US President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday titled reimposing certain sanctions against Iran. In a press statement , the White House criticized the previous Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015 (JCPOA). The JCPOA agreement , signed by Iran, Germany, the five permanent members of the UN [...]
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines signed the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Act of 2018 into law Monday, creating its first national identification system, which will be issued to all citizens and foreign residents in the Philippines. The goal of the system, Duterte said, is for safety and better privacy, efficiency, reduced corruption and a simplified [...]
UN human rights experts on Friday urged Brazil to reconsider its economic austerity measures. Specifically, the experts are focused on the negative impacts such measures might have on the countries most socially vulnerable, such as lower income, youth, women, and ethnic minorities. “Women and children living in poverty are among those hit hardest, as are [...]
A judge in the UK’s high court ruled Wednesday that there were grounds for a dissolution of a religious marriage that was not recognized by British law. The wife filed for divorce against her husband in 2016, alleging there were grounds for her to claim some of the assets, all of which were in her [...]
UN experts on freedom of expression on Thursday condemned US President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media, saying that the attacks are “strategic, designed to undermine confidence in reporting and raise doubts about verifiable facts.” The experts emphasized the importance of the free press, and urged Trump to end these attacks and condemn his administration’s [...]
Poland’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Supreme Court judges can continue to sit on the court until the Court of Justice of the European Union rules on the laws passed by Poland which give the government more control over the judiciary. One law passed by Poland’s legislative branch last week would give politicians the ability to select justices. Another law [...]
The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is “inadmissible,” calling it “an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” The Pontiff’s announcement accompanied a revision made to number 2267 by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. There is an [...]
Iraqi judges routinely disregard allegations of torture by security forces against terrorism suspects and accept convictions credibly claimed to be the result of such tactics, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. “Torture is rampant in Iraq’s justice system, yet judges lack instructions for responding to torture allegations,” said HRW deputy Middle East director Lama Fakih. The [...]
The UK Supreme Court ruled Monday that in cases where a patient is in a permanent vegetative state , the patient may be taken off life support, including feeding tubes, without court approval if both the relatives and the doctors are in agreement. The UK Court of Protection will still issue a ruling in cases where the relatives and doctors [...]
The Serbian Bar Association and the Bar Association of Belgrade announced a week-long strike starting July 30 in response to the killing of prominent criminal defense lawyer Dragoslav Miše Ognjanović. Ognjanović served on the war crimes defense team of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević in the early 2000s. He was also involved in a number [...]
