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...
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Federal court partially blocks Trump's transgender military ban
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted a preliminary injunction against portions of President Donald Trump's transgender military ban. The Court also granted portions of the government's motion to...
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion, misbehavior before enemy
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty on Monday to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Appearing before a military judge in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Bergdahl said that understood that his actions violated the law. Bergdahl walked off his...
JURIST Guest Columnist Leigha A. Weiss, a 3L at St. John's School of Law, discusses new technology that could help with pretrial release of the indigent defendant ... Johnathon Sacks, a renowned British Rabbi, philosopher and scholar, said: "technology gives...
Supreme Court denies review in conviction of Bin Laden's personal assistant
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, denied certiorari to consider the last remaining conviction of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, a Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee and former personal assistant to Osama bin Laden, who was...
Germany court determines Auschwitz medic unfit to stand trial
The Neubrandenburg state court announced on Tuesday that it is ending the trial of former SS medic Hubert Zafke after experts determined he is unfit to stand trial because of his dementia. Zafke, 96, was charged with...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona found former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt on Monday. The court found Arpaio did not comply with a court order...
Russia urged to bring those responsible for activist's murder to justice
The US and Britain urged the Russian government on Friday to further the investigation into the assassination of Boris Nemtsov. Five Chechan men were convicted on Thursday for the murder of the opposition politician. The US Department of...
Britain charges Barclays and top executives with fraud and conspiracy
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged Barclays and four of its former executives on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of 1985 by providing unlawful financial assistance. The...
UN: Saudi's demolition of historic neighborhood violates human rights
Three UN experts on cultural rights, extreme poverty and adequate housing urged the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to stop the demolition of a 400-year-old neighborhood in Awamia on Wednesday. According to Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in...