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WEB2 days ago · September 18, 2024 11:11:46 am. Amnesty International issued a statement urging Indian authorities to end the ongoing repression of dissent in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Wednesday marks the first day of state-level elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the first which have been held in ten years. The election is to be held across three …
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WEB3 days ago · August 18, 2024 02:05:04 pm. In legend, Achilles, Greek warrior and hero of the Trojan War, fought Trojan prince Hector to avenge the death of his friend Patroclus. Hector had killed Patroclus, and he planned to cut off Patroclus’ head and give his body to the dogs for food. Before the fight, Hector waits for Achilles and then proposes that ...
Analyzing the Israeli Pager Attack on Hezbollah Using Law of ...
WEB2 days ago · The author, founding chief prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, examines whether Israel's exploding pager attack on Hezbollah complied with the law of armed conflict and finds that it met most requirements of legality...
UN Committee condemns Israel's violation of children's rights ...
WEB1 day ago · The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) condemned Israel’s violation of children’s rights protected by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on Thursday, citing Israel’s “indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks” which have killed, injured and orphaned high numbers of ...
Explainer: Rights Organizations Call for Action on ...
WEB4 days ago · On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation 1081, implementing martial law in the Philippines.Marcos used the proclamation not only to suppress a communist insurgency but to eliminate political opponents as well.
Time to Embrace Democracy: The Case for Removing Hereditary ...
WEB4 days ago · In this long read by James Joseph, Managing Editor for Long-Form Content and Lilian Trickey, a student at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, they unpack the case of whether removing hereditary...
When Federal and State Laws Collide: The FECA Preemption ...
WEB3 days ago · The author, a professor at Capital University Law School in Ohio, argues that despite claims to the contrary, the Federal Election Campaign Act does not preempt New York's prosecution of Donald Trump for falsifying business records...
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