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Federal appeals court rules against revised 'travel ban'
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled against [opinion, PDF; case materials] the majority of President Donald Trump's revised executive order limiting travel from six Muslim-majority countries. The ruling affirmed the majorit (More) |
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ICC prosecutor urges international community to help bring Darfur war crime suspects to justice
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Fatou Bensouda , on Thursday renewed her calls to the UN Security Council and the international community to support her office's efforts in tackling impunity and pursuing justice for huma (More) |
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Japan lawmakers approve changes to century-old rape law
Japan's lower legislative house approved changes to Japan's century-old rape laws on Thursday that would expand the definition of rape, lengthen prison sentences to five years and allow prosecutions to occur in instances where a victim did not pres (More) |
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UN Security Council adds sanctions against North Korea
The United Nations Security Council decided on Friday to expand existing sanctions placed on Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and applied those sanctions to 14 individuals and four organizations. The expansion of resolution 1718 (More) |
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Trump uses London attack to support travel ban
President Donald Trump made a series of tweets on Saturday to profess the need for his travel ban stemming from the London attack . Trump also phoned British Prime Minister Theresa May to offer condolences and give support if Britain would need (More) |
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Trump administration appeals travel ban to Supreme Court
The Trump administration filed a petition Thursday asking the Supreme Court to temporarily lift injunctions that block the president's executive order suspending visa issuance to individuals traveling to the US from six Muslim-majority countries. T (More) |
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UN rights chief: new Egypt law restricts human rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Thursday that Egypt's new NGO law will further restrict human rights advocacy. Law 70, which was passed on May 24, 2017, requires NGO's to be approved by a government agency, for ci (More) |
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California Assembly approves bill to protect against workplace ICE raids
The State Assembly of California approved the Immigrant Worker Protection Act on Wednesday in an effort to protect against workplace raids from ICE. The bill, AB 450 , would prohibit California employers from allowing immigration agents to enter a w (More) |
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Australia to ban pedophiles from traveling overseas
An Australian official announced plans Tuesday to introduce new legislation that will prevent registered sex offenders from traveling overseas in an effort to prevent pedophiles from taking part in child sex trafficking. Registered sex offenders wou (More) |
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Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking Trump's travel ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday upheld an injunction against President Donald Trump's travel ban that targets six Muslim-majority countries. The ban, announced in March , was the second version of a travel prohibition pre (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
