A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , Melissa Fleming, expressed concern over the growing number of migrants arriving in Europe and urged all EU member states to implement measures agreed on last year to ensure human treatment of all refugees entering their nations. The measures include “hotspot” arrival [...]
The US Senate on Thursday voted in favor of a wide-ranging House bill aiming to strengthen US trade, sending the bill to President Barack Obama to be signed. The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 , passed the House of Representatives in December, with voting falling largely along party lines, with Republicans in [...]
A partnership of voting rights groups on Friday filed suit against Brian Newby , executive director for the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), alleging that his recent decision limiting the use of national voter registration in Alabama, Kansas and Georgia deprives eligible voters from the right to vote. On request from the states’ governments, Newby [...]
The West Virginia Legislature passed the WV Workplace Freedom Act on Friday, overruling a veto by the Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tomblin the day before. West Virginia is now the twenty-sixth state in the country with a right-to-work law, a law that bars employers from requiring that their employees pay union fees. The West Virginia [...]
The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Thursday upheld President Nicolás Maduro’s “economic emergency decree” as legal and valid despite Congress’s rejection. The decree allows the president to control the budget, companies and the currency. The opposition-led Congress maintained that the legislation failed to offer solutions to the country’s inflation, recession and shortages. The court stated [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist James Tugee of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses how Rwandan President Paul Kagame can save his legacy by retiring, despite recent amendments extending his term limits… On December 18, 2015, Rwandans voted in a referendum to approve various amendments that had been proposed by the Senate to the 2003 [...]
UN human rights experts urged the Nigerian government Friday to guarantee the safety of areas liberated from Boko Haram. The UN experts expressed concern for the safety of internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning home to these areas after a series of vicious Boko Haram attacks. Boko Haram recently raided an IDP settlement and killed more [...]
Amnesty International (AI) reported on Thursday that nearly five years after Bahrain’s Day of Rage protests sparked international concern over Bahraini government accountability in human rights, the hope for reform has dwindled. In Bahrain, February 14, 2011, was marked by a day of protests that ultimately ended in the death and torture of human rights [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Minnesota on Thursday ordered a Bosnian man to be deported after he pleaded guilty to lying on immigration forms about his criminal history during the Bosnian war. Zdenko Jekisa has resided in the US for 18 years and has been a lawful permanent resident [...]
The Supreme Court of Kansas upheld a decision on Thursday that found unequal state educational funding to be unconstitutional. The court gave the state’s legislature until June 30 to implement a valid dispersal of funds. If the legislature cannot enact an approved procedure before the deadline, the opinion read, “the schools in Kansas will be [...]
