New York Bar Association Urges US to Push UN to Accept Responsibility for Cholera Epidemic in Haiti
JURIST Guest Columnist Lauren Carasik of Western New England School of Law argues that the UN must change its recent course and uphold its international duties to provide a forum for legal redress to the victims of the Cholera outbreak...
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report in July 2012 that explored the rising international use of drones. A previous report issued by the GAO in 2004 specified that that 41 countries owned drones, with 32...
Of the 139 states that signed the Rome Statute, 32 have not yet ratified the treaty. According to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties , a state that has signed but not ratified a treaty is obliged to...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to extend the term of office of five judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Justices Mehmet Guney of...
Officials from the International Criminal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday told the UN Security Council that they are making progress in...
India executes sole surviving gunman from 2008 Mumbai attacks
The only surviving shooter in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks was executed at a prison in India Wednesday hours after President Shri Pranab Mukherjee finally rejected the gunman's clemency appeal. Pakistani national...
Romania Constitutional Court invalidates national referendum to remove president
The Constitutional Court of Romania ruled Tuesday that the July 29 national referendum to remove President Traian Basescu from office is invalidated for failing to achieve the required threshold of 50 percent voter turnout. The...
JURIST Guest Columnist Angela Perone, Staff Attorney for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, argues that there has been a drastic change in public opinion in favor of same-sex marriage and that courts are more willing to recognize marriage equality...
Romania court approves voting hours extension for upcoming referendum
The Constitutional Court of Romania on Tuesday upheld a change to the country's referendum law that will lengthen voting times by four extra hours. The court ruled that the voting hours extension is constitutional [Bloomberg...
The European Commission (EC) stated on Wednesday that urgent action is necessary to ensure that Romania respects the rule of law and judicial independence. The EC stated that Romania has made progress in the past...
