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14 Dec 2017, 11:58 pm by INFORRM
In the United States, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional advocacy and Protection (ICAP) recently filed a brief on behalf of a group of legal scholars arguing that President Donald Trump’s practice of blocking critics on Twitter violates the First Amendment. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 1:31 pm by John Floyd
Justice Department, including the FBI, are civil servants of the United States Government. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 12:20 pm by Dan Ernst
  He has lectured on several occasions at the United States Supreme Court. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 11:58 am by Shriver Center
Women with no access to paid family and medical leave are more likely to lose income, and lack of paid leave can also limit a child’s health and development.Low-wage workers deserve to have their human rights protected.On this anniversary of the UDHR, the United Nations is conducting a fact-finding tour to examine whether people living in poverty in the United States enjoy fundamental human rights. [read post]
12 Dec 2017, 8:59 pm by Isabelle Jacovella Rémillard
As States Parties to the Rome Statute and civil society organizations come together at the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court’s (“ICC”) governing body, the issue of gender justice, and more specifically of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), takes centre stage in the parallel meetings. [read post]
12 Dec 2017, 11:16 am
However, civil society groups and public prosecutors raised concerns that the agreement was reached without meaningful consultation with impacted communities, while restricting State and corporate liability. [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 8:51 pm by Geneviève Geneau
In 2013, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) created the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), pursuant to UNSC Resolution 2100. [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 4:59 am by Diane Marie Amann
Clark, Board of Governors Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law Human Rights ► Human Rights and International Criminal Justice in the Twenty First Century: The End of the Post-WWII Phase and the Beginning of an Uncertain New Era by M. [read post]
10 Dec 2017, 4:18 pm by INFORRM
United States The Guardian reports on a hearing of a motion by President Trump to dismiss a libel action by former Apprentice contestant, Summer Zervos. [read post]
10 Dec 2017, 2:54 am by INFORRM
Instead, the European Court went on to find that the interference in this case was not “necessary in a democratic society”. [read post]
8 Dec 2017, 8:29 pm by Valerie Oosterveld
Observer states Ukraine, China, Iran and the United States also made statements. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 9:03 pm
This workshop will investigate how individuals, organizations, civil society actors and states from the Global South impacted upon the UN and the system of global governance in the latter half of the 20th century as they expanded the meaning of decolonization to address a range of North/South inequalities. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 9:00 pm by Lesley Wexler
In the wake of the 1997 landmine ban, both states and civil society began focusing on the civilian harms of cluster munitions, which when they fail to detonate, function in a manner similar to landmines. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 8:28 pm by Silviana Cocan
@Maxime Mariage During the 16th Assembly of States Parties (ASP16), a side event entitled “Fighting Impunity for the most serious crimes – Strengthening the central role of national jurisdictions” was organized by the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 6:51 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)As in past years (here, here, here, and here) I am again happy to report on the annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 9:09 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)As in past years (here, here, here, and here) I am again happy to report on the annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 7:09 am
The Chinese development model of autocratic state capitalism calls into question the liberal mantra that capitalist development, human rights, and democracy have to go together. [read post]
6 Dec 2017, 8:30 am by ntucski
This blog post and Nicole Tuczynski’s attendance at the 16th Assembly of States Parties in the framework of the Canadian Partnership for International Justice was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. [read post]
5 Dec 2017, 7:23 am
And third, the United States now faces emerging governance and regulatory challenges as technological developments involving networked computers and so-called “artificial intelligence” increasingly affect society and the nature of work. [read post]
5 Dec 2017, 7:23 am by Christine Corcos
And third, the United States now faces emerging governance and regulatory challenges as technological developments involving networked computers and so-called “artificial intelligence” increasingly affect society and the nature of work. [read post]