Qatar announces plans to address controversial migrant worker laws
The Qatar government on Sunday pledged to announce new labor legislation by 2015 in an effort to improve conditions for migrant workers. The Qatar labor ministry announced the initiative by stating, "e intend to...
Economic Patriotism: Why I Sued Jack Lew to Void the Debt Limit Statute
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Sanchez Williams of the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law discusses the constitutionality of the debt limit statute and why it needs to be eliminated ... Partisan conflict has brought our nation to the...
UN urges Kazakhstan to end mandatory registration of religious communities
A UN expert on Friday urged the Kazakhstan government to end the mandatory registration of religious communities. Currently, all religious communities in Kazakhstan are required by law to obtain registration status to exercise collective religious functions. During...
Defense counsel for former Rwandan intelligence chief Pascal Simbikangwa on Wednesday filed a notice of appeal after a Paris court convicted him of genocide and crimes against humanity for his participation in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . After...
Prosecution of War Crimes Will Not End the Conflict in Syria
Leslie Esbrook, Yale Law School
France Constitutional Council on Friday upheld France's ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking , finding that banning the controversial natural gas extraction process is a valid means of protecting the environment....
Same-Sex Marriage Ruling May Polarize the Marriage Equality Debate
Stephen Richer, University of Chicago Law School
Under the auspices of combating terror, the Bush administration took many steps following 9/11 that according to some have curtailed civil rights. Chief among these was the passage of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, which was signed by Bush...
The international response to the crisis in Syria has been mixed since the conflict began in 2011. While Assad maintains some international support, much of the world has condemned his regime's response to the protests against his regime since the...
Protests in Syria began as candlelight vigils in early February 2011, a sympathetic response to the escalating rebellion in Egypt. HRW released the first reports of violence against demonstrators on February 9, 2011, and stated that Syrian activists were urging...
