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Opinion: The U.S. Can And Needs To Regain Trust Through Cloud

November 3, 2020
by Tianjiu Zuo with No Comment International Law

In July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) struck down the 2016 EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield was designed to protect European data transfers to the U.S. With this ruling, one thing becomes clear. The U.S. must respect the rights of foreign citizens to preserve and ...

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Be Careful With What You Say About The President: The Philippines’ New Terror Bill

October 19, 2020
by Vanessa Real Williams with No Comment International Law

What is the Anti-Terrorism Act?  In early 2020, the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 was introduced in the Philippines as a replacement to the 2007 Human Security Act. The Act includes a broad definition of terrorism, including acts “to provoke or influence by intimidation the government or any of its ...

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Scotland’s Three Verdict System: a Look into “Not Proven”

December 6, 2018
by Chloe Meyers with No Comment International Law

If you ever find yourself in a Scottish court, you may be surprised to find that each trial can end one of three ways, instead of the traditional two-verdict system found in most courts around the world. In Scottish courts, there are three verdicts that can be called at the end of a trial: guilty, n ...

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Forced Internment of Uighurs in Xinjiang, China

November 27, 2018
by Chloe Meyers with No Comment International Law

In Xinjiang, the north-west region of China, up to one million Uighurs are being detained in internment camps that have been legally recognized as legitimate re-education camps by the Chinese government. Uighurs are a predominantly Turkish speaking and Muslim minority in Xinjiang. Since the implemen ...

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UAE Anti-Terrorism Policy: A Step In The Right Direction

November 15, 2018
by Eliza Farley with No Comment International Law

In efforts to comply with UN anti-terrorism policy and show a commitment to anti-terrorism, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) passed a law to curtail money laundering and terrorism financing on October 23. This piece of legislation comes after many decades of the UAE being scrutinized in the internatio ...

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Germany’s Environmental Policy: A Deeper Look

November 1, 2018
by Chloe Meyers with No Comment International Law

On May 11, 2011, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Germany would be phasing out all nuclear energy and shutting down all seventeen of Germany’s nuclear power stations by 2022. This monumental and groundbreaking decision put Germany in the spotlight and called attention to Germany’s over ...

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Malaysia to Abolish Death Penalty

October 30, 2018
by Eliza Farley with No Comment International Law

Malaysia’s Chief Minister announced on October 3rd, that the nation will abolish the death penalty for all crimes, and will nullify all pending executions. This comes after a push from human rights activists and organizations, including but not limited to Amnesty International. Malaysia has been kno ...

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The African Refugee Crisis: Claiming Asylum in the European Union

October 26, 2018
by Nora Benmamoun with No Comment International Law

This past summer, the Aquarius Migrant search and rescue ship run by Doctors Without Borders landed on Italy’s coast carrying 629 migrants. The migrants came from 26 countries in Africa, and includes 123 minors, 11 small children, and seven pregnant women. All of the migrants were rescued by the Aqu ...

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Indefinite Solitary Confinement Ruled Unconstitutional in British Columbia

April 5, 2018
by Hunter Snowden with No Comment International Law

Summary: The Supreme Court of BC has classified indefinite solitary confinement as a form of torture and a breach of Canadian prisoners’ rights. On January 17, 2018, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled Canadian prisons’ use of indefinite solitary confinement unconstitutional. The court ru ...

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“Violence Begets Violence”: Addressing Chile’s Anti-Terrorist Laws

March 8, 2018
by Joshua Smith with No Comment International Law

In recent address to the Mapuche indigenous population, Pope Francis implored the community to refrain from violent demonstration. Before the papal address, he was received with the firebombing of three churches with no recorded injuries. This week hails the return of a presidential administration k ...

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