The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Second Amendment challenge to a gun law enforced in Highland Park, Illinois, denying certiorari in Friedman v. City of Highland Park . The law, challenged by the Illinois State Rifle Association , prohibits “the possession of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines.” Monday’s decision lets stand [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Boko Haram on Sunday for the group’s alleged involvement in a triple suicide attack on the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad Saturday that left more than 30 dead and injured over 130. The attack targeted a busy market and was carried out by at least three female suicide [...]
Iraqi government officials ordered Turkey on Saturday to withdraw hundreds of troops deployed near Mosul, the largest city currently controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants. Iraqi President Fouad Massoum stated that the deployment was a “violation of international norms and law” and may be considered a hostile act , as it was done without notifying [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights Office (OHCHR) announced on Friday that it has received reports that human rights violations against Sunni Arab communities by Iraqi and Kurdish security forces are increasing in parts of Iraq that were reclaimed from the Islamic State (IS). Spokesperson Cécile Pouilly stated that the security [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated Saturday that various UN organizations will sponsor a summit in 2016 to promote progress in addressing worldwide climate issues. During the UN climate change conference (COP21) , the secretary-general announced that organizations such as the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility will gather with international leaders in May in [...]
Samsung and Apple released a joint statement Thursday with the US District Court for the Northern District of California saying that Samsung will pay Apple $548 million by Dec. 14 for infringing Apple’s patents. Samsung also stated that it expects reimbursement if it succeeds in an planned appeal to the US Supreme Court regarding its [...]
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday granted an emergency stay of a lower court’s order for immediate disclosure of planned lethal injection drugs and their chemical suppliers. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen ordered the state on Thursday to release this information, siding with eight prisoners who claimed they have a right to know if [...]
A Salvadoran judge on Thursday ordered former president Francisco Flores to stand trial on corruption charges. Flores is charged with embezzlement and illegal enrichment for allegedly diverting USD $15 million from Taiwanese donation to his personal and political bank accounts. The donations were intended to help victims of a 2001 earthquake in the region. Flores [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Robbie Sabel, of the Hebrew University Jerusalem, discusses the continued violence in Israel … In recent weeks Israel has been facing a wave of “individual” terrorism and the Israel Authorities are in a dilemma as to how to combat it within existing legal restraints. In the past, terrorism in the West Bank [...]
A Dominican court on Wednesday blocked a new law that would have decriminalized abortion if a pregnant woman’s life was at risk, thus reinstating a total ban on abortion within the country. The Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling, which upholds a law from 1884, cannot be appealed . The new law had been scheduled to go into [...]
