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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 10 February 2018

February 10, 2018 12:00:07 PM

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. UN Commissioner for...

April 10, 2017 01:18:25 PM

The anti-corruption group Global Witness (GW) said Monday that recently leaked emails reveal that Shell knowingly briber Nigerian officials so the company could access a Nigerian offshore oilfield. GW alleges Shell and its...

July 9, 2015 11:09:11 AM

A US district court on Wednesday sentenced former North Carolina State Assembly member Stephen Laroque to 24 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit he ran. Last January Laroque...

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Human Trafficking: African Perspective

March 23, 2015 01:30:01 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Tseliso Thipanyane, of the Columbia University Law School and the Safer South Africa Foundation, discusses human trafficking and slavery issues in Africa and the causes ... More than two hundred years since the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic...

July 3, 2014 04:06:24 PM

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the Federal High Court of Nigeria against Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Attorney General Muhammed Adoke and Muhammed Abacha, son of...

March 15, 2014 01:15:14 PM

In her first visit to Nigeria, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay , on Friday praised the country for the significant development in protecting human rights, while urging further protection...

October 8, 2011 12:13:35 PM

The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested three former governors of Nigerian states on Thursday for allegedly embezzling 101 billion naira (USD $615M). Officials arrested former Ogun state governor Gbenga Daniel, former...

September 9, 2011 03:24:47 PM

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern Friday over increased ethnic violence in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" region between Christians and Muslims. The report states that up to...

August 25, 2011 10:48:07 AM

Corruption in the Nigerian government has become endemic , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday, criticizing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) particularly and the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan [BBC profile;...

August 2, 2011 03:52:51 PM

The Nigeria Ebonyi State Commissioner of Justice and the Attorney General, Ben Igwenyi, called Monday for the establishment of a special court to hear corruption cases. He argues that corruption cases in the regular courts take too long to...

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Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.