World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 19 August 2017 News
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 19 August 2017

Here’s the international legal news we covered this week:

Venezuela’s new chief prosecutor announced plans on Thursday to pursue and imprison those responsible for leading violent protests that have plagued the country since April.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] on Thursday found [order, PDF] that a Malian jihadist is liable for individual and collective reparations for overseeing the destruction of Muslim shrines in Timbuktu.
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[JURIST] A Thai provincial court in the north eastern province of Khon Kaen sentenced [NYT report] activist Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa [FrontlineDefenders profile] to two-and-a-half years in prison for sharing a BBC article about Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun [official profile] on Facebook on Tuesday.
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[JURIST] The German constitutional court (ECB) [official website] sent [order, in German] a case concerning the European Central Bank [official website] attempt to buy $2.7 trillion dollar’s worth of bonds [Reuters report] to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website] on Tuesday.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called on Kenyan leaders [press release] Tuesday to “take the responsible path and exercise their leadership to avoid violence” in the wake of last week’s contentious election.
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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress passed 13th Amendment

On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States.

Yugoslavia constitution adopted

On January 31, 1946, the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was adopted, creating six internal republics. The constitution, modeled on that of the Soviet Union, would serve as the supreme law of Yugoslavia throughout the Cold War before the union dissolved in 1990.

Gunpowder Plot participant Guy Fawkes hanged, drawn, and quartered

Gunpowder Plot participant Guy Fawkes was hanged, drawn, and quartered on January 31, 1606 for attempting to blow up the British House of Lords with kegs of gunpowder during the State Opening of Parliament. Fawkes and a group of co-conspirators sought to kill King James I over the persecution of Roman Catholics in England. The plot famously failed after the Lords was searched. It is commemorated to this day on November 5, known as "Guy Fawkes Night." Learn more about the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes.