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Iran's Ballistic Missile Program from an International Law Perspective
JURIST Guest Columnist Alireza Ranjbar of the Iranian Association for UN Studies discusses approaches to Iran's ballistic missile program under international law... Before and after his election as president, Donald Trump has threatened the 2015 J (More) |
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UN General Assembly demands compliance with Jerusalem-related Security Council decisions
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday demanded that all member states comply with Resolutions issued by the Security Council regarding the status of Jerusalem. The General Assembly described city as "a final status issue to be resolved (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 December 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in favor of the Yukon First Nations in their action to fight the Yukon government's proposed plan to allow further economic development of the Peel Wa (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 December 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Qualcomm filed three lawsuits [complaint, PDF; complaint, PDF; complaint, PDF] against Apple Thursday, seeking compensation for alleged patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Apple uses tec (More) |
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Rights group urges ICC to investigate mercenaries in Yemen
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) on Tuesday called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate allegations of war crimes in Yemen by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recruiting foreign nationals to serve in an (More) |
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Supreme Court denies review of Yemen drone strike
The US Supreme Court stated on Monday that it would not review a lawsuit over a drone strike in Yemen that killed five people. Earlier this year, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit by the families of two Yem (More) |
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Federal appeals court allows partial implementation of travel ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's latest travel ban to go partially into effect. The partial ban applies to people of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad, who do not have a connection (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 21 October 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado alleging violations of his constitutional rights. Ab (More) |
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Maryland federal judge blocks new travel ban
Judge Theodore Chuang of the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's latest version of the travel ban , finding that the president's purpose was to implement a ban against Muslims. The proclamati (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 14 October 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Turkish prisons are committing torture and disappearing citizens, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Thursday. Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah on Thursday announded (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
