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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Law Criminalizing “Material Support” of Designated Terrorist Organizations, Including Provision of Legal Advice

June 21, 2010 IJRC European System, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, U.S. courts

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, affirming in part and reversing in part the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision, issued in 2007. [Washington Post; CCR] In a 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts, the Court upheld 18 U.S.C. § 2339B(a)(1)—which makes it a federal crime to “knowingly provid[e] material support

ECHR to Review El-Masri Case against Macedonia; U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Hear Mahrer Arar's Claim against U.S.

June 15, 2010 IJRC European System, Inter-American System, liberty & security of person, security & rule of law, torture, U.S. courts

Two high profile cases of extraordinary rendition and torture in the ‘war on terror’ were back in the news today when one advanced procedurally before the European Court of Human Rights and the other reached the end of road before U.S. courts. The Open Society Justice Initiative announced today that its application on behalf of Khaled El-Masri will be considered

News Clips- March 31, 2017

March 31, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, democracy & political rights, discrimination, European System, human rights defenders, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, Universal system

Civil Society This week, hundreds of people in Johannesburg, South Africa protested recent xenophobic attacks. [Al Jazeera] On Tuesday, 17 anti-deportation protesters locked themselves to an aircraft due to remove asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Nigeria and Ghana. [Guardian] Lawyers and activists allege Russian authorities in Crimea are detaining and abusing human rights activists in psychiatric hospitals. [Guardian]

ECJ: Employer’s Objective Rule, Not Customer Preferences May Prohibit Headscarf

March 20, 2017 IJRC European System, freedom of religion, international human rights, labor rights

In two separate opinions issued this week, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found that while an employer may prohibit a Muslim woman from wearing a headscarf at work through a rule applied consistently to all religious beliefs, an employer may not prohibit a Muslim woman from wearing religious clothing based on a customer’s preferences. These are the first cases

New Clips- February 17, 2017

February 17, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system

Civil Society On Wednesday, the Court of Appeals in Kenya released seven imprisoned doctors’ union officials who had been jailed in relation to a strike demanding promised wage increases. [Washington Post] On Sunday, more than 60,000 Romanians protested for the 13th consecutive day in Bucharest, Romania, prompting the Romanian parliament to agree to a national referendum on anti-corruption reforms. [Al

News Clips – February 3, 2017

February 3, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil litigation, civil society, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, freedom of religion, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, News Clips, thought, expression & association

Civil Society This week hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrated across Romania in response to an emergency ordinance that decriminalizes certain cases of misconduct of allegedly corrupt officials. [Guardian] Two human rights activists who were arrested last month and charged with terrorism for organizing peaceful protests to support Anglophone rights in Cameroon continue to be imprisoned, and may face the

News Clips- September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil society, conditions of detention, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, enforced disappearance, environmental rights, human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Refugees and Migrants The UN held the Summit for Refugees and Migrants on Monday and the United States President Barack Obama hosted the Leaders’ Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis on Tuesday. [IJRC; UN News Centre: Bold; UN News Centre: Integration] The International Justice Resource Center and the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies are hosting a training on the

ECJ: States May Dictate Where Certain Migrants Live, for Integration

March 10, 2016 IJRC immigration & asylum, migrants

The European Court of Justice recently held that European Union (EU) law does not preclude Germany from imposing geographic restrictions on residence permits for certain non-EU migrants receiving public benefits, provided that those migrants are less integrated into society than other migrants. See European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber), Kreis Warendorf v. Alo and Osso v. Region Hannover, Cases C-443/14 and C-444/14, Request

Human Rights Bodies’ Hearings & Sessions: March 2024

February 27, 2024 IJRC international human rights, monthly overview

In March 2024, various regional and universal human rights bodies will hold sessions or hearings to continue their oversight and adjudication of human rights issues. For more information on each of the bodies mentioned, visit the Courts & Monitoring Bodies section of the IJRC Online Resource Hub. At the regional level, the African and Inter-American human rights commissions and courts

Human Rights Bodies’ Hearings & Sessions: February 2024

January 30, 2024 IJRC international human rights, monthly overview

In February 2024, various regional and universal human rights bodies will hold sessions or hearings to continue their oversight and adjudication of human rights issues. For more information on each of the bodies mentioned, visit the Courts & Monitoring Bodies section of the IJRC Online Resource Hub. At the regional level, the African and Inter-American human rights commissions and courts