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News UN rights chief: Israel settlement legislation violates international law
UN rights chief: Israel settlement legislation violates international law
Akira Tomlinson
December 8, 2016 01:16:55 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday expressed concern over proposed legislation in Israel that would retroactively legalize the Israeli outposts constructed on privately-owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank....

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News Federal judge halts Michigan recount
Federal judge halts Michigan recount
Autumn Callan
December 8, 2016 01:11:45 pm

A federal judge dissolved the decision from earlier this week and halted the Michigan recount on Wednesday. Judge Mark Goldsmith of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan had entered a temporary restraining...

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News ICJ: France must protect Equatorial Guinea diplomatic premises during criminal investigations
ICJ: France must protect Equatorial Guinea diplomatic premises during criminal investigations
Emelina Perez
December 8, 2016 01:01:49 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ordered France, which is investigating Equatorial Guinea's Second Vice President Teodoro Obiang, to respect the rights of a building deemed to be part of the Equatorial Guinea's diplomatic...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on bankruptcy settlement procedure
Supreme Court hears arguments on bankruptcy settlement procedure
Taylor Isaac
December 8, 2016 10:41:03 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corporation , a case that will determine whether the "structured dismissal" settlement plan for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings is permissible...

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News Kenya Court rules HIV data collection unconstitutional
Kenya Court rules HIV data collection unconstitutional
Miracle Jones
December 8, 2016 09:24:10 am

The High Court in Nairobi ruled Wednesday that an HIV data collection directive violates fundamental rights to privacy and is therefore unconstitutional . The data collection was ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta last year...

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News UN rights report urges action to reunite separated Korean families
UN rights report urges action to reunite separated Korean families
Brittany Felder
December 8, 2016 08:57:06 am

A UN human rights report published Wednesday calls for action to be taken in order to reunite families who were separated along the Korean Peninsula following the Korean War. The report highlights the different forms of familial...

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News Germany chancellor endorses partial ban on full face veils
Germany chancellor endorses partial ban on full face veils
Justin Cosgrove
December 8, 2016 07:20:13 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday endorsed a partial ban on burqas and niqabs. Merkel said that "the full facial veil is inappropriate and should be banned wherever is legally possible." The chancellor's party, the Christian Democratic Union...

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News UN rights experts calls on Australians to end all forms of racial discrimination
UN rights experts calls on Australians to end all forms of racial discrimination
Justin Cosgrove
December 7, 2016 05:14:09 pm

A UN human rights expert called on all Australians Wednesday to end racial discrimination within the country. UN Special Rapporteur on racism Mutuma Ruteere asked the country to strengthen efforts to end racism, xenophobia and other forms...

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Ohio legislators pass abortion ‘heartbeat bill’
Akira Tomlinson
December 7, 2016 01:43:57 pm

The Ohio Legislature passed the "Heartbeat Bill" on Tuesday that would ban abortions when the heartbeat of the fetus can be detected. The bill would make it a fifth degree felony to perform an...

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UK Supreme Court hears Brexit referendum not legally binding
Lawrenz Fares
December 7, 2016 01:39:35 pm

The UK Supreme Court heard an argument on Wednesday that the referendum vote to leave the EU is not legally binding. The appeal of last month's ruling argued that only Parliament has the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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