Religion & Law

MORE PROOF OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARACTER: United Nations Names Iran to Commission on the Status
MORE PROOF OF THE UNITED NATIONS’ CHARACTER: United Nations Names Iran to Commission on the Status of Women. Note the photos demonstrating the depth of Iran’s concern.

Iran Elected to the United Nations Women Rights Commission
Women of the World, rest easy! The United Nations has chosen the next country to join the Women Rights Council to defend your rights: Iran. That’s right, the nation that beats women in the street, allows the raping of women in custody (here), raids human rights organizations (here), stones women to death (here), arrests women [...

"Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women..."
"... handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are required for women judged 'immodest.'"blog advertising blog advertising

NOT THAT THEYLL STOP SELLING EM STUFF OR ANYTHING: EU Nations Criticize Iran Election, Concerned
NOT THAT THEY’LL STOP SELLING ‘EM STUFF OR ANYTHING: EU Nations Criticize Iran Election, Concerned Over Protests.

United Nations Law Collection Now Available
The Lewis & Clark Law School community now has access to HeinOnline’s latest digital library, the United Nations Law Collection. The United Nations Law Collection presents searchable, exact reproductions of major United Nations legal publications, including: United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) All texts of treaties and international agreements registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations and published [...

UN Secretary General Calls for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
Addressing the Security Council on January 6, 2009, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, called for an immediate ceasefire. Ki-moon’s recommendations were made particularly in light of the deadly Israeli strike of a United Nations School where hundreds of Gazans had sought refuge...

United Airlines Discriminates Against Blind Passengers
United Airlines Discriminates Against Blind Passengers

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Sales to Iran
Software company to pay $132,791 settlement in conspiracy lawsuit.

Bell Canada
alleging wrongful charging for long distance phone calls

Ballot Device
Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes.

Automated Calls
Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp. pays $180,000 FTC settlement for telemarketing violations.