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Texas Women Face Abortion Hurdles
JURIST Guest Columnist Abbey Marr, Harvard Law School, Class of 2014, discusses how Texas has placed undue burdens on women seeking abortions... (More) |
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UN rights expert warns of escalating violence in Central African Republic
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng warned on Thursday that urgent national and international action is necessary to stop the violence in Central African Republic (CAR) . Dieng reported, "Given the serious nature of c (More) |
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Court Errs in Staying Injunction Against Texas Abortion Law
JURIST Guest Columnists Esha Bhandari and Jennifer Sokoler, both of the Center for Reproductive Rights, discuss the recent legal challenges to a Texas abortion law... (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on collective bargaining, laches
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a collective bargaining case as well as a laches case on Tuesday. In Harris v. Quinn [transcript, PDF; JURIST report] the court heard arguments on whether a state can "compel personal care providers to (More) |
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War crimes experts find 'clear evidence' of Syria violations
A team of lawyers, doctors and professors specializing in the prosecution of war crimes and forensic evidence issued a report Monday including numerous photographs alleged to be "clear evidence'"of torture and systematic killings amounting to war (More) |
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EU pledges troops and funds to Central African Republic
European Union (EU) foreign ministers agreed on Monday to increase military presence in the Central African Republic (CAR) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], and EU member states and other international donors also raised half a billion dolla (More) |
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UNICEF: more than 6,000 child soldiers may be involved in CAR fighting
The UN reported on Friday that more than 6,000 child soldiers may be involved in the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. According to UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson Marixie Mercado, rec (More) |
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UN rights committee criticizes Vatican over child sex abuse
The UN Committee on the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Thursday criticized the Vatican on the its handling of child sex abuse. During questioning in Geneva, committee member Sara Oviedo forced Vatican officials to acknowledge that the H (More) |
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Kenya court opens trial of 4 accused in mall attack
The trial of four individuals accused of aiding the terrorists who perpetrated the September attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, commenced Wednesday. The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack, in whic (More) |
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Recent Events and the International Response
In addition to ongoing issues of violence and upheaval, several members of the international community have been critical of alleged human rights violations and have expressed ongoing concerns about the actions of both the ruling party within the gov (More) |
World Press Freedom day
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day.
On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen, the first African American to practice law in the United States, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar.
Read a contemporary newspaper account of his admission.
