New Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio announced Wednesday that a referendum will be scheduled in the next six months in an effort to stabilize the country's political situation. The referendum is expected to ask voters such...
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Italy proposes novel UN Security Council reform based on regional representation
In an attempt to break a ten-year deadlock over reforming the United Nations Security Council , Italy suggested Monday that a new system be instituted by which the council would award 10 new seats to regional groups rather...
Days after being removed from power by Congress, Ecuador's former president Lucio Gutierrez fled the country aboard a Brazilian air force plane on Sunday. Brazil granted Gutierrez political asylum Thursday; new Ecuadorian...
Ousted Ecuador president Lucio Gutierrez said Friday that his removal from office Wednesday by the Ecuadorian Congress violated the country's constitution and that, contrary to its contention, he never abandoned his post....
Brazil has granted asylum to ousted Ecuadoran President Lucio Gutierrez , Brazil's Ministry of External Relations said Thursday. The Ministry said Gutierrez sought asylum Wednesday at the Brazilian embassy in Quito, calling its grant of the...
The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to consider whether a Brazil-based church can continue using a traditional Native American tea brewed from a hallucinogenic herb, hoasca, as a religious sacrament. The case is Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente...
Following a marathon UN Security Council session ending late Thursday evening, the US abstained from voting on a draft resolution authorizing the International Criminal Court to prosecute war crimes cases in Darfur, Sudan ....
In Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board official website] has announced it has upheld a petition by railroad company CSX Co. that contends a Washington DC City Council prohibition...
Responding to a Brazilian complaint that US subsidies to cotton farmers are driving down world prices and hurting the cotton market, the appeals court of the World Trade Organization Thursday upheld the previous findings of trade judges that the...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 2.The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In the first...
