MIL-Evening Report: ‘We cannot footnote our way to freedom’
The Pacific Media Centre’s Dr Sylvia C. Frain talks to human rights lawyer Julian Aguon, who recently won a landmark case in the Guam Supreme Court upholding the separation of powers doctrine, on issues ranging from law school and social justice to indigenous peoples and the right of self-determination in Guam, West Papua and beyond. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: ‘We cannot footnote our way to freedom’
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC The Pacific Media Centre’s Dr Sylvia C. Frain talks to human rights lawyer Julian Aguon, who recently won a landmark case in the Guam Supreme Court upholding the separation of powers doctrine, on issues ranging from law school and social justice to indigenous peoples and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Reportage: ‘We cannot footnote our way to freedom’
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC The Pacific Media Centre’s Dr Sylvia C. Frain talks to human rights lawyer Julian Aguon, who recently won a landmark case in the Guam Supreme Court upholding the separation of powers doctrine, on issues ranging from law school and social justice to indigenous peoples and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: China: Constitution Amended to Require State Functionaries to Take Constitutional Oath
(June 15, 2018) On March 11, 2018, the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) adopted an amendment to the PRC Constitution. In addition to removing term limits for the President and Vice President of the PRC, the 21-article amendment made other changes to the Constitution, including requiring state […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Saudi Arabia: Shura Council Approves Anti-harassment Bill
(June 14, 2018) The 150-member Saudi Parliament in its 40th ordinary session of May 28, 2018, approved a new anti-harassment law by an 84-vote majority. (Royal Decree No. 96/M of May 31, 2018, government weekly newspaper Umm al-Qura website (in Arabic); Shura Holds Its 40th Ordinary Session, SAUDI PRESS AGENCY (May 28, 2018); Habib Toumi, Saudi […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Questions over Grant Robertson’s “cash for access” fundraising
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Questions over Grant Robertson’s “cash for access” fundraising Dr Bryce Edwards. It was labelled “corrupt” and “cash-for-access” when the last government did it. But now that Labour Government ministers are fundraising by holding exclusive dinners for the wealthy, it’s suddenly OK. This is the story of how the Minister of Finance […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Colombia: New Law Mandates Loss of Right to Inherit in Cases of Abuse or Neglect of Relatives
Source: US Global Legal Monitor (June 13, 2018) On May 30, 2018, President Juan Manuel Santos promulgated Law 1893 to punish children who abuse, abandon, or engage in questionable practices toward their parents by nullifying the children’s right to their parents’ inheritance. (Hijos maltratadores no podrán heredar: nueva ley de la República, EL ESPECTADOR (May 30, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Colombia: President Promulgates Reform of Youth Citizenship Statute
Source: US Global Legal Monitor (June 13, 2018) On March 1, 2018, President Juan Manuel Santos promulgated Law 1885 of 2018 on Reforming the Statute on Youth Citizenship (Law 1622 of 2013). The new Law creates a political electoral system allowing youth between fourteen and twenty-eight years old to elect members of and be elected […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: An Interview with Stephen Mayeaux, Legal Information Specialist
Source: US Global Legal Monitor Today’s interview is with one of our newest colleagues, Stephen Mayeaux, who is a legal information specialist in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. Stephen Mayeaux, Legal Information Specialist, Digital Resources Division, Law Library of Congress, photo by Francisco Macías Describe your background. I grew up […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police apologise to Nicky Hager for “dirty politics”
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police apologise to Nicky Hager for “dirty politics” Dr Bryce Edwards. It’s been a long time coming, but Nicky Hager’s battle with the Police, who badly mistreated him when they investigated his Dirty Politics book in 2014, has finally come to an end. Victory for Hager comes in the form of […]
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