Search Results for: 2008-09-25

Emma DeSouza is a writer, campaigner and peace builder. She initiated a human rights case regarding the Belfast ‘Good Friday Agreement,’ resulting in substantive changes in UK Immigration Law for those resettling in Northern Ireland. Emma formerly ran as a candidate in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. She spoke with JURIST Interviews Managing Editor James [...]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday told Reuters approximately 700 casualties occurred in the wake of clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city of El Geneina on November 4 and 5. The IOM further revealed that a hundred individuals were injured, and an additional 300 [...]

“History is an illustrious war against death.” – José Ortega y Gasset, Man and Crisis (1958) Afghanistan and “Palestine”: Newly Emerging Linkages At first glance, there are no obvious connections between the Taliban victory over the United States in Afghanistan and Palestinian terrorism against Israel. Upon closer inspection, however, the recent Taliban triumph reflects more [...]

In the weeks that have passed since Myanmar’s February 1 coup d’état, as dissenters have been jailed, disappeared and killed, a group of JURIST law student correspondents* has participated in street protests by day and navigated government-ordered internet blackouts by night to report on the crisis. Below we provide an overview of the origins and [...]

Giants run the airline industry. Today, four airlines, American, United, Delta, and Southwest, control over 65 percent of the market. They achieved this level of dominance in just the past twenty years, with merger after merger cutting the number of major airlines left today into less than half the number that existed in 2000. The [...]

The job of state attorney general (AG) resides at the intersection of electoral politics and legal proficiency. As the chief legal officer of their respective state, commonwealth, or territory, AGs are popularly elected in 43 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and appointed by either the governor, legislature, or judiciary in the [...]

A federal judge blocked litigation on Wednesday dealing with Bernie Madoff's former Ponzi scheme customers. US District Judge Gregory Woods prevented A&G Goldman Partnership and Pamela Goldman from pursuing a lawsuit aimed...

Irish lawmakers voted Wednesday to appeal the ruling of the European Commission that would entitle the country to almost $15 billion of unpaid taxes from Apple . Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan T.D. released a statement [press...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday heard oral argument in a challenge to a Federal judge's authority to issue a ruling that struck down modifications to firearm possession laws in...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent Moroccan officials a letter Monday claiming that a draft framework law before the country's parliament is in conflict with obligations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...