APR
15
2014

Malta parliament passes same-sex civil union bill

The bill also provides for the recognition of same-sex marriages legally performed abroad.

APR
15
2014

New treaty allows children to complain about rights violations directly to the UN

The Protocol permits children or their representatives to submit formal complaints, upon which the CRD must review the allegations and decide whether to take action.

APR
15
2014

Turkey accuses Twitter of ´tax evasion´, calls for local office

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan´s government blocked Twitter and YouTube in March, drawing international condemnation, after audio recordings, purportedly showing corruption in his inner circle, were leaked on their sites.

APR
14
2014

UN crime agency reports 437,000 intentional homicides in 2012

The UNODC collected a wide breadth of statistical data including identities of perpetrators and victims, murder weapons, and murder rates by nation.

APR
14
2014

AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror law

Included in the amendments to the law are provisions increasing the penalties for those acts deemed as "terrorist acts" as well as provisions broadening the scope of the law itself.

APR
14
2014

Authors Guild files appeal in Google copyright claim

The original lawsuit was filed in 2005 with asettlement agreement reached in 2008 that was rejected by a federal judge in 2011.

APR
14
2014

Iran court overturns death sentence for ex-Marine

Last November the Obama administration urged Iran to free Hekmati and two other Americans believed to be held there.

APR
14
2014

European Court of Justice declares Netherlands ´piracy levy´ unlawful

The court stated that a law that makes no distinction between copies of protected material made by users who lawfully own the content and copies made for illegal purposes is detrimental to proper functioning of the market.

APR
11
2014

Crimea state council unanimously votes in favor of adopting republic´s Constitution

The Crimean legislature has 100 members. Russia´s central government will not be required to endorse Crimea´s new constitution, which will come into force following its publication in the Crimean News parliamentary newspaper.

APR
11
2014

50 Years Later, Obama Salutes Effects of Civil Rights Act

President Obama presented himself on Thursday as the living, walking, talking and governing embodiment of the landmark 1964 law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin.

APR
11
2014

HP offers $108 million to settle bribery charges by SEC, DOJ

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) also announced on Wednesday that it had filed parallel criminal charges against HP in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

APR
10
2014

Two moms, a baby and a legal first for U.S. gay marriage

The marital status of the baby´s parents was the subject of a flurry of court filings up to a few days before her birth. Valeria Tanco and Sophy Jesty were wed in New York, a state that recognizes gay marriage, and moved to Tennessee, which does not.

APR
10
2014

Bank of America ordered to pay $727 million to consumers

The CFPB asserts that Bank of America used deceptive marketing and unfair billing practices in violation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act.

APR
9
2014

European Court of Justice rules data retention directive too invasive

The 2006 law required ISP´s in the 28 member states to retain transmission data for at least six months and up to two years, in order to facilitate the prevention, investigation, direction and prosecution of serious crime and terrorism.

APR
9
2014

UN experts urge countries to ratify treaty on rights of migrant workers

The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has only been ratified by 47 countries.

APR
9
2014

HRW: US should expedite the return of cleared Guantanamo detainees

The letter notes that 55 of the 76 individuals recommended for transfer by the Obama administration are citizens of Yemen.

APR
9
2014

Pakistani baby taken into hiding after attempted murder charge

Baby Musa Khan appeared in court in the city of Lahore last week, charged with attempted murder along with his father and grandfather after a mob protesting against gas cuts and price increases stoned police and gas company workers trying to collect overdue bills.

APR
9
2014

Spanish parliament rejects Catalan independence vote

After seven hours of debate, 299 MPs voted against the motion, with 47 votes in favour and one abstention.

APR
8
2014

U.S. - Supreme Court denies review of NSA bulk data collection case, grants federal court transferal case

The Supreme Court granted review for one new case concerning the information necessary to transfer a case from a state court to a federal court.

APR
8
2014

Sri Lanka refuses to cooperate with UN in war crimes inquiry

Last month, the UN Human Rights Council voted to launch an investigation into alleged violations committed by Government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009 towards the end of the civil war.

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