JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

The chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines stated on Friday that the military and other maritime law enforcement agencies are prepared to defend Filipino fishermen from China’s “anti-trespassing policy,” reinforcing the fishermen’s right to fish in the West Philippine Sea. General Romeo Brawner Jr. reaffirmed that Filipino fishermen should continue their fishing activities as normal, emphasizing that the military will protect the fishermen’s right to

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JUNE 15, 2024

“Supreme Court’s Leisurely Pace Will Produce Pileup of Late June Rulings; Even as the size of the court’s docket has shrunk, it has deferred a larger share of its decisions to the very end of its term”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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JUNE 15, 2024

UN Special Adviser of the Secretary on the Prevention of Genocide Alice Nderitu warned on Friday that hate speech continues to significantly threaten global peace and security. It also frequently targets the most vulnerable in society. In a briefing to the UN Security Council, Nderitu said that as well as inciting violence, hate speech also perpetuates discrimination, stigma, dehumanization and marginalization.

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JUNE 15, 2024

“The Supreme Court Ruling in the Starbucks Case Proves the Law Won’t Save Labor”: Jaz Brisack has this essay online at The New York Times.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

The legal team for a former top Nagorno-Karabakh official alleged in a Friday letter addressed to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture that their client, former Nagorno-Karabakh Minister of State Ruben Vardanyan, and an unnamed Armenian business leader had been tortured while in custody in Azerbaijan for engaging in a hunger strike. Vardanyan was detained and taken as a political prisoner on September 27, 2023 after he attempted to cross the border into Armenia through the Lachin corridor when A

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs filed a claim with the UN on Friday to formally recognize the boundaries of its underwater continental shelf in the South China Sea, granting it exclusive rights to utilize the area’s resources. The Philippines filed the claim with the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf following more than 15 years of scientific research on the scope of its undersea shelf in the South China Sea, located off the western coast of Palawan provinc

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JUNE 15, 2024

On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its much anticipated Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. Other blog-posts have already dealt with various aspects of the Advisory Opinion (see, for instance, here and here ), including the Tribunal’s approach to interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ( here , here and here ).

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

Serbia’s Higher Court in Belgrade decided on Thursday to extradite Belarusian filmmaker Andrei Gnet to Belarus pursuant to the Law on International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and the interstate agreement Serbia and Belarus made on January 3, 2019. Gnet is accused by the Belarus government of tax evasion under Article 243(2) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

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LLRX

JUNE 15, 2024

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government reports, NGO/IGO papers, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Friday that global efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) are undermined by the cross-border movements of girls to undergo FGM. FGM is a practice that involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons. It can lead to both immediate health risks, such as infection, HIV transmission and urine retention, as well as longer-term psychological impacts, including losing trust in caregivers, anxiet

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JUNE 15, 2024

“One Week That Revealed the Struggles of the Anti-Abortion Movement; The movement looks for a path forward: ‘Is the goal the absolute abolition of abortion in our nation?’” Elizabeth Dias of The New York Times has this report.

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JUNE 15, 2024

The US Department of Justice on Thursday found that the Phoenix Police Department and the City of Phoenix have engaged in excessive force, discrimination and general civil rights violations against Black, Latino, Native American and other marginalized communities. The findings were published in a 126-page report, ending an investigation that began in 2021.

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JUNE 15, 2024

As the first edition goes out this week, the Wall Street Journal has published its review of The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage. Tunku Varadarajan takes a deep dive into the book and its historical, philosophical, and cultural exploration of this quintessentially American right. I am profoundly grateful for this through and positive review of the book. “Mr.

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JUNE 15, 2024

A coalition of human rights organizations released a joint statement on Friday calling on the Egyptian government to stop the recent targeting and retaliation against human rights lawyers. The coalition includes 28 rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Freedom House. The organizations expressed support for a letter by five UN Special Rapporteurs that was published on May 19, 2024, and addressed the Egyptian government’s targeting of human rights lawyers Mahmoud Mohamed

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JUNE 15, 2024

“Supreme Court’s abortion pill ruling puts new focus on conservative Trump judge in Texas”: John Fritze and Tierney Sneed of CNN have this report.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

UN Special Rapporteur Alice Jill Edwards said Thursday that the Taliban must provide detained US humanitarian worker Ryan Corbett with immediate medical treatment in light of his deteriorating health. Corbett was allegedly detained by the Taliban on August 10, 2022. According to Edwards, Corbett was confined in a tiny, locked cell without sunlight in Afghanistan.

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JUNE 15, 2024

This week, I have received emails from Connecticut bar members over a message posted by President Maggie Castinado, President-Elect James T. (Tim) Shearin, and Vice President Emily A. Gianquinto warning them about criticizing the prosecutions of former President Donald Trump. The message from the bar leadership is chilling for those lawyers who view cases like the one in Manhattan as a raw political prosecution.

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JUNE 15, 2024

A US federal judge ordered a retrial on Friday in a case involving allegations that Virginia-based military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. (CACI) contributed to the abuse and torture of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago. Judge Leonie Brinkema granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial and denied CACI’s motion for judgment as a matter of law.

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