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European Court of Human Rights Decides Defamation Claims Interferred with Right to Freedom of Expression (January 21, 2016)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On January 21, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) ruled (judgmen

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International Law in Brief

UN Announces Peru will Compensate Woman in Human Rights Abortion Case (January 18, 2016)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On January 18, 2016, the United Nations human rights office announced that Peru agreed to compensate a woman whose human rights had been violated when she was denied an abortion.

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International Law in Brief

European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia Failed to Ensure Peaceful Demonstration (January 5, 2016)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On January 5, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (Court)

Prohibiting Collective Expulsion of Aliens at the European Court of Human Rights

Over the past few months, the mass movement of Syrian migrants into and across Europe has transfixed the international community. Though international law governs the decisions as to whether these Syrians are eligible for protection against refoulement (return to torture or persecution), the texts of the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the UN Convention Against Torture have nothing to say about the process through which these protection determinations happen.

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules Guatemala Must Do More to End Violence Against Women (December 18, 2015)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On December 18, 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) published its decision (judgme

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International Law in Brief

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules El Salvador Violated Convention by Failing to Apply Presumption of Innocence (December 18, 2015)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On December 18, 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) published its decision (judgme

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International Law in Brief

ICTY Appeals Chamber Orders Retrial of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović (December 15, 2015)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On December 15, 2015, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Appeal’s Chamber

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European Court of Human Rights Rules Switzerland Not Required to Recognize Marriage of Fourteen Year Old (December 8, 2015)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On December 8, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) ruled in Z.H. and R.H. v.

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European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia’s System for Mobile Communications Surveillance Violates European Convention (December 4, 2015)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On December 4, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Zakharov v.

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European Court of Human Rights Decides Defamation Claims Interferred with Right to Freedom of Expression (January 21, 2016)

UN Announces Peru will Compensate Woman in Human Rights Abortion Case (January 18, 2016)

European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia Failed to Ensure Peaceful Demonstration (January 5, 2016)

Prohibiting Collective Expulsion of Aliens at the European Court of Human Rights

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules Guatemala Must Do More to End Violence Against Women (December 18, 2015)

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules El Salvador Violated Convention by Failing to Apply Presumption of Innocence (December 18, 2015)

ICTY Appeals Chamber Orders Retrial of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović (December 15, 2015)

European Court of Human Rights Rules Switzerland Not Required to Recognize Marriage of Fourteen Year Old (December 8, 2015)

European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia’s System for Mobile Communications Surveillance Violates European Convention (December 4, 2015)

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Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights Decides Defamation Claims Interferred with Right to Freedom of Expression (January 21, 2016)

UN Announces Peru will Compensate Woman in Human Rights Abortion Case (January 18, 2016)

European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia Failed to Ensure Peaceful Demonstration (January 5, 2016)

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules Guatemala Must Do More to End Violence Against Women (December 18, 2015)

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules El Salvador Violated Convention by Failing to Apply Presumption of Innocence (December 18, 2015)

ICTY Appeals Chamber Orders Retrial of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović (December 15, 2015)

European Court of Human Rights Rules Switzerland Not Required to Recognize Marriage of Fourteen Year Old (December 8, 2015)

European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia’s System for Mobile Communications Surveillance Violates European Convention (December 4, 2015)