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15 Apr 2015, 11:24 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [official website] on Tuesday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit that challenged the fairness of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) [text, PDF] for allowing members of Congress and their staffs to receive subsidies for their health insurance. [read post]
17 Nov 2021, 10:39 am
Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers his observations on the return of public shaming and torture and the lack of due process under the Taliban in Afghanistan. [read post]
14 Nov 2021, 1:07 pm
Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers his observations on new hiring criteria recently announced by the new Taliban-led Ministry of Justice. [read post]
31 Oct 2021, 2:37 pm
Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers observations on the public appearance of Taliban leaders, or lack thereof. [read post]
15 Nov 2021, 12:15 pm
Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers his observations on a looming economic crisis in Afghanistan as banks continue to run out of foreign exchange reserves, contributing to a rapid decline in the value of the local currency. [read post]
8 Nov 2021, 11:20 am
Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers observations on the financial predicament of civil service employees in Afghanistan. [read post]
31 Oct 2021, 2:14 am
Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers observations on what appears so far to be international non-recognition of the Taliban government. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 6:23 am
[JURIST] The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Ambassador Choi Kyonglim [official profile], on Tuesday announced [press release] that the UN commission investigating human rights violations in Burundi is to be staffed by Fatsah Ouguergouz of Algeria, Reina Alapini Gansu of Benin and Francoise Hampson [official profiles] of the UK. [read post]
3 Jul 2009, 4:56 am
[JURIST] Iranian employees at the British Embassy in Iran [official website] will face trial over accusations they contributed to the political protests that followed Iran's recent disputed presidential election [BBC backgrounder] according to statements [Bloomberg report] made Friday by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the head of Iran's Guardian Council for the Constitution [official website, in [read post]
23 May 2005, 11:27 am
[JURIST] In a commencement address at Pace Law School [official website] Sunday, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's Chef de Cabinet Mark Malloch Brown [UN biography] referred to the US as an "ungainly giant" that prefers to play by its own rules rather than those of the international community. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 7:25 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] Friday praised [press release] the United Kingdom's recent ratification of a treaty designed to extend legal safeguards to UN and humanitarian personnel participating in relief efforts. [read post]
22 Jul 2008, 2:25 pm
[JURIST] The Canadian Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) [official website] announced Monday that it appealed a Federal Court [court website] decision in which the Court found that certain notes, records and correspondence generated by government ministers and their staff are not subject to public access under the Access to Information Act [text]. [read post]
1 Aug 2009, 9:49 am
[JURIST] The Iraqi government [official website, in Arabic] announced on Friday the drafting of a law that proposes a framework to safeguard Iraqi journalists. [read post]
9 Feb 2005, 4:40 am
The FCC has hired additional staff to review complaints and is revising the process it uses to track complaints. [read post]
8 Dec 2006, 3:21 am
The court ordered [injunction, PDF] the department to correct its medication and staff deficiencies on [read post]
18 Mar 2005, 5:46 am
Overall, 17 civilian staff members were investigated by the UN, with investigations into allegations of sexual exploitation of women and girls by military [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 11:15 am
[JURIST] The trial of former Yugoslav army chief of staff and general Momcilo Perisic [ICTY case information sheet; Trial Watch backgrounder], was delayed indefinitely [press release] Wednesday as there was a procedural glitch in the naming of judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia [official website]. [read post]
11 Mar 2004, 4:10 pm
March 8-12 is March Break at JURIST's host institution, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 6:25 pm
Jurist: Oklahoma Supreme Court rightly rejected law undermining reproductive rights, by Stephanie Toti (Staff Attorney, US Legal Program, Center for Reproductive Rights): The Oklahoma Supreme Court recently struck down an omnibus statute, S.B. 1878, that imposed a host of contradictory... [read post]
16 Mar 2005, 12:32 pm
[JURIST] The US Justice Department announced Wednesday it will award $100,000 to the National Center for State Courts to review judicial safety and security. [read post]
