What Exactly is "Extraterritorial Application" of a Statute?
May 28, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth S. Gallant of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law says that careful delineation of the application of extraterritorial law is the key to its predictable application ...In two recent cases, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Morris....... [more] 
Same-Sex Marriage in France and Conflict of Laws: an Illusion of Equality
May 13, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist Angelique Devaux, a French attorney and LL.M graduate of the Robert McKinney School of Law, discusses the impact of conflict of laws on the same-sex marriage bill passed in France...In a time when France has lost its fame for crusading for human rights, "marriage for all" has....... [more]
Kiobel and the Conflict of Laws
April 19, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist Patrick Borchers of the Creighton University School of Law says that the Supreme Court's opinion in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum overlooks recent relevant developments in the conflict of laws and may have unintended effects on future cases...The US Supreme Court's already-s....... [more]
International Court of Justice first convened
April 18, 2013
On April 18, 1946, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) convened for the first time at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, pursuant to the statute commissioning its existence. This coincided with the formal dissolution of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the League of Nat....... [more]
Supreme Court rules against extraterritorial application of Alien Tort Statute
April 17, 2013
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum that nothing in the Alien Tort Statute of 1789 (ATS) rebuts the US presumption against extraterritoriality and that suits challenging torture and international law violations that took place overseas cannot be brough....... [more]
UN SG commends Netherlands for advocating rule of law, international justice
April 9, 2013
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday commended the Netherlands for advocating the rule of law and international justice. Speaking at The Hague during a press conference held jointly with the Dutch foreign minister, Ban emphasized the value in solidifying the relationship between the UN and the....... [more]
Dutch judge blocks terror suspect's extradition to US
April 5, 2013
A Dutch judge on Friday blocked the extradition to the US of a Dutch-Pakistani terror suspect until US authorities agree to provide post traumatic stress disorder treatment equal to what he is currently receiving. The suspect, known under Dutch privacy laws only as Sabir K., is accused of plotting a....... [more]
European countries commence legal action against Google over privacy policy
April 2, 2013
Six European countries, including France, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Italy, on Tuesday agreed on joint legal action against Google over its privacy policy. The countries claim that 13 months ago when Google merged 60 separate privacy policies, including email, video, social-network....... [more]
Spring 2013 Fundraising Drive nears halfway point - we need your help!
March 12, 2013
Our Spring 2013 Fundraising Drive is approaching the halfway point, and we need your help to reach our goal.
We've been delighted to see so many of our supporters from as far away as the Netherlands and as close as our own office building declare their financial support for JURIST. But there's ple....... [more]
Closing the Loophole on Corporate Liability and the ATS
March 8, 2013
JURIST Senior Editor Sarah Posner, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, is a member of JURIST's Editorial Board. Here, Posner discusses the loophole on corporate liability and US Supreme Court's possible holding in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. based on the Alien Tort Statute....... [more]
Dutch court convicts woman for inciting genocide in Rwanda
March 1, 2013
A Dutch court on Friday convicted Yvonne Basebya, a Dutch citizen born in Rwanda, of inciting genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The District Court of The Hague sentenced Basebya to six years and eight months in prison for her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The court found that Basebya incited genoci....... [more]
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