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Philippines president signs law criminalizing enforced disappearances
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday signed legislation that criminalizes enforced disappearances. According to the Presidential Communications Operations Office , the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012 criminalizes t (More) |
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International Accountability and the Alien Tort Statute
JURIST Guest Columnists Jennifer Green and Sahadev Gowda of the University of Minnesota Law School, say that corporations must be held accountable for international law violations through use of the Alien Tort Statute... (More) |
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Philippines court orders Imelda Marcos to repay stolen state funds
The Philippine anti-graft court, the Sandiganbayan , said Monday that it ordered Imelda Marcos, wife of deceased Philippine ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos , to return USD $280,000 in state funds stolen by her husband. The money was stolen from the Nat (More) |
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Philippines president makes first martial law declaration since 1986 Marcos fall
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo [official website; BBC profile] issued Proclamation 1959 on Friday, imposing martial law and suspending habeas corpus in the province of Maguindanao, the first presidential imposition of martial law in (More) |
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Ninth Circuit orders new accounting of Ferdinand Marcos assets
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday remanded a case involving the assets of former Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos to the district court for investigation. The court found that 30 million dollars held by Merrill Lynch f (More) |
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Switzerland court orders transfer of Ferdinand Marcos assets to Philippines
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ruled Monday that more than $8 million deposited by a former associate of late president Ferdinand Marcos must be returned to the Philippines government. This is the last of the money deposited in Swiss ban (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in Marcos assets, litigating agent, sentencing guideline cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down five decisions Thursday, including Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel [Duke Law backgrounder; JURIST report], where the Court ruled that an interpleader action to determin (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments in Philippines assets, right to counsel cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments Monday in Philippines v. Pimentel [LII case backgrounder; ABA merit briefs], 06-1204 , where the Court considered whether some 9,000 plaintiffs seeking to recover ass (More) |
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Philippines court acquits Imelda Marcos of illegal fund transfers
A court in the Philippines acquitted Imelda Marcos and two co-defendants of 32 counts of illegal fund transfers Monday, ending a 17-year criminal trial in which prosecutors accused the widow of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos of illegally tran (More) |
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Philippine coup plotters need either the law or the people
Danilo Reyes [Asian Human Rights Commission]: "There have been dozens of attempted coups in the modern history of the Philippines, but only one has succeeded: the February 1986 overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos. His regime and its constitutional fou (More) |
Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812
On December 24, 1814, the "Treaty of Ghent" was signed by the United States and Great Britain, ending hostilities in the War of 1812.
Review the articles of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Learn more about the Treaty of Ghent from American, British and indigenous perspectives.
