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UN rights experts criticize Hungary law criminalizing homelessness
April 3, 2013 by Michael Haggerson
Two UN human rights experts were critical of the Hungarian Parliament on Wednesday for passing an amendment to the Hungarian Fundamental Law that criminalizes homelessness. Hungary is estimated to currently have 30,000 homeless individuals. The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human.... [more]
Pennsylvania judge rejects request for expedited ruling on voter ID ads
October 27, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
A judge for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Friday rejected a request to expedite briefing on a challenge to voter ID advertisements. The plaintiffs, which include civil rights groups such as the League of Women Voters (LWV), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.... [more]
Ninth Circuit rules cities cannot destroy property of homeless
September 6, 2012 by Max Slater
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the city of Los Angeles violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US constitution when it seized and destroyed the abandoned property of homeless people. The plaintiffs were several homeless people whose possessions were.... [more]
States Must Enact Comprehensive Legislation to Protect Homeless [comment]
August 14, 2012 by Sean Gallagher
JURIST Guest Columnist Sapphire Jule King of the International Freedom Coalition argues that states need to enact comprehensive legislation to protect the homeless...Rhode Island's Homeless Bill of Rights, the first in the nation, makes history by protecting individuals and families experiencing.... [more]
India court sentences 21 to life in prison over 2002 religious violence
July 30, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
An Indian court sentenced 21 individuals to life imprisonment on Monday after finding them guilty of attempted murder and rioting relating to several murders in the town of Visnagar in Gujarat state 10 years ago. The 21 Hindus were convicted and sentenced for the deaths of 11 members of a Muslim.... [more]
Rhode Island's Homeless Bill of Rights [op-ed]
July 4, 2012 by Caleb Pittman
JURIST Guest Columnist Linda Tashbook of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that Rhode Island's new Homeless Bill of Rights provides an improved set of standards for how states should treat their indigent citizens...Legislatures can't force people to be kind to each other, but they.... [more]
New York court rules New York City can end housing subsidies
June 27, 2012 by Saheli Chakrabarty
The New York State Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that New York City is not contractually obligated to carry on with the current rent subsidy program available for the formerly homeless. The Legal Aid Society sued the city on behalf of tenants, after the city terminated the Advantage program,.... [more]
Rhode Island lawmakers pass 'homeless bill of rights'
June 14, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
The Rhode Island Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that is designed to affirm the rights of homeless individuals and prevent discrimination. The "Homeless Bill of Rights" was passed to ensure that "no person should suffer unnecessarily or be subject to unfair discrimination based on his or her.... [more]
Ninth Circuit ruled city homeless ordinance violated Eighth Amendment [this day at law]
April 14, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On April 14, 2006, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a Los Angeles ordinance subjecting the homeless to arrest if they are caught "sitting, lying or sleeping on public sidewalks" violated the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment found in the Eighth Amendment of.... [more]
Fifth Circuit ordered removal of Bible display at local courthouse [this day at law]
January 10, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On January 10, 2005, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered the removal of a Bible from a display funded by the private homeless mission Star of Hope outside the courthouse in Harris County, Texas. The county had requested that the display be allowed to remain pending the outcome of.... [more]
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