Awzar Thi : "Human rights advocates, lawyers and journalists are often concerned with how special laws are used to suppress dissent and deny basic freedoms in countries around the world. Internal security acts and...
Professional Commentary
Juan Enrique Vargas : "Everything indicates that Mexico will soon implement a profound criminal justice reform that would share a great deal of the main characteristics of the reforms that have been...
Howard A. Learner : "Sixteen environmental and Alaskan conservation organizations, represented by public interest attorneys from the Environmental Law & Policy Center, filed an amicus curiae brief before the U.S. Supreme...
Joe Stork : "New arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members have brought the total number arrested in the first two months of 2008 to more than 600. Egyptian officials say the grounds...
Ana Aguilar García : "The judicial reform foresees two sets of important provisions. One related with the elimination of the inquisitorial system, setting forth the adversarial system for the criminal proceedings, and the...
Sebastian Elgueta : "Amnesty International was deeply disappointed at the passage of Decree 06-2008 by the Congress of Guatemala which effectively aims to restart executions of those condemned to death. The Decree establishes the procedure...
Neil Hicks : "Detaining political opponents is a control mechanism long favored by the Egyptian government. The continuing incarceration of Ayman Nour, apparently for having the temerity to challenge Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 presidential...
Khalid Sekander : "An Afghan university journalism student was recently convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death by an Afghan trial court for expressing the idea that polygamy may be an inappropriate practice under Islam. The...
: "As members of the academic community and as students of the University of Belgrade School of Law we are deeply distressed by the Kosovo events. As you know, the Parliament of the...
Maureen Aung-Thwin : "The sudden announcement by the Burmese military regime that it would soon hold a national referendum, to be followed by elections in two years, is not a total...
