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Is Hungary's approach to the refugee crisis a test of the European Union unity?
JURIST Guest Columnist Bettina Nemeth, a partner in LexMetis, discusses Hungary's approach to the refugee crisis. . . In June of 2015, the Secretary of Interior Dr. Sándor Pintér, filed a legislative bill in the Hungarian Parliament (More) |
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France calls for emergency Security Council meeting on Syria chemical weapons attack
French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault condemned a suspected chemical attack in Syria and called an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the issue. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that (More) |
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ICC: violence in DRC could be war crimes
The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) released a statement Friday alleging that recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could amount to war crimes. According to Fatou Bensouda , the prosecutor, t (More) |
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UN: Afghan repatriation to continue with reduced cash incentive
On Sunday, United Nations officials said Afghan repatriation is set to continue on Monday with reduced cash incentives for Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan. The cash incentive, which was initially $400, was cut in half to $200 in order to facilita (More) |
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UK court declines bid to create legal 'right to die'
A UK court of appeals declined on Thursday to allow a man with a terminal disease the right to seek his own death. Noel Conway has terminal motor neurone disease and is only expected to live another 12 months. Conway asked the court to find that t (More) |
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Mexico state AG arrested in San Diego on narcotics conspiracy charges
Attorney General Edgar Veytia of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, has been arrested on charges of international narcotics trafficking conspiracy, according to court documents filed by federal officials on Tuesday. The gist of the grand jury indictment (More) |
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Lawyers request release of reporter detained in Turkey
Legal counsel for detained reporter, Deniz Yucel, appeared before the Turkish Constitutional Court to request his release, his employer Die Welt said Wednesday. Yucel was detained in mid-February, and has been held by the Turkish government since. (More) |
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UN: human rights investigators killed in DRC
UN Secretary-General António Guterres confirmed Tuesday that the remains of two human rights investigators were found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan were members of the Group of Experts on the DRC and ha (More) |
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Spain top court to investigate Syrian state terrorism
Spain's top court on Monday agreed to investigate claims by a Spanish woman who alleges her brother was tortured and murdered by Bashar al-Assad's security forces. According to the woman, who is identified only as AH for security reasons, her broth (More) |
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Federal judge orders Florida to amend death certificates to recognize same-sex couples
US Federal Judge Robert Hinkle on Thursday ruled that the state of Florida must comply with the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges and permit same-sex partners to have their names added to the death certificates of their partners. Despi (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
