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Registration and publication of treaties under the United Nations Charter
Article 102 UN Charter system requiring Member States to register treaties and international agreements with the Secretariat and their publication in the United Nations Treaty Series; unregistered treaties cannot be invoked before UN organs.
Registration Convention
The Registration Convention (1975) is the UN treaty requiring launching States to register space objects in national registries and report five data items to the UN Secretary-General's public Register; 78 parties, with known gaps in deadlines, transfers, and data.
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
REACH (Regulation EC 1907/2006) is the EU's main chemicals law, requiring registration of substances above 1 tonne per year with ECHA and providing evaluation, authorisation, and restriction processes; its planned revision was abandoned in 2026.
Regulation D (SEC)
Regulation D is a set of SEC rules, adopted in March 1982, that exempts limited securities offerings, called private placements, from registration, centered on the accredited investor definition and Rules 504 and 506.
Regulation of electronic cigarettes
Regulation of electronic cigarettes (ENDS, vapes) spans FDA deeming rule and PMTA review in the US, EU Tobacco Products Directive Article 20 limits, UK rules, and WHO guidance, with 74 countries lacking any regulation.
Regulatory compliance
Regulatory compliance is an organization's adherence to applicable laws, regulations and supervisory expectations. Also called compliance management or GRC compliance, it spans ISO 37301 systems, risk-based enforcement, DOJ corporate programs, and EU AI Act timelines.
Rehabilitation (penology)
Rehabilitation (penology): treatment, education, and behavioral programs in corrections aimed at reducing recidivism. Key framework is Risk-Need-Responsivity; meta-analyses find positive treatment effects versus punitive sanctions.
Rehnquist Court
The Rehnquist Court (1986-2005) is the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, marked by revived federalism limits on Congress (Lopez, Morrison), a shrinking docket, Bush v. Gore, and partial preservation of Warren-era precedents.
Reid technique
Reid technique: American accusatorial interrogation method by John E. Reid and Fred E. Inbau, three stages and nine steps, contrasted with the PEACE model and criticized for false confession risk.
Reimbursement
Reimbursement in law: repayment of money paid for another or of benefits wrongly retained, enforced through restitution, unjust enrichment, subrogation, ERISA plan recovery, and equitable tracing.
Reims campaign
Reims campaign (1359-1360): Edward III's last Hundred Years' War expedition, aimed at taking Reims to be crowned king of France; the five-week siege failed, Paris refused battle, and the campaign ended in the Treaty of Brétigny.
Reko Diq case
The Reko Diq case is the Tethyan Copper v. Pakistan ICSID dispute (ARB/12/1) over Balochistan's 2011 denial of a mining lease, settled in 2022 with Barrick operating the reconstituted copper-gold project.
Related rights
Related rights, also called neighboring rights, are intellectual property rights granted to performers, producers of phonograms, and broadcasting organizations rather than authors, first covered internationally by the 1961 Rome Convention.
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), P.L. 103-141 (1993), a U.S. federal statute restoring the compelling-interest test for burdens on religious exercise after Employment Division v. Smith; limited to the federal government by City of Boerne v. Flores (1997).
Relocation (child custody)
Relocation, also called a move-away dispute, is a contested application by a separated or divorced parent to move a child's residence a substantial distance from the other parent.
Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act
Federal process to move marijuana (cannabis) out of Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act into Schedule III, distinct from descheduling or legalization; spans Biden's 2022 review, HHS's 2023 recommendation, the May 2024 DEA proposed rule, and the 2026 partial rescheduling and hearings.
Renato Corona
Renato Corona (1948–2016), Filipino jurist, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from May 2010; removed in 2012 by impeachment conviction for SALN non-disclosure in a 20–3 Senate vote.
Renaud Van Ruymbeke
Renaud Van Ruymbeke (1952-2024), French investigating judge in the Boulin, Urba, Elf, Clearstream, Karachi, Kerviel, and Cahuzac affairs; signed the 1996 Geneva Appeal, cleared by the CSM in Clearstream, retired 2019.
René Belbenoît
René Belbenoît (1899–1959), French convict and author of Dry Guillotine (1938), escaped French Guiana's penal colony in 1935 after four prison breaks and reached Los Angeles, later advising Warner Bros.
René Cassin
René Cassin was a French jurist who drafted Free France's legal texts in 1940, presided over the European Court of Human Rights, and won the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize.
Renée M. Bumb
Renée M. Bumb, born Renée Marie Bumb in 1960, is an American judge serving on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey since 2006.
Renewed Land Ordinance
The Renewed Land Ordinance (Czech Obnovené zřízení zemské) was a 1627 land statute of Emperor Ferdinand II for Bohemia, making the Habsburg crown hereditary and Catholicism the only permitted faith.
Reno U-Haul murders
Reno U-Haul murders: January 3, 1994 robbery-murders of U-Haul employees Peggy Crawford and Keith Christopher in Reno, Nevada, by Alvaro Calambro and Duc Cong Huynh; $2,400 stolen; Calambro executed 1999.
Rent regulation
Rent regulation, also called rent control or rent stabilization, is the body of laws limiting residential rents and often the conditions for ending tenancies, in force since the First World War.
Rent-to-own
Rent-to-own, or rental-purchase, is a contract letting consumers lease goods or homes and buy them later; goods terms run up to 18 months with no credit checks, housing deals set a future sale price, with option fees of 1%-7%.
Rental agreement
A rental agreement is a written or oral contract granting a tenant the right to occupy property for short periods, typically month to month, in exchange for rent.
Renting
Renting, also known as contract rent, is paying a landlord for the temporary use of a property under a lease, covering housing, commercial space, land, or equipment.
Reparation Commission
The Reparation Commission, or Inter-Allied Reparations Commission, was the Allied body created by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to set and administer Germany's reparations.
Reparations for slavery
Reparations for slavery: compensation, apologies, and restitution sought from governments, churches, and firms for transatlantic slavery. Key facts: CARICOM 10-point plan, H.R. 40, 2001 Durban conference, 2026 UN resolution, $131 trillion Brattle estimate.
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
Reporter of Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court: the Court officer who edits opinions and compiles the official United States Reports, prepares each case syllabus, and oversees the slip opinion, preliminary print, and bound volume publication stages.