The US Supreme Court ruled 5-2 Monday in Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust that Section 903(1) of the Bankruptcy Code preempts Puerto Rico’s Recovery Act. The federal bankruptcy code preempts state bankuptcy laws that enable insolvent municipalities to restructure their debts over the objections of creditors and instead requires municipalities to restructure such [...]
The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) on Sunday released a statement calling for the world to end child labor in supply chains such as agriculture, mining and manufacturing. The statement was made on the annual World Day against Child Labour, and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder cited 168 million children in child labor, 85 million of [...]
A judge from Multnomah County Circuit Court in Oregon ruled on Friday that an individual’s gender could be legally changed from from female to non-binary. This ruling legally recognizing a third gender option is the first of its kind in the United States. Army veteran Jamie Shupe petitioned the court for this change because the [...]
Authorities in Bangladesh detained approximately 1,600 people between Thursday and Friday in efforts to find and detain radical Islamist militants. Police suspect only 37 of the detainees are more than petty criminals, none of whom are believed to be “high-level operators.” The raids were a response to multiple attacks in Bangladesh over the last few [...]
The Michigan Senate on Thursday passed a bill (SB 291) that would compensate people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes once they are exonerated . SB 291, also known as the Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act, passed the Senate by a unanimous vote and will now go to the state’s House of Representatives. The goal of [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Abed Awad of Awad & Khoury, LLP, discusses the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement… In 1880, English Captain Charles C. Boycott led an eviction campaign against tenants in Ireland. Appalled at the inhumanity of Mr. Boycott’s ruthless actions, his employees refused to work for him. These events introduced the word “boycott” to [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday cautioned Israel that their response to the deadly Tel Aviv attack earlier this week may be violating international law by implementing prohibitive collective punishment. The Israeli government cancelled 83,000 travel permits to Gaza and West Bank residents, preventing Palestinians residents from traveling [...]
California Governor Edmund Brown signed a bill into law on Friday that attempts to allow undocumented immigrants to purchase healthcare plans. The bill, SB 10 , allows the healthcare exchanges set up in the state to seek a waiver from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that individuals who are able [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Mahmudul Hasan, an LLM student at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, discusses the impact of climate change on vulnerable world populations and its relation to international migration and refugee situations…As global climate change and the resulting implications on ecosystems and livelihoods affect the viability of traditional lifestyles in many parts of the [...]
In an opinion issued on Friday, the Venice Commission announced that it believes Poland’s current surveillance powers are too broad and need to be checked. The opinion focuses on sections 19 and 20c of the Police Act , dealing with “classical” surveillance and the collection of metadata respectively. The Commission believes that certain metadata, such [...]
