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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Terrorism Victims Cannot Seize Antiquities in Foreign Sovereign Immunities Case (February 21, 2018)
February 22, 2018

On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran that U.S...

IACHR Issues Report on Human Rights Situation in Venezuela (February 12, 2018)
February 16, 2018

On February 12, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a report on the human rights situation in Venezuela, entitled “...

U.K. Supreme Court Rules Leaked Cable Should Have Been Admitted into Evidence (February 8, 2018)
February 09, 2018

On February 8, 2018, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled in R (on the application of Bancoult No 3) v...

Poland Enacts Law Prohibiting Blaming Poland for Assisting in Holocaust (February 7, 2018)
February 09, 2018

On February 7, 2018, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed legislation that...

ICJ Rules on Maritime and Land Boundaries Between Nicaragua and Costa Rica (February 2, 2018)
February 09, 2018

On February 2, 2018, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in joined cases ...

Court of Arbitration for Sport Overturns Ban on 28 Russian Athletes (February 1, 2018)
February 02, 2018

On February 1, 2018, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the...

UN Security Council Extends Sanctions Against the Central African Republic (January 30, 2018)
February 01, 2018

On January 30, 2018, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2399 and extended the...

African Rights Groups Adopt Joint General Comment on Ending Child Marriage (January 30, 2018)
February 01, 2018

On January 30, 2018, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted their first...