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To log or not to log? – Risks and benefits of emerging life-logging applications, November 11, 2011 via European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) – “European Union (EU) agency which acts as a centre of expertise for the EU Member States and European institutions. It gives advice and recommendations on good practice, and acts …
Atlantic Wire – Adam Clark Estes: “When a federal judge ruled that Twitter must reveal the private data of three WikiLeaks associates on Thursday, privacy advocates died a little inside. The two organizations that had defended the three users, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundations (EFF), immediately filed mournful blog posts …
“The 2011 edition of the Countries at the Crossroads report analyzes the performance of 35 countries, including six in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The countries scores cover the period from April 2007 through December 2010, and generally indicate grim and deteriorating conditions in the run-up to the Arab Spring. Overall country declines …
Follow up to previous postings on sentencing guidelines, see the following Report to Congress: Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System, October 2011: “This report assesses the impact of mandatory minimum penalties on federal sentencing, particularly in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Booker v. United States, which rendered the federal sentencing …
Follow up to previous postings on sentencing guidelines, the 2011 Guidelines Manual (effective November 1, 2011) is available in HTML and Adobe PDF formats (large file and broken into chapters), which can be viewed, downloaded or printed via the website. Individual Chapters 1-8 and Guidelines in HTML or PDF Format View the 2011 Federal Sentencing …
News release: “A nationwide survey of the American people released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found that anti-Semitic attitudes have risen slightly in America, demonstrating once again that “anti-Semitic beliefs continue to hold a vicegrip” on a small but not insubstantial segment of America. The ADL survey found that 15 percent of American’s nearly …
Google Transparency Report – Government Requests: “Like other technology and communications companies, Google regularly receives requests from government agencies and courts around the world to remove content from our services and hand over user data. Our Government Requests tool discloses the number of requests we receive from each government in six-month reporting periods with certain …
The Costs of Reproduction: History and the Legal Construction of Sex Equality, Deborah Dinner, Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law. Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL), Vol. 46, 2011 “Today, legal and political actors argue that sex equality does not require society to share the costs of pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing …
“Protesters of all political persuasions are increasingly documenting their protests — and encounters with the police — using electronic devices like cameras and cell phones. The following tips apply to protesters in the United States who are concerned about protecting their electronic devices when questioned, detained, or arrested by police. These are general guidelines; individuals …
International Violence Against Women: U.S. Response and Policy Issues, July 26, 2011 “In recent years, the international community has increasingly recognized international violence against women (VAW) as a significant human rights and global health issue. VAW, which can include both random acts of violence as well as sustained abuse over time, can be physical, psychological, …
“Human trafficking is a truly global phenomenon and a crime which affects nearly every part of the world, whether as a source, transit or destination country. According to UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), victims from at least 127 countries have been detected and it is estimated that more than 2.4 million people are …
Treatment of Conflict Related Detainees in Afghan Custody – United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan [UNAMA], UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. October 2011 Kabul, Afghanistan UNAMA press release: Mistreatment of Conflict-Related Security Detainees in National Directorate of Security and Afghan National Police Facilities: “UNAMA today released a report that documents the …
