JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The International Criminal Court issued a new policy on Slavery Crimes on Monday, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan stated the policy is the first “of its kind issued by an international court or tribunal.”

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2021

The Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales on Friday permitted an Iranian-American businessman to sue Dechert LLP for hacking into his email account and leaking his personal information on BitTorrent sites. million in compensation to the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority ( RAKIA) by the trial court in May 2020.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Federal Court of Canada delivered a decision on Thursday overturning the federal government’s order to list plastic-manufactured items (PMIs) under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (CEPA). The court also considered how the passage of Bill S-5 , which amended the CEPA, would affect the legal challenge.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2021

The UK Supreme Court delivered a judgement on Friday which overturned the convictions of four defendants who blockaded an East London arms fair. They were charged with willful obstruction of a highway without lawful authority. The protestors thus appealed to the Supreme Court.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that the state of Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans who commit crimes against Native Americans on tribal territory. Castro-Huerta appealed the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, which vacated his conviction as a result of McGirt.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in United States v. The US argued that an attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence, noting that appellate courts and the act’s plain text support that understanding. That’s not how Congress writes laws, and that’s not how we interpret them.”

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court in Germany Thursday sentenced two Syrian nationals on war crime and terrorism-related charges. The officer was a protected person under international humanitarian law. The court had also heard as a witness Khedr A.K.’s His co-defendant, Sami A.S.,

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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2021

The UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday pronounced a landmark judgement expected to guide the family court’s approach towards allegations of domestic abuse. The post UK Court of Appeals pronounces family court guidelines for cases of domestic abuse and child welfare appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 21, 2023

The Supreme Court of India overturned the conviction of a woman sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of her new born child Thursday, holding that a woman could not be compelled to reveal matters relating to her private reproductive choices. The woman contended that she miscarried.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2024

Chinese activists Sophia Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing were sentenced on Friday by the Guangzhou Intermediate Court to five years and three years and six months in prison, respectively, for “subversion against the state,” as shared by supporters of the activists on social media.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will review a conviction of several climate activists for protesting on Swiss bank Credit Suisse’s grounds. While the activists were initially acquitted in January 2020 , the Swiss appeal court reversed that decision. The case was seen as an important precedent for climate protestors.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

Gary , it was that the justices are struggling to draw boundaries around the circumstances in which federal criminal defendants are entitled to a new proceeding in the district court after the court of appeals has found “plain error” in the trial or plea hearing. After the decision in Rehaif, the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 7, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether defendants have standing to assert violations of an extradition treaty and whether the wire fraud statute applies extraterritorially to reach a defendant’s conduct committed only in Nigeria. United States. Guzman Loera v.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Paris Criminal Court acquitted François Bayrou for his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme that embezzled European public funds on Monday. However, the court found another eight defendants, including five former members of the European Parliament (MEPs) guilty and passed jail sentences ranging from ten to eighteen months.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 22, 2021

“Eunice Lee an Active Questioner on First Day Hearing 2nd Circuit Arguments; Lee, the first former federal defender ever to serve on the influential appeals court, peppered attorneys in three appeals, foreshadowing a potentially-outsized role in addressing unsettled areas of criminal law”: Tom McParland of New York Law Journal has this (..)

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JURIST

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) filed an application before the Inter-Amercian Court of Human Rights against Paraguay for violation of the right to freedom of expression and judicial guarantees of Paraguayan journalist Aldo Zuccolillo Moscarda, according to a press release published on Monday.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to seven years in prison for violating a marriage law when they wed in 2018, officials and a lawyer for the couple said. This is known as the ‘Iddah’ period and is a requirement under Islamic family law upheld by Pakistan.

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2021

Moscow’s Tagansky District Court imposed fines Thursday against Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, and Pavel Durov’s Telegram. The court first decided the case against the tech giants back in April and found that the companies violated the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard an oral arguments for Vega v. The case will determine whether a person can seek civil relief when an officer fails to provide them with their Miranda rights, legal protections for potential criminal defendants against self-incrimination. United States gave Miranda v. What remedy does he have?”.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to hire pre-tenure or tenured lateral faculty members in constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, federal courts and procedure, evidence, and professional responsibility. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. Applicants should have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The United States Supreme Court Monday denied the appeal of Ramin Khorrami, an Arizona man who was convicted of fraud before an eight-member jury. This deviation from the standard 12-person jury was permitted by the 1970 US Supreme Court ruling in Williams v. Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh dissented to the court’s denial.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The UK Supreme Court Wednesday held that a person under criminal investigation has a “reasonable expectation of privacy” with regard to information about that investigation prior to being charged. This judgment is anticipated to have a great impact on journalism. ’s actions in a foreign country.

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JURIST

APRIL 23, 2021

The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday dismissed a suit for compensation brought by South Korean women forced to work in “comfort stations”—brothels operated by the Japanese military before and during World War II—and families of the deceased victims. The 20 plaintiffs filed the suit in 2016 and sought about $2.7

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JURIST

JUNE 23, 2021

After six months of deliberation, a panel of 12 independent legal experts from across the globe on Tuesday unveiled a working definition of “ecocide” that they hope will be adopted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas , Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca is a law student from UNSAAC and a member of CIED. She files this dispatch from Cusco.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

The Michigan Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that defendants charged in connection with the Flint water crisis are entitled to preliminary examinations. ” The law allows a single judge to consider evidence in private chambers and issue an indictment authorizing criminal charges. Three state employees, Nancy Peeler, Richard L.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Written by Fanni Murányi, who will defend her PhD on Children’s rights, private law and criminological perspectives of parental child abduction at the Eötvös Loránd University (expected in 2024). She also investigated as well as the role of (domestic) criminal law. This was also confirmed by the interviews.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Rights organizations decried the four year prison sentence handed down to Zhang Zhan, a citizen-journalist, by a Chinese court on Monday. The post Chinese court sentences COVID-19 whistleblower to four years in prison appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Thanks for your support! DONATE NOW.

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2021

, commander of the Main Staff of the Bosnian Serb Army from May 12, 1992, until at least November 8, 1996, was convicted of 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws and customs of war by ICTY’s Trial Chamber I in 2017. The post UN court confirms Ratko Mladi? not only persisting but increasing.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2023

Baerbock delivered the remarks in a speech titled “Strengthening International Law in times of crisis” at the Hague Academy of International Law. Making her case for the tribunal, Baerbock said loopholes in international criminal law allowed Russia to escape the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2024

UK law associations expressed concern Monday over the suggestion that 24-hour “night courts” should be established to deal with the mass riots throughout the UK, emphasizing that solicitors are already overworked and underpaid. The Criminal Bar is already working at maximum capacity.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2025

In Kosovo, there are parallel schools, courts, and state offices, among other institutions, independently serving Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs. In 2003, the UN reported that “numerous problems arise” due to parallel institutions: In criminal law the most serious problem is the risk of double jeopardy.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The Supreme Court reversed that judgment and remanded the case.

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JURIST

JUNE 4, 2022

We’re hoping that French courts can play a role in starting to fill the current cavernous accountability gap in Yemen. The post NGOs file war crimes lawsuit against defense manufacturers in France court appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The High Court for the state of Madhya Pradesh has issued a notice to the state government on the public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging the constitutional validity of the newly promulgated Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) Ordinance, 2020.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The Supreme Court of Crimea has sentenced Ukrainian Ivan Yatskin to an 11-year sentence on treason charge s. Despite being Ukrainian, Yatskin was charged under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code due to Crimea’s status as Russia-annexed.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2022

The question came through the courts as part of a case trying a Tennessee man convicted of driving after being declared a “motor vehicle habitual offender,” under a law that was later repealed and replaced criminal charges with civil procedures.

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