JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Officials from Ukraine reported that Russia launched two drone attacks on the Saint Panteleimon hospital in Sumy on Saturday, violating international humanitarian law. Based on Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court , intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects constitutes a war crime.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A newly revised North Carolina juvenile justice law will take effect Sunday, aiming to address gaps in handling serious offenses by minors. This represents a significant change from the 2019 Raise the Age law , which allowed most 16- and 17-year-olds to remain under juvenile court jurisdiction regardless of the severity of the charges.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2024

A federal judge in North Carolina found on Tuesday that the state’s 147-year-old voting law is unconstitutional. US District Judge Loretta Biggs found that a state law, which prevents convicted felons from casting a vote, violates the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2024

The Supreme Court of Japan ordered the Japanese government to compensate victims of forced sterilization after holding that the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law was unconstitutional. ” The Eugenic Protection Law was enacted in 1948 to address the population explosion in post-war Japan.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A New York appeals court ruled that a New York City law granting non-citizens the power to vote was unconstitutional. It was estimated that the law would allow more than 800,000 non-citizens the ability to vote in New York City local elections, prior to the court’s Wednesday ruling. The municipal legislation, Int.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat. The companies alleged that the statute violated their First Amendment and due process rights, as well as the Dormant Commerce Clause.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2022

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Friday declared unconstitutional Pennsylvania’s “no-excuse mail-in voting law,” which permits voters to cast their ballots by mail without providing an excuse for their absence. ” The court again held the voting law unconstitutional, referencing its McLinko decision.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a ruling that allowed several individuals to sue food corporations Nestlé USA and Cargill over child slavery claims, limiting corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute. The unnamed plaintiffs brought their cases forward under the Alien Tort Statute. In Jesner v.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Although Mongolia argued that its consultation filed under Article 97 of the Rome Statute conformed with the statute’s cooperative framework, the chamber did not agree. Without such a waiver, Mongolia claimed that arresting Putin would violate international law with respect to diplomatic immunity under Article 98.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

India’s Ministry of Law and Justice released Friday the Draft Mediation Bill, 2021 , inviting comments and suggestions from all stakeholders. As of date, in the absence of a separate statute, Section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code , as well as the rules framed by several high courts under that section, govern mediation in India.

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JURIST

JULY 5, 2024

The Peruvian Congress approved a bill on Thursday that introduces a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity in the second vote, despite opposition from human rights organizations for its potential interruption of ongoing investigations into serious abuses.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

France’s Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence against Children (CIIVISE) published a report on Friday calling for the removal of the statute of limitations for sexual violence, in particular in cases of sexual violence against minors. The current statute of limitations is 30 years from adulthood at 18 years.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2022

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday published a call for India to end its controversial sedition law. The sedition law is a statute from the colonial era when India was controlled by the United Kingdom. ” More recently, HRW claims Prime Minister Narendra Modi has used the law to punish activists and protesters. .”

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Above The Law

AUGUST 29, 2024

The change is "inconsistent" with the 340B statute, according to HRSA. The post J&J’s Change To 340B Discounts Is ‘Inconsistent’ With Statute, HRSA Says appeared first on Above the Law. Johnson & Johnson announced last week a major change in the way it offers 340B pricing for two medications.

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2023

A federal judge in Tennessee on Friday temporarily blocked a controversial law that would have imposed strict limits on drag performances in the state. The post Federal judge temporarily blocks Tennessee law restricting drag performances appeared first on JURIST - News. The pause is subject to extension.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2022

After the Amendment took effect on January 1, 2018, Circuit City, a US chain of electronics retail stores, refused to pay the increased fees and brought suit in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, claiming that the 2017 Amendment, which creates nonuniform bankruptcy laws, was unconstitutional. United States v.

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JURIST

JUNE 18, 2024

Amnesty International declared Monday that gender apartheid must be considered a crime under international law. “We are calling for the recognition of gender apartheid under international law to fill a major gap in our global legal framework. .

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) , a federal law that criminalizes the encouragement of illegal immigration, does not violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution. It does not “prohibi[t] a substantial amount of protected speech”—let alone enough to justify throwing out the law’s “plainly legitimate sweep.” Hansen that 8 U.S.C.

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JURIST

JUNE 11, 2023

Licensed public school teacher Kayla Smiley sued Dr. Katie Jenner in her official capacity as the Indiana Secretary of Education on Friday over a newly passed state law that bans “instruction” on “human sexuality” to students in kindergarten to third grade.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The US Supreme Court, in a split decision, issued a brief statement on Thursday refusing to reinstate a Florida law that targets drag shows. A lower court order previously prohibited the law from coming into effect. ” Anyone found to be in violation fo the law would be charged with a misdemeanor.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block a district court ruling that a Missouri law that attempts to invalidate federal firearm law within the state is unconstitutional. Parson signed the Second Amendment Preservation Act ( SAPA) into law. These federal laws are the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Women who stand to be conscripted have been especially worried and devastated by this law.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The ACLU of Missouri and two state librarian associations Thursday sued state prosecutors over a state law that bans “sexually explicit materials” from public schools and libraries, arguing that the law violates the state constitution. The law imposes criminal penalties on librarians and school officials for violations.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2024

A US appeals court on Thursday dismissed a challenge to a Tennessee law that restricts drag performances, reversing a lower court’s decision that blocked the law from taking full effect. The only thing that is clear about this law is that it’s firmly rooted in hate and defies the will of the majority of Tennesseans.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2023

The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado struck down the state’s Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act (CSAAA) on Tuesday, ruling that the law violates the state constitution and is “unconstitutionally retrospective.” This section forbids the state legislature from passing “ex post facto” laws.

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JULY 28, 2022

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JURIST

JULY 15, 2021

In a split decision on Tuesday a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that federal statutes and regulations restricting gun sales to persons 21 years old and older are unconstitutional. ” Judge James Wynn, Jr.,

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2022

The new law has been adopted by Federal Decree-Law No. 34 of 2021 which came into effect on January 2, 2022, replacing the UAE’s former Federal Law No. The new law has been adopted by Federal Decree-Law No. 34 of 2021 which came into effect on January 2, 2022, replacing the UAE’s former Federal Law No.

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JURIST

AUGUST 6, 2023

Chin ruled that the plaintiff’s First Amendment Free Exercise Clause challenge to the law failed because the law is neutral and satisfies rational basis review. Chin found that the law’s legislative history does not contain “hostility” to religious believers. Circuit Judge Joseph F.

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JURIST

JULY 22, 2024

The Law Society of Kenya issued a statement on Monday condemning an increase in the government’s road maintenance levy, calling the Ministry of Roads and Transport’s conduct “unconstitutional and procedurally flawed.”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. The challenged statute, N.C. The court stated that the law substantially “burden[ed] newsgathering and publishing activities.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion Thursday that mistakes of law—and not only mistakes of fact—could protect parties from losing their copyrights on grounds of inaccurate registration. The post US Supreme Court rules mistakes of law can excuse copyright registration inaccuracies appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The Hindu Saturday published its data analysis report on the growing number of cases under three statutes: the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Section 153 of the Indian Penal Code, aimed promoting enmity between religious groups.

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JURIST

JUNE 23, 2021

” The panel recommends adding “(e) the crime of Ecocide” to Article 5(1) of the Rome Statute with the following definition: Article 8 ter. Any of the 123 member states of the ICC can propose the panel’s recommendations as an amendment to Rome Statute.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Beyond contesting the court’s jurisdiction, Israel contended that the request for arrest warrants violates the Rome Statute of the ICC and the principle of complementarity. Some view the submissions as an attempt to evade scrutiny from international law under Article 19(2)(b) of the Rome Statute.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In the letter , Amnesty International claims that the failure of the ICC Prosecutor to request to open an investigation into the situation in Nigeria goes against Article 15(3) of the Rome Statute. The letter by Amnesty International alleges a possible violation of Article 15(3) of the Statute.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Callamard stated: Today’s announcement by the ICC prosecutor is a decisive step and an important signal – both for Myanmar and the rest of the world – that those who are allegedly responsible for crimes under international law will be sought to face arrest and trial, no matter how powerful they are or how long they have escaped scrutiny.

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