The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Wednesday regarding service processes for foreign states under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) and attorney’s fee caps for lawyers representing clients in Social Security benefit cases. In Republic of Sudan v. Harrison, the petitioner is appealing a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Second [...]
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A hearing began Tuesday for a Northern Ireland woman seeking judicial review of the criminal charges leveled against her for supplying abortion pills to her daughter in violation of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. The woman, proceeding under the name JR76, is the first to present a legal challenge to criminal prosecution resulting [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar called Tuesday for a delay in the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. The governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh had originally agreed that the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh would be repatriated to Rakhine State in Myanmar later this month. The Special Rapporteur, Yanghee Lee, said [...]
Amnesty International released two public statements on Tuesday regarding environmental security during war and armed conflicts. One statement addressed to the Chair of the UN General Assembly First Committee called upon the Chair to address environmental impacts of particular weapons and military practices and identify measures to minimize harm. The statement notes that in addition to [...]
Facebook admitted Monday that they “weren’t doing enough to help prevent our platform from being used to foment division and incite offline violence” in Myanmar. Facebook said that it had commissioned a nonprofit, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), to look into whether its platform had allowed for violent rhetoric, and that the organization’s findings concluded [...]
In a joint report released on Tuesday, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) highlighted the challenges that are faced by the authorities and families of the victims found in mass graves in the territory seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). [...]
The trial of a former SS watchman, aged 94, began Tuesday in a Münster juvenile court. German newspaper Die Welt reports that the man, whose name is not disclosed for legal reasons, is alleged to be complicit in the murders of 65,000 victims of Stutthof Concentration Camp in Eastern Poland when he served there from [...]
The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh on Monday sentenced two people to death for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War. The two convicts, Liakat Ali and Aminul Islam, went into hiding after an arrest warrant was issued against them in May 2016 for allegedly aiding Pakistani troops and murdering over 100 people. [...]
The US State Department announced Monday that it would reimpose sanctions upon Iran previously lifted by the Obama administration’s nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA). “Starting today, all nuclear cooperation with Iran, except for the limited activities for which waivers are being granted, will be sanctionable,” reads the State Department’s press release. [...]
A UN human rights expert said Monday that Paraguay’s prosecution of three Supreme Court judges undermines the independence of the judiciary and urged Paraguay to drop the suit. The judges are being tried for acquitting 11 peasant farmers jailed over the deaths of police officers during a violent eviction in the Curuguaty Massacre of 2012. The [...]
