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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 17 March 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Peru's Congress voted [La República report, in Spanish] by a wide margin on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for a second time in three month (More) |
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Peru Congress approves second impeachment trial against president
Peru's Congress voted [La República report, in Spanish] by a wide margin on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for a second time in three months. Congress voted 87-15 in favor of admitting the impeach (More) |
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Amnesty demands full investigation into killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman
Amnesty International (AI) called for a full investigation on Thursday into the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco. Franco, a 38-year-old human rights defender known for her outspokenness against police brutality, was shot dea (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 3 March 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday warned Syria that air strikes, shelling and use of toxic agents in Eastern Ghouta likely constitute war crimes. Mexico' (More) |
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Brazil supreme court upholds changes to laws protecting Amazon rainforest
Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) on Wednesday upheld the 2012 changes to the Brazilian Floral Code that reduced protection for rainforests in Brazil. The 2012 changes included granting amnesty to some small property owners who broke the l (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled that defendants (More) |
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Brazil top court rules pregnant woman will no longer serve pre-trial detention in jail
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled that defendants who are pregnant women, mothers with young children or people with disabilities, who are accused of non-violent crimes, will not be detained in jail before their trials, but will be under house (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 27 January 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A group of five UN Human Right's experts on Friday asked Egypt to halt all pending executions following repeated allegations of unfair trials. The experts are concerned with a "continuing pa (More) |
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UN rights expert: people affected by leprosy continue to face discrimination
In a statement celebrating World Leprosy Day, a newly appointed UN human rights expert specializing in leprosy warned that people with the disease continue to face discrimination and lack of access to medical care. Latest statistics show that ther (More) |
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Brazil appeals court upholds former president's corruption conviction
A Brazilian federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld former president and current presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's corruption conviction, which could prevent him from continuing his election campaign. Lula was convicted in July (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
