UN disburses $1.3 billion in compensation for Iraq invasion of Kuwait
The UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) on Thursday announced a disbursement of $1.3 billion to two claimants who suffered damages during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The two...
France high court upholds oil company liability for 1999 spill
The French Court of Cassation on Tuesday upheld a lower court's 2008 decision finding French oil company Total and several other defendants criminally liable for an oil spill that...
Federal appeals court upholds EPA plan to add more ethanol to gasoline
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted lawfully when it approved a plan to increase the amount of ethanol...
JURIST Guest Columnist Virginia Brown Keyder of the State University of New York at Binghamton and Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, says that traditional olive oil producers have lately turned toward advocating for a more strict regulator regime as global...
UN releases additional funds for victims of Iraq invasion of Kuwait
The UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) on Thursday made available additional funds for the government of Kuwait in an amount of around $1.3 billion for losses suffered during 1990-1991 Iraqi...
South Sudan celebrated its first anniversary on Monday, marking one year since it seceded from northern Sudan to become the world's newest nation. President Salva...
The UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday urged South Sudan to adopt a plan to prevent further inter-communal violence in Jonglei State. The report [text,...
International Corporate Corruption: The Need for Greater Action
On July 14, 2011, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire came under intense pressure as key members of Congress called for an investigation into the allegations that one of the media mogul’s US-based companies may have violated American bribery and corruption laws. It is not clear yet whether Congress will ultimately respond to the claims that News [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday dismissed consolidated racketeering claims against British Petroleum (BP) in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
A UN official on Tuesday denounced continued human rights abuses against civilians in the South Kordofan region of the Sudan . The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos ...
