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UN expert calls for international prevention of racial discrimination
UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Mutuma Ruteere on Tuesday called on the international community to be wary of signs of racism that could lead to escalated conflicts (More) |
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UN military official reports Syria committed to ending violence
UN Chief Military Observer in Syria Major-General Robert Mood on Thursday stated that he believed Syrian authorities were committed to implementing the peace agreement that was reached earlier this week. Mood confirmed that the Syrian government wa (More) |
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Somalia signs UN-backed plan to end use of child soldiers
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia on Wednesday signed an action plan to be implemented with the goal of ending the recruitment of child soldiers in the region. Somali Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Arab Isse signed the action plan, whi (More) |
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Food Security, Law and Globalization: Part One
JURIST Columnist Volha Samasiuk holds an LL.M. from the University of Arkansas School of Law and she was formerly a legal consultant for the Belarus Food Safety Improvement Project. In the first entry of a two-part series, Samasiuk discusses the impo (More) |
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Federal appeals court to review US Marine murder conviction
The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Monday decided to hear the appeal of a former US Marine convicted of the 2006 murder of an Iraqi policeman. The court approved a review in the case of Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III on a petition claiming (More) |
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Afghanistan urged to withdraw proposed media law
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed concern about a proposed media law in Afghanistan that would increase government authority to regulate the press. According to HRW, the new law would place greater oversight authority in the director o (More) |
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The Local and International Plight of Workers' Rights in Nicaragua
JURIST Senior Editor Kimberly Bennett, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, posits that human rights violations taking place in rural, economically disadvantaged communities are most likely to be reconciled through the harmonization (More) |
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HRW: Syria torturing prisoners in secret facilities
Syrian authorities have been maintaining secret detention facilities to hold and torture prisoners, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported [text, PDF; press release] Tuesday. The report, compiled based on accounts from victims and former military and in (More) |
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UN calls for rights for women during political transitions
The UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice released a report Monday calling for a focus on advancing women's rights during political transitions. The group's priorities are discrimination against women in political an (More) |
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UN rights chief renews call to refer Syria to ICC
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile; JURIST news archive] renewed her call Monday to the Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounde (More) |
Acts of Union creates Great Britain
On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act.
Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
