The doctrinal schism within the United Methodist Church (UMC) over LGBT issues continues apace, with 70 UMC churches in Georgia alone leaving the denomination after a vote of the North Georgia Conference recently allowed their disaffiliation. The reason, of course, is the ongoing tension within the denomination over such things […]
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United States Signs Protocol to Strengthen International Law Enforcement Cooperation to Combat Cybercrime | OPA
At the Council of Europe (COE) headquarters in Strasbourg, France, on May 12, Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) Richard Downing of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced cooperation and disclosure of electronic evidence on behalf of the […]
United States, the veto, and the International Criminal Court
James W. Pfister The human rights tragedy in Ukraine has directed our attention to the International Criminal Court (herein ICC) with the hope of eventual justice for Putin and other Russians. International law normally deals with states, not with individuals per se. An exception is human rights, as they have […]