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News Rights group claims US immigrant detention policy violates international Law
Rights group claims US immigrant detention policy violates international Law
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
March 25, 2009 08:41:00 am

A substantial increase in the number of immigrants detained by the US over the last decade and the length of their detentions "falls short of international human rights law," according to a report released...

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News Rights group claims Israel military violated medical ethics code in Gaza offensive
Rights group claims Israel military violated medical ethics code in Gaza offensive
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
March 23, 2009 10:31:00 am

Advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR) Monday criticized  the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) for allegedly violating its own code of ethics and general principles of human rights by impeding...

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News Obama announces first federal appeals court nominee
Obama announces first federal appeals court nominee
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
March 18, 2009 08:12:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Judge David Hamilton to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit , thereby moving to fill the first of 15 federal...

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News Federal court dismisses Broadcom antitrust complaint against Qualcomm
Federal court dismisses Broadcom antitrust complaint against Qualcomm
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
March 16, 2009 10:45:00 am

Wireless communications company Qualcomm announced Monday that the US District Court for the Southern District of California has dismissed a lawsuit against it by longtime corporate rival Broadcom asking...

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News Spain panel proposes sweeping abortion reforms
Spain panel proposes sweeping abortion reforms
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
March 6, 2009 08:58:00 am

A panel of legal and medical experts headed by Spanish Minister of Equality Bibiano Aido on Wednesday proposed sweeping reforms to Spain's current abortion laws. The panel contends...

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News First EU Kosovo trial blocked by Serbian protesters
First EU Kosovo trial blocked by Serbian protesters
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
March 3, 2009 11:56:00 am

More than 100 Serbian judges, prosecutors, and legal professionals prevented the opening of the first EU-backed trial in Kosovo by protesting in front of the Mitrovica court house Monday....

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News EU says US must provide more information before members take  Guantanamo detainees
EU says US must provide more information before members take Guantanamo detainees
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
February 27, 2009 08:16:00 am

Speaking on behalf of the European Union, Czech Interior Minister Ivan Langer Thursday expressed reservations about hosting Guantanamo Bay detainees without first examining potential safety and security implications. The Czech...

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News Holder confirms Guantanamo will close despite improvements
Holder confirms Guantanamo will close despite improvements
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
February 26, 2009 12:19:00 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday confirmed the Obama administration's intention to close Guantanamo Bay in 2010 despite his belief that the facility is now well-run and that detainees are treated...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

On December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.

International Migrants Day

December 18 is International Migrants Day, marking the 1990 adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

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