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Germany top court to hear claims against fiscal pacts
The Constitutional Court of Germany on Monday announced that it will hear a claim brought in opposition to the 500 billion euro (USD $632 billion) European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the fiscal pact. The main opponent of the agreements is the (More) |
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ICC chief prosecutor calls for end to destruction of Mali religious shrines
International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder ] Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Sunday told reporters that attacks by Islamist rebels on religious monuments in Mali will not be tolerated. Bensouda said that the rebel (More) |
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America's Embrace of the International Criminal Court
JURIST Guest Columnist David Scheffer of the Northwestern University School of Law says that although the US is not an official member of the International Criminal Court, it can nonetheless promote international justice through strengthening its uno (More) |
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The Strategic Use of the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine in the European Court of Human Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Butti, University of Utrecht Class of 2014, considers whether the European Court of Human Rights made a strategic use of the margin of appreciation doctrine to solve the contradiction between the decisions in the cases Ak (More) |
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UN Action Group releases peace plan for transition in Syria
The UN-backed Action Group on Syria generated an agreement on Saturday designed to aid Syria in ending the violence that has occurred in the country over the last 16 months. The plan outlines six steps the international community must take as well (More) |
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UN concerned Rio+20 did not address businesses respecting human rights
The UN Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises expressed its concern on Friday that Rio+20 , the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development, failed to expressly state that businesses m (More) |
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Kazakhstan must justify charges against political activists: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday demanded that authorities in Kazakhstan publicly disclose their reasons for bringing new criminal charges against a group of labor activists and an oil worker who participated in an extended labor strike in 20 (More) |
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Googling the Future of the Voting Rights Act
JURIST Guest Columnist Chris Elmendorf writing the seventh installment of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that recent statistical findings may contribute to courts declaring Section 5 of t (More) |
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Israel urged to cease demolition of Palestinian homes
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories Richard Falk on Wednesday demanded Israel cease its demolition of Palestinian buildings in the West Bank settlements. Falk reported that the demolit (More) |
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ACLU launches 'torture database' to search detention, interrogation documents
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday announced the launching of its Torture Database [materials; press release], a collection of more than 100,000 Bush-era documents recording "rendition, detention, and interrogation policies and pr (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.
