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News EU court adviser: employers may ban headscarves in workplace
EU court adviser: employers may ban headscarves in workplace
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
May 31, 2016 04:05:51 pm

A legal adviser to the European Court of Justice issued an opinion Tuesday finding that an employer may ban an employee from wearing a headscarf for religious purposes. Written by Advocate General Juliane Kokott , the...

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News UN: Mediterranean migrant death toll on the rise
UN: Mediterranean migrant death toll on the rise
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
May 31, 2016 03:20:07 pm

The UN Refuge Agency (UNHCR) reported Tuesday that more than 2,500 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean and enter into Europe in 2016, marking an increase from the previous year. In the past week...

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News Supreme Court to hear State Farm appeal in Hurricane Katrina false claims case
Supreme Court to hear State Farm appeal in Hurricane Katrina false claims case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 31, 2016 11:55:23 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby , a case concerning allegations that the insurance company defrauded the government...

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News Supreme Court rules Army Corps of Engineers’ decision can be appealed
Supreme Court rules Army Corps of Engineers’ decision can be appealed
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 31, 2016 10:33:36 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc. that the Corps' determination that a property contains waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) ...

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News HRW calls for fair adjudication in trial of former Ivory Coast first lady
HRW calls for fair adjudication in trial of former Ivory Coast first lady
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
May 30, 2016 05:16:48 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed confidence on Monday that former first lady Simone Gbagbo's upcoming trial in Ivory Coast for crimes against humanity could be a "pivotal moment for justice." HRW also warned that if the...

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News Senegal court sentences Chad ex-ruler to life in prison
Senegal court sentences Chad ex-ruler to life in prison
Alexandra Farone
May 30, 2016 04:55:52 pm

A court in Senegal convicted former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré of crimes against humanity committed during his rule from 1982 to 1990 and sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday. He was found guilty of sex...

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News Federal judge orders release of Trump University internal documents
Federal judge orders release of Trump University internal documents
Matthew Santiago
May 29, 2016 03:17:05 pm

The US District Court for the Southern District of California ordered Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday to release internal documents pertaining to Trump University, the terminated education program that is currently...

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News UNHCR urges Greece to improve living conditions of refugee camps
UNHCR urges Greece to improve living conditions of refugee camps
Matthew Santiago
May 29, 2016 01:29:37 pm

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday expressed concern over the poor living conditions of several refugee camps located in northern Greece. Refugees were recently transferred to the sites of concern after being...

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News US appeals court denies ‘right to deletion’ of digital evidence
US appeals court denies ‘right to deletion’ of digital evidence
Alonso Diaz
May 29, 2016 01:09:13 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday concluded that enforcement officials acted in good faith when they retained and searched copies of electronic files seized during a separate investigation that took place...

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News Israeli authorities recommend indictment of Sara Netanyahu for financial irregularities
Israeli authorities recommend indictment of Sara Netanyahu for financial irregularities
Alonso Diaz
May 29, 2016 12:22:28 pm

The national Israeli Police on Sunday recommended that Sara Netanyahu, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, be indicted for improper behavior and misuse of state funds. The allegations include breach of trust, falsifying documents and receiving...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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