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Rights group calls for treaty to limit weapons in DRC
Amnesty International (AI) called Tuesday for an end to the supply of arms to groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The report highlights the flaws in Congolese security, which AI says allow for (More) |
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Thailand court sentences Indian financier to jail for embezzlement
A court in Thailand sentenced former Indian financier Rakesh Saxena to 10 years in prison on Friday for embezzling tens of millions of dollars from a bank in Thailand during the 1990s. The Bangkok South Criminal Court, found Saxena guilty of five c (More) |
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Ukraine to approve Russian language in official settings
The Ukrainian Parliament on Tuesday passed the first reading of a controversial bill that would allow Russian to be spoken in official settings in particular regions of the Ukraine. Opponents to the bill expressed concern that the inclusion of Ru (More) |
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Europe rights court finds Ukraine ex-PM received adequate medical treatment
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ended its investigation into the health care conditions of incarcerated former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive], finding that the Ukrainian gove (More) |
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Ukraine prosecutor: ex-PM may face additional charges
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka told reporters on Wednesday that former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] may face additional criminal charges, including charges relating to the 1996 shooting of law (More) |
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Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko's tax evasion trial postponed due to health
A judge for the Kyivsky District Court of Kharkiv ruled Saturday that a tax evasion hearing for former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] will be postponed until May 21, due to health concerns. Tymoshen (More) |
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Ukraine ex-Prime Minister Tymoshenko returned to prison from clinic
Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was returned to prison on Sunday after being sent to a clinic Friday for medical treatment. Tymoshenko has refused to be treated by the Ukrainian doctors at her prison for back problems she has been expe (More) |
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Council of Europe announces ECHR reforms agreement
The 47 member states composing the Council of Europe on Friday agreed to a declaration that will bring new changes to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in order to make it more efficient. The declaration, which comes as an attempt to bett (More) |
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Ukraine ex-PM on trial for tax evasion
A Ukrainian court on Thursday began proceedings in the tax evasion trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] who announced that she would not be able attend due to health concerns. Tymoshenko is charged (More) |
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Evaluating Ukraine's New Anti-Corruption Law
JURIST Guest Columnist Anna Udartsova is an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has interned for the public prosecutor's office in Donetsk, Ukraine. In the third entry of a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
