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News UN rights chief outlines most significant international human rights issues
UN rights chief outlines most significant international human rights issues
Michael Haggerson
September 10, 2012 12:19:49 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday addressed the world's most significant human rights issues as she opened the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council . Pillay criticized Bahrain...

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News Federal judge dismisses challenge to Arizona union election laws
Federal judge dismisses challenge to Arizona union election laws
Michael Haggerson
September 7, 2012 03:44:34 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday dismissed a complaint by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) challenging an Arizona state constitutional amendment that guarantees a...

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News Federal judge approves settlement in e-book conspiracy suit
Federal judge approves settlement in e-book conspiracy suit
Michael Haggerson
September 7, 2012 01:59:51 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday approved a settlement agreement between the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and certain e-book publishers in a...

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News Egypt lifts ban on veiled news anchors
Egypt lifts ban on veiled news anchors
Michael Haggerson
September 3, 2012 10:48:34 am

Egypt lifted a decades-long ban on veiled female news reporters on Sunday by having Fatma Nabil read the noon news in a headscarf. This broadcast marked the first time a woman appeared on Egyptian state TV wearing a veil...

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News ICTY denies Karadzic request for new trial
ICTY denies Karadzic request for new trial
Michael Haggerson
September 3, 2012 10:18:50 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday denied the request for a new trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic . Karadzic accused prosecutors...

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News ICC investigating allegations of war crimes in Mali
ICC investigating allegations of war crimes in Mali
Michael Haggerson
August 31, 2012 02:52:47 pm

Officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) were in Mali on Friday investigating whether two Islamic groups, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad and Ansar Dine, have committed war crimes in Mali. According to Malian officials the Islamic groups...

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News Japan court dismisses Apple patent suit against Samsung
Japan court dismisses Apple patent suit against Samsung
Michael Haggerson
August 31, 2012 02:07:38 pm

A Tokyo court on Friday dismissed a claim by Apple that Samsung Electronics violated Apple's patents with its smartphones and tablets. The technology at issued involved synchronizing music and video data . The judge stated that...

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News Guatemala medical experimentation victims to appeal dismissal of suit
Guatemala medical experimentation victims to appeal dismissal of suit
Michael Haggerson
August 14, 2012 08:57:02 am

Seven Guatemalans who alleged that they had been the subject of non-consensual human medical experimentation by the US Public Health Service (PHS) in the 1940s appealed the dismissal of their lawsuit to the US Court...

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News Federal court rejects challenge to Hawaii same-sex marriage prohibition
Federal court rejects challenge to Hawaii same-sex marriage prohibition
Michael Haggerson
August 10, 2012 09:14:11 am

The US District Court for the District of Hawaii on Wednesday denied a state law challenge brought by a lesbian couple who seek to be married rather than enter into a civil union. Natasha Jackson and Janin...

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News Ivory Coast commission reports war crimes committed during post-election violence
Ivory Coast commission reports war crimes committed during post-election violence
Michael Haggerson
August 10, 2012 08:45:34 am

The Ivory Coast's commission of inquiry into the country's 2010 post-election violence submitted a report to President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday revealing that hundreds of fighters on both sides of the hostilities committed war...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Germany surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII in Europe

On May 7, 1945, General Gustav Jodl, on behalf of Germany, signed an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe. The surrender was formally accepted by the Allied Powers the next day, May 8, which came to be known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Read World War II legal documents, treaties, and declarations from the Avalon Project at the Yale University School of Law.

27th Amendment to US Constitution ratified

On May 7, 1992, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, barring Congress from granting its members pay raises in the middle of terms. The Amendment had initially been proposed in 1789 by James Madison, but only became law after a grass-roots campaign in the 1980s against "excessive" Congressional privileges. Learn more about the Twenty-seventh Amendment.

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