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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 14 April 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The foreign secretary of Bangladesh and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday to cement their agreement that Rohingya refugees should (More) |
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EU extends sanctions for human rights violations on Iran
The Council of the European Union voted unanimously on Thursday to extend its sanctions against Iran by one-year because of human rights violations. The sanctions, now extended until 13 April 2019, include:asset freeze and visa bans for individual (More) |
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European Court of Justice rules that unaccompanied minors retain rights to family reunification
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday ruled that an unaccompanied minor who turns eighteen during the asylum procedure remains entitled to family unification, provided the application for family reunification is filed within three months (More) |
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Civil rights group sues to block Kentucky abortion law
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Tuesday challenging the Kentucky abortion measures that Governor Matt Bevin signed into law earlier that day. ACLU filed the (More) |
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ICC prosecutor requests ruling on jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday filed a motion with the president of the Court's Pre-Trial Division seeking a ruling on whether the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya (More) |
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Northern Ireland: Belfast city council votes to decriminalize abortion
The Belfast City Council voted on Monday to decriminalize abortion upon requests from Amnesty International, Family Planning Association and Both Lives Matter . The council passed the motion with a 34-15 vote and five abstentions. Councillor Kate (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 7 April 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to press rebellion charges against Cataloni (More) |
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Hawaii governor signs aid in dying legislation
Hawaii Governor David Ige signed HB 2739 on Thursday, also known as the Our Choice, Our Care Act. This bill will allow doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to people with terminal illnesses who are deemed to have six months or less to live. T (More) |
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UN experts urge impartial investigation into Israeli Land Day killings
UN human rights experts on Friday urged the international community to conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the killings by Israeli security forces of at least 16 Palestinian protesters near the Gaza fence. Palestinian protestors (More) |
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Former Catalan chief of police charged with sedition
Judge Carmen Lamela of Spain's National Court on Wednesday charged the former Catalan chief of police, Josep Lluís Trapero, with sedition for his role in the 2017 independence referendum . The judge concluded that Trapero facilitated the executi (More) |
Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel
On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt.
After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to the Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.
