Bosnian Serbs voted in a referendum Sunday to maintain January 9 as a national holiday in defiance of a court ruling. The date remembers January 9, 1992, when ethnic Serbians declared their own state within Bosnia and triggered a deadly conflict in which it is estimated 100,000 people died. The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of Stetson University College of Law discusses how Kansas, Georgia and Alabama pushed forward with efforts to require additional proof of citizenship by new registrants, despite the Supreme Court decision on invalidating state’s requirements on proof of citizenship beyond the federal requirements… In my new book Corporate Citizen? I contend [...]

The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo , Jean-Claude Gakosso, embraced the country’s new constitution on Saturday before the UN General Assembly , which he said will improve political, economic and social governance. The new constitution, which Gakosso said was “more adapted to the requirements of the rule of law in its most commonly [...]

Attacks in Aleppo, Syria’s capital, were called a “breach of international humanitarian law” in a joint statement by EU officials on Saturday. The EU is urging countries with influence on the parties to encourage negotiations to cease the attacks and allow humanitarian aid to victims in need. Suffering in Aleppo has become worse in the [...]

The Brazil Supreme Court approved a motion by prosecutors to open a preliminary investigation into accusations from Sergio Machado, former Transpetro head, that president Michel Temer sought illegal campaign donations in 2012. It was revealed by the Supreme Court in June that portions of Machado’s plea bargain testimony allege that Temer requested contribution from an [...]

Two former employees of Wells Fargo filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of employees whom they claim were penalized over the last 10 years for following the rules and not meeting sales quotas. The lawsuit seeks $2.6 billion in damages or possibly more for allegations that include wrongful termination, unlawful business practices [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday struck down a procedure implemented by the Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted that effectively eliminated inactive voters from registration rolls if they failed to respond to letters requesting confirmation of their status and addresses. The suit was filed by the A. Philip Randolph [...]

Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge of the Missouri Supreme Court announced at the joint annual meeting of the Missouri Bar and the Judicial Conference in Lake Ozark on Thursday new mandatory standards of practice and procedure for municipal courts within the state. The new mandatory standards are being imposed as a response to the many accusations [...]

Gabon’s Constitutional Court on Saturday upheld incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba‘s victory over challenger Jean Ping , despite calls for a recount based on alleged vote rigging. Ping’s allegations focused on the Haut-Ogooue province, where Bongo received 95 percent of votes on a 99 percent turnout. The court did not overturn the vote or demand [...]

US President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed a bill that would have allowed 9/11 victims and their families to sue Saudi Arabia, citing concerns that it would open US diplomats and servicemen to suit abroad. Congress overwhelmingly approved the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) earlier this year, with support from both parties for [...]