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News UN rights experts urge Tanzania to prevent discrimination against women
UN rights experts urge Tanzania to prevent discrimination against women
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 1, 2015 01:13:18 pm

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Wednesday urged Tanzania to enforce its international obligations to prevent discrimination against women. The call comes after two women brought suit arguing that customary...

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News UN Annual Humanitarian Overview for the situation in Palestine released
UN Annual Humanitarian Overview for the situation in Palestine released
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 28, 2015 04:20:12 pm

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Thursday released its 2014 Annual Humanitarian Overview , noting that Palestinian civilians continue to face daily threats to their physical safety and liberty, with 2014 holding...

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News Nigeria holds presidential elections amid violence
Nigeria holds presidential elections amid violence
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 28, 2015 03:01:09 pm

Nigeria held its presidential and gubernatorial elections Saturday in spite of violent attacks against voters by Boko Haram . The elections, originally scheduled for February 14, were postponed as Nigeria attempted to eradicate Boko...

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News Myanmar authorities charge education law protesters
Myanmar authorities charge education law protesters
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 25, 2015 01:45:51 pm

Myanmar authorities on wednesday charged 69 protesters for demonstrating against the Myanmar National Education Law . The law has faced tremendous criticism from the public since its passage in 2014, in part due to lawmakers' lack of...

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News Supreme Court revives pregnant worker’s discrimination suit
Supreme Court revives pregnant worker’s discrimination suit
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 25, 2015 12:56:57 pm

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 6-3 in Young v. United Parcel Service that a plaintiff may satisfy the requirement to show a prima facie case of discrimination under the Pregnancy Discrimination...

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DOD ordered to release detainee abuse photos
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 21, 2015 11:05:41 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Friday that the Department of Defense (DOD) must release photographs requested by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ...

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News Obama administration publishes federal fracking regulations
Obama administration publishes federal fracking regulations
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 21, 2015 10:13:56 am

US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on Friday announced the publication of a rule regulating fracking on federal land . The rule is intended to ensure that wells are properly constructed to protect...

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UN rights office urges impartial investigation of Macedonia political figures
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 19, 2015 07:13:39 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed deep concern at the ongoing political predicament surrounding the release of incriminating audio recordings of conversations between officials in the Former Yugoslav Republic...

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News UN investigators call for prosecution of Syria war crimes
UN investigators call for prosecution of Syria war crimes
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 18, 2015 12:50:57 pm

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria expressed concern Tuesday about atrocities and abuses in Syria by both the Assad regime and anti-government armed groups, advocating for UN Security Council referral to the International Criminal...

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News Two charged, five detained for murder of Russia former deputy PM
Two charged, five detained for murder of Russia former deputy PM
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 8, 2015 10:31:10 am

Five men appeared in a Moscow courtroom Sunday for charges relating to the murder of liberal Russian political activist and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov . Nemstov was shot in the back four times on...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi SS and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps. Read a biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted anti-Vietnam War bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality. Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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