The White House announced Wednesday that US President Donald Trump signed a bill that strives to assist Jewish groups in their attempts to reclaim property and compensation for losses during the Holocaust. The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act requires the Secretary of State to submit a report within the next 18 months assessing [...]
The California Energy Commission adopted new standards Wednesday that will require all newly constructed residential buildings to be built with solar photovoltaic systems installed. The requirement for the solar photovoltaic systems is estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 115,000 fossil fuel cars. The changes would take effect January 1, 2020. In addition to [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that US border authorities may not search detainees’ cell phones and other electronic devices without individualized suspicion of wrongdoing. After apprehending Turkish citizen Hamza Kolsuz at the Washington Dulles International Airport in 2016, authorities conducted an extensive data extraction process that lasted one month [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that a former CIA officer has been charged with unauthorized possession of classified material and conspiracy to commit espionage. In the indictment by a federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia , Jerry Chun Shing Lee is believed to have [...]
The US House of Representatives voted 234-175 on Tuesday to overturn a rule implemented to prevent discrimination in auto lending. Implemented in 2013 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFRB) , the rule ensures that auto lenders cannot charge higher fees to borrowers based on race, national original or credit score. Republican lawmakers have invoked [...]
Israel Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut at a swearing-in ceremony for 18 newly appointed judges at the president’s residence on Monday expressed serious concerns about a bill approved on Sunday by the Knesset‘s Ministerial Committee on Legislation, which she termed a “blatant and unprecedented attack” on the nation’s judiciary. Hayut stated that the bill [...]
UN human rights experts on Monday urged Poland to ensure “free and full participation” at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) expressing serious concerns over the impact of the nation’s newly enacted safety and security legislation on rights to privacy, peaceful assembly, and participation. The legislation in question, titled Bill on Specific Solutions [...]
Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Monday detailing new research that reveals individuals who are detained on politically-motivated charges in Egypt are being held in conditions that amount to torture. AI’s report, “Crushing humanity: the abuse of solitary confinement in Egypt’s prisons,” details the various abuses carried out in 24 documented cases of prisoners [...]
Egypt’s chief prosecutor on Monday referred 555 individuals suspected of joining a local affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group to military court. The charges against them arise out of a series of attacks carried out by dozens of small militant groups situated in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. The suspects will faces [...]
Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: A UN human rights expert called for “calm and for all sides to exercise restraint” in the Central African Republic (CAR) Thursday, according to a UN statement . The Department of Defense on Wednesday announced the transfer of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darb [...]
