The Afghan government has failed to ensure and protect human rights since the Taliban government ended ten years ago, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. Afghanistan created a transitional government and announced intentions to hold elections and create a new constitution when the Bonn Agreement was signed on December 5, 2001. HRW reports that in [...]
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Wall Street organizations International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging a regulation implemented by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that limits speculative trading. The CFTC adopted a Position Limits Rule on October 18 on the grounds that the rule was authorized [...]
Myanmar President Thein Sein on Friday gave his official approval to a bill allowing the country’s citizens to conduct peaceful protests, if the protests are approved in advance. The bill includes requirements that demonstrators must comply with in order to hold a peaceful protest, one of which involves notifying the authorities five days in advance [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday declined to issue a preliminary injunction against Samsung Electronics , as requested by Apple . District Judge Lucy Koh’s ruling against Apple is the latest decision in a legal battle, which began in April when Apple filed a complaint against [...]
A three-judge panel for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) accepted a request by prosecutors on Friday to reduce the number of crimes they intend to prove against former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic from 196 to 106. The panel declared that the prosecution’s request for a reduction in [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Danielle Gorman, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Class of 2013, is a Staff Editor for the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. She writes on the need for a revised opinion in the Yves Saint Laurent v. Louboutin case that would allow for the future protection of certain single color marks [...]
The Australian Labor Party Saturday officially amended its platform to support same-sex marriage. The ruling party’s decision to support same-sex marriage followed emotional debate and speeches from both sides of the issue at its national conference in Sydney, where 400 delegates voted to amend the party’s platform while accepting Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s call for [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Niccolò Pons, Assistant Legal Officer of the Pre-Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Court, says that there are many obstacles for the Lebanese court both in obtaining and carrying out a trial in absentia, but that it can still be an effective tool in furthering international justice and accountability…
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted in an emergency session Friday to adopt a resolution strongly condemning the recent violence in Syria. The UNHRC resolution sets the stage for action by other UN bodies and international institutions, calling for the appointment of a special human rights investigator on Syria, the suspension of Syrian security [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jason Hart, Lecturer at the University of Bath, argues that violations of Palestinian children’s rights by Israeli authorities pose risks to both the children and the organizations serving them…
