Search Results for: 2009-10-05

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The US Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved $51.35 billion in funding on Thursday for state and foreign appropriations , including $10 million to help fund the UN...

Human rights groups on Monday filed suits against Jagath Jayasuriya, a former Sri Lanka army general, for alleged war crimes and human rights violations he committed during the 2009 civil war in Sri Lanka. The suits are based on his...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned the murder conviction of a former Blackwater Worldwide security guard and ordered resentencing of three others for the killing of unarmed Iraqi...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged Thursday to hold a referendum on a new controversial constitution that he has proposed. Maduro's pledge to rewrite the national charter has led to two months of protests...

JURIST Guest Columnist James G. Hodge, Jr. of The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discusses forthcoming "repeal and replace" strategies regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and how replacements for its provisions must focus on assuring...

Greece's Eurozone creditors agreed on Saturday to unblock suspended debt-relief measures after Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras assured them that a Christmas gift he offered pensioners would be a "one-off." Last week Greece raised concerns with its...

The Greek Parliament approved new legislation Tuesday cutting pensions and increasing the rate of privatization. The measures were taken in order to satiate creditors and receive aid under the country's third bail-out procedure. Included in the deal...

JURIST Guest Columnist Maya Manian of the University of San Francisco School of Law discusses the history of abortion laws, and how Whole Woman's Health has impacted women's constitutional right to access abortion care...As numerous commentators have noted, the Supreme...

Bangladesh authorities on Wednesday executed Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the the 1971 war of independence. Nizami , a leader of the banned Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami , was convicted for war crimes including rape and...

The Hellenic Parliament voted Monday to reform their tax and pension systems in order to ensure the economic turn around of the country. The controversial reforms were apart of the agenda of Prime...