132 , which empowers Prime Minister Theresa May to notify the EU of the UK’s intent to withdraw. Known as the “European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill,” the legislation would confer power onto the prime minister to initiate Brexit pursuant to Art. 50(2) of the [...]
Freedom House , an “independent watchdog organization,” released its 2017 Freedom in the World report , listing North Korea as one of the least-free nations in the world. The report lists North Korea as one of its 11 “worst of the worst” nations, ahead of only Syria in aggregate “freedom” score. North Korea received a [...]
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday clarified in a press briefing that Donald Trump’s executive order limiting immigration does not apply to individuals admitted for permanent residence. Trump issued the controversial executive order last week, and it was initially interpreted to include green card holders in its immigration restrictions on seven Muslim nations. [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin G. Davis of University of Toledo College of Law discusses the recent turmoil over the changes in the Trump administration… With the recent turmoil of the Monday Night Massacre (firing of the Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and the firing of the Acting ICE Director Daniel Ragsdale) coupled with the dissent [...]
A group of former NFL cheerleaders filed a lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) on Wednesday over wages. The complaint states that the league underpaid them and prohibited cheerleaders on one team to compare wages with those of another team. The cheerleaders state that they were paid roughly $100 per game without any compensation [...]
