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Chile Congress passes anti-discrimination law
The Chilean House of Deputies passed an anti-discrimination law on Wednesday in response to the killing of a 24-year-old gay man, Daniel Zamudio, by a group of alleged neo-Nazis in Santiago, Chile. The lawmakers passed the law by a vote of 58-56, (More) |
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Realities and Priorities of Portugal's Debt Management, Pt. III
JURIST Guest Columnist Martinho Lucas Pires is a LL.M. Candidate at the Católica Global School of Law, a Lisbon-based faculty of the Catholic University of Portugal. In the third entry of a four-part series on the realities and priorities of Por (More) |
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HRW urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to end discrimination against Roma
Roma , Jews and Ukrainians in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) face exclusion from politics and public institutions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported [text, PDF; press release] Wednesday. The report identified the 1995 Bosnian Constitution as the root (More) |
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Mali transitional government accuses rebels of human rights violations
The Mali junta issued a statement Tuesday accusing rebels in the northern town of Gao of grave human rights violations, particularly the kidnap and rape of local women and girls. Last month the military overthrew President Amadou Toumani Toure and (More) |
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ICC lacks jurisdiction to investigate Palestine war crimes claims: prosecutor
The Office of Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Tuesday that the ICC lacks jurisdiction to investigate allegations of crimes committed in Palestine during the 2008-2009 Gaza conflict . After considering arguments from both (More) |
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UN rights expert concerned with ongoing violence, refugee safety in Mali
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday expressed concern over political and security instability in Mali, and how ongoing fighting between government forces and Tuareg rebels will affect Malians forced to flee their homes in sear (More) |
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Double Standards in the War on Terror
JURIST Guest Columnist David Frakt of the Barry University School of Law says that the double standard concerning the killing of US citizens developed as a result of overseas anti-terrorism efforts and is more recently apparent in the domestic "stand (More) |
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Lawyers for Bahrain opposition appeal anti-state charges
Lawyers for Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and members of the Bahrain opposition appealed a conviction on Monday for anti-state charges to the Court of Cassation. Al-Khawaja was sentenced to life imprisonment last year by a military court and is now on a hun (More) |
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Israel Supreme Court rejects appeal over historic Jerusalem property
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Palestinian family's appeal claiming ownership of a historic property in Jerusalem. The Husseini family claimed that they are the rightful heirs and owners of land that was once the Shepherd Hotel, al (More) |
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Liberia man removed from US for human rights abuses
George Boley, former leader of the Liberian Peace Council (LPC), was removed from the US on Saturday for his role in human rights abuses in the 1990s during the Liberian Civil War . An immigration judge ordered his removal from the US in February f (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.
