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26 May 2016, 7:25 am
This does not however properly take into account the economic dynamics which underlie the categorizations as they have come to be known.The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report prepared by the United Nations categorizes countries into three broad areas, developing economies, economies in transition, and developed economies, and it seems as though movement through the categories follows a linear pattern from the least to the greatest. [read post]
25 May 2016, 12:44 pm
There are, to put it mildly, more proximate concerns. [read post]
25 May 2016, 4:39 am
As other countries begin to “pick sides,” the United States is finding itself increasingly as an outlier. [read post]
24 May 2016, 4:24 pm
Most UK concerns over Directive revisions relate to a possible change in the definition of the country of origin (COO) principle. [read post]
24 May 2016, 2:11 pm
The strike certainly got Pakistan’s attention, leading one Pakistani senator to condemn it as an “illegal and expansionary” attack; another member of Parliament suggested that the United States crossed a “red line,” which the Post characterized as having previously restricted “U.S. drone strikes to Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt in the northwestern part of the country. [read post]
23 May 2016, 4:51 pm
In the late 1990s, the United States and the EU negotiated the Safe Harbor Agreement of 2000 to allow U.S. companies and organizations to meet EU data protection requirements and permit the legal transfer of personal data between EU member countries and the United States. [read post]
23 May 2016, 11:39 am
Finally, a child's habitual residence is not determined by the nationality of the child's primary care-giver. [read post]
22 May 2016, 9:30 pm
At last year’s World Radiocommunication Conference, the ITU agreed to adopt a common global radio spectrum, but member countries failed to agree on specific frequencies. [read post]
20 May 2016, 12:10 pm
Al Jazeera tells us that “the ministerial-level talks will host the Middle East Quartet, which includes the United States, Russia, and the European Union, and the United Nations, as well as the Arab League. [read post]
18 May 2016, 11:48 am
The House Armed Services Committee yesterday adopted an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would slash the size of the National Security Council from its current size of almost 400 employees to just 100 staff members. [read post]
17 May 2016, 1:07 pm
Yesterday, the United States along with 24 other nations and international organizations released a joint communiqué supporting measures to help Libya under Prime Minister Fayez Serraj and his new unity government. [read post]
13 May 2016, 1:37 pm
In any event, EFF observes with dismay that many such avenues for creative solutions to the digital disconnect may be foreclosed by plurilateral agreements that some members have entered into outside of WIPO, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and this in itself should be a serious concern for this committee. [read post]
13 May 2016, 12:54 pm
’ the United Nations spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said in a written statement, referring to the town. [read post]
13 May 2016, 7:55 am
This post briefly discusses the context in which this highly controversial project is going forward and includes (1) National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Memo Comments on Preliminary Draft No. 6, and (2) a Memo, signed by a number of ALI Members summarizing concerns about Draft No. 6 Revisions to the Sexual Assault Provisions of the Model penal Code.The issue of the nature and scope of the criminalization of sexual activity has become part of a much larger and… [read post]
13 May 2016, 6:00 am
The law concerning affidavits of support is found in Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sections 212(a)(4) and 213A. [read post]
13 May 2016, 5:38 am
Uber is also making fundamental changes to the way it operates around the country. [read post]
13 May 2016, 5:08 am
As someone who was briefed on those efforts as Ranking Member on House Intelligence, I can tell you that no substantive debate was ever held outside the executive branch, let alone the kind of discussion that could have addressed well-founded concerns or established an overarching legal framework. [read post]
12 May 2016, 1:59 pm
The bloc is concerned that journalists and political dissenters could be targeted. [read post]
12 May 2016, 4:53 am
More Committee members and staff with high-tech backgrounds are necessary. [read post]
11 May 2016, 8:00 am
The incarceration rate for whites in the United States is approximately 400 per 100,000, which is approximately 2 to 2.5 times the total incarceration rates in the most punitive Western European countries and approximately 5 to 6 times the rate in less punitive countries. [read post]
