The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday refused to retry a 1978 case regarding the torture of Irish “hooded men.” In 1971 14 men affiliated with the IRA were arrested and allegedly subject to inhumane interrogation methods inside the Ulster Constabulary. In 1976 the Irish government took the men’s cause [...]
California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 100 into law on Monday, which mandates a goal of a 100 percent renewable energy supply by 2045. Brown said , “This bill and the executive order put California on a path to meet the goals of Paris and beyond. It will not be easy. It will not be immediate. But [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday reversed a lower court’s decision that had blocked Missouri laws imposing certain requirements on abortion providers. Missouri law required that clinics set up to provide abortions be designated as ambulatory surgery centers and that doctors who provide abortions must have admitting privileges at local [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court ruling that Missouri cannot ban contributions between political action committees (PACs). In Free and Fair Election Fund v. Missouri Ethnics Commission, the district court had ordered a permanent injunction of a recently enacted provision of the Missouri Constitution, Art. VIII, § 23.3(12) . [...]
The recent prosecutions of journalists in Myanmar have had the effect of self-censorship , according to a UN report released Tuesday examining freedom of the press in Myanmar. The report dissects the freedom of the press in Myanmar since the National League for Democracy (NLD) came into power and the effects it has had on [...]
A group of UN human rights experts on Tuesday expressed concern regarding Hungary’s new immigration measures. Hungary adopted legislation in July that further restricts asylum claims and criminalizes “supporting and facilitating illegal immigration.” The experts have observed that, as a result of the legislation, “hreats against human rights defenders in Hungary are now regular and [...]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held Tuesday that a Catholic-run German hospital was discriminatory in its dismissal of a Catholic doctor that had recently remarried. The head doctor of the clinic lost his job at the Catholic St. Vinzenz Hospital in Düsseldorf in 2009 after divorcing his wife and subsequently marrying a new partner in [...]
A judge for the Superior Court for the State of Alaska Third Judicial District at Anchorage issued a restraining order on Monday preventing the state from removing political signs in view of, but outside, the state’s right of way. The order comes in response to a legal challenge filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska (ACLU) , [...]
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed an action in Pima County Superior Court on Monday alleging that Purdue Pharma continued deceptive and misleading marketing practices to sell opioids in violation of a 2007 court order. Brnovich filed the application for order to show cause requesting the court to order Purdue Pharma to appear and give reason why [...]
The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario ruled Monday that the Better Local Government Act, 2018 , which decreased the number of city wards and councilors in Toronto from 47 to 25, was unconstitutional. The law was enacted on August 14 and took effect immediately. The election period for the city had begun on May 1, [...]
