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Peru president could face human rights lawsuit: report
A complaint allegedly filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) could reopen a human rights lawsuit against Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, Reuters reported Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges wrongdoing by Humala during his s (More) |
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Federal appeals court hears arguments on tobacco warning labels
A panel of judges for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments on Tuesday over the constitutionality of new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations requiring cigarette packaging and advertisements t (More) |
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Syria government forces executing civilians: report
Syrian security forces have executed more than 100 civilians and opposition fighters during recent attacks, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. Accompanying the report, emergencies researcher at HRW stated that in an attempt to stop uprisin (More) |
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Sentencing Children to Die in Prison is Cruel and Unusual Punishment
JURIST Guest Columnist Jason Szanyi, staff attorney at the Center for Children's Law and Policy, says that the Supreme Court should follow prior precedent and ban the sentence of life without parole for juvenile homicide offenders... (More) |
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Defining the Boundaries of Free Speech in College Protests
JURIST Columnists Alan Brownstein and Vikram Amar, writing the third installment of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, say that the recent protests at UC Davis provide a teachable moment on the li (More) |
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ICC Jurisdiction in Palestine: Blurring Law and Politics
JURIST Guest Columnist Valentina Azarov of Al-Quds Bards College, Al-Quds University says that the ICC was wrong to find that it did not have jurisdiction over Palestine, but due to the procedural nature of the decision, there are still avenues open (More) |
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ICC prosecutor predicts Kony will be arrested this year
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the Associated Press on Friday that he is certain that fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony will be arrested this year . Moreno-Ocampo pointed to the amount of publicity surroun (More) |
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Legalization of the World's Oldest Profession
JURIST Assistant Editor Elizabeth Hand, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, is the chair of the LGBT committee of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law's National Lawyers Guild. Hand argues that sex workers in the US are curren (More) |
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UN SG condemns attacks by Syria government
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned recent attacks by troops loyal to the Syrian government against innocent civilians. On Monday the Syrian government promised to completely withdraw its troops by April 10, but Ban stated that ha (More) |
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Mali coup leader agrees to return constitutional rule
Coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo, who took control of Mali last month, on Friday signed an agreement in which he agreed to return constitutional power to the country. The coup, headed by Sanogo took power over the country on March 21 when a group of (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.
