NewsHere’s the international legal news we covered this week:
The State Department’s report heavily focused on the activities of the North Korea military and characterized the human rights abuses by the country’s regime as some of the worst in the world [press release] that included “extrajudicial killings, forced labor, torture, prolonged arbitrary detention, as well as rape, forced abortions, and other sexual violence inside the country.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin [official profile] expressed [press release] concern over North Korea’s serious violations of human rights:
We are especially concerned with the North Korean military, which operates as secret police, punishing all forms of dissent.
The court was unable to hear the case because it did not have the required quorum of justices present.
In February Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] reported [JURIST report] that the Syrian government conducted “coordinated chemical attacks” on rebel-controlled portions of Aleppo.
The party’s constitution [USC backgrounder] is separate from China’s national Constitution.
More than 13,000 people are living in five camps on Greek islands as “checkpoints” until their asylum applications are processed permitted access to the mainland.
According to the organizations, the islands are “place of indefinite confinement” and the conditions are “abysmal.” They also state that “reception conditions are deteriorating, and gaps in basic services, especially medical, are increasing”, as thousands of people incoming cause overcrowding on the islands.
In May 2016 the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) [official website] expressed concern [JURIST report] over the poor living conditions of several refugee camps located in northern Greece, which lacked access to basic needs.
The deplorable conditions of the islands was labeled as “untenable” [JURIST report] by the European Commission [official website] in January as the islands was plagued with heavy snowfall.
