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Argentina lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to legalize elective abortion
A bipartisan group of Argentine lawmakers proposed legislation on Tuesday allowing women, in their "exercise of the human right to health," to voluntarily "interrupt" their pregnancy during the first 14 weeks. Titled "Voluntary Termination of Pregn (More) |
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Israel's Greater Jerusalem Bill
JURIST Guest Columnist Moien Odeh of the Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection provides a critical analysis of recent Israeli legislative efforts to enlarge the city limits of Jerusalem ... Introduction In 2017, two bills were (More) |
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UN rights council calls for inquiry into recent events in Syria
The UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution on Monday calling for the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic to "urgently conduct a comprehensive and independent inquiry into the recent events in Eastern Gh (More) |
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Supreme Court adds two cases to docket
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases on Monday. In Knick v. Scott Township [cert. petition, PDF; docket], petitioner challenges a doctrine that requires state remedies to be exhausted in constitutional takings before being allowed (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 3 March 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday warned Syria that air strikes, shelling and use of toxic agents in Eastern Ghouta likely constitute war crimes. Mexico' (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 3 March 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge for the Superior Court of Massachusetts ruled that Massachusetts' attorney general Maura Healey will not be barred by sovereign immunity from bringing a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Hig (More) |
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UN expert highlights austerity's impact on human rights
A UN expert on foreign debt, finance and rights warned the Human Rights Council Wednesday that various austerity measures can lead to serious human rights consequences and should no longer be ignored. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the UN Independent Ex (More) |
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Germany high court allows cities to restrict diesel vehicles
Germany's Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled Tuesday that cities have the right to restrict the use of some diesel vehicles based on emissions. The ruling comes from decisions in two separate cases where Environmental Action Germany (DU (More) |
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Federal appeals court finds Title VII protects against sexual orientation discrimination
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that a federal law banning workplace discrimination based on sex extends to sexual orientation. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars workplace discrimination based on "race, c (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled that defendants (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.
