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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 14 October 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Turkish prisons are committing torture and disappearing citizens, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Thursday. Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah on Thursday announded (More) |
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New Technology Offers Pretrial Release for Indigent Accused
JURIST Guest Columnist Leigha A. Weiss, a 3L at St. John's School of Law, discusses new technology that could help with pretrial release of the indigent defendant ... Johnathon Sacks, a renowned British Rabbi, philosopher and scholar, said: "te (More) |
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Prosecuting President Duterte
JURIST Guest Columnist Perfecto Caparas of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law discusses how Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could face prosecution under international law... In the face of charges of ordering and condonin (More) |
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HRW to Colombia: fix flaws in transitional justice law
José Miguel Vivanco , director of Human Rights Watch's Americas division, sent a letter to several heads of the Colombian government Sunday, urging them to implement legislative proposals of a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of C (More) |
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UK court rejects challenge to law on assisted dying
The High Court of Justice on Thursday rejected a terminally ill individual's petition for assistance to die, upholding the Suicide Act 1961 , which makes it illegal to assist in suicide. Noel Conway, who suffers from terminal motor neurone disease (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on Wisconsin gerrymandering case
Through their questions and various statements during a one-hour oral argument on Tuesday, most of the Supreme Court justices indicated at least some consensus about their opinion of the practice of gerrymandering. With the exception of Justice Nei (More) |
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UN rights expert urges Mongolia to protect environment
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox called on Mongolia Wednesday to protect the environment. The call came as a result of economic and cultural implications the nations agricultural community is facing as a result o (More) |
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UN report: Russia state agents committing abuses in Crimea
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights reported on Monday that human rights violations have significantly increased in Crimea since Russia began occupation over the territory in March 2014, with many violations committed by Russian (More) |
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What's up, DACA? (Legally, at least...)
JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the legal issues surrounding DACA... In explaining why President Trump was rescinding his predecessor's DACA ("Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals") program (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 23 September 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Transport for London (TfL) on Friday announced that it will not issue a private hire operator license to Uber London Limited to operate in London. The UN Security Council voted Thursday t (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
