Betsy Apple and Nicolas Burniat : "Efforts by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Courts (ICC) to obtain an arrest warrant against the president of Sudan, Omar el-Bashir, for charges...

Andy Whitmore : "On the fourteenth International Day of the World's Indigenous People, it is right that we celebrate last September's adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People as...

JURIST Guest Columnist Christopher Waters of the University of Windsor Faculty of Law in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, says that even assuming that Russia has a legitimate self-defence claim on the basis of protection of its nationals abroad its actions against...

L. Ali Khan : "It is all but certain that Pervez Musharraf - America's hireling who ordered disappearances and murdered scores of innocent men, women, and children to appease the Bush Administration's unquenchable thirst for...

Aung Din : "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since May 30, 2003, under Article 10 (B) of the "State Protection Act 1975." This Act was promulgated by the General Ne...

Paul Mulindwa : "The coming into force of this declaration supports the protection and promotion of human rights of indigenous peoples in the world. It is a landmark declaration that brought...

Deborah Colson : "Last Wednesday, a panel of six military officers returned a split verdict in the military commission trial of Salim Hamdan, convicting Mr. Hamdan of material support for terrorism but...

Farzana Hassan and Hasan Mahmud : "The Iranian government's decision to commute its earlier stoning sentence against four adults convicted of adultery is the right decision and a welcome move. It is also encouraging news...

L. Ali Khan : "Pakistan's ruling coalition has finally gathered the courage to impeach Pervez Musharraf who assumed and retained power as the Army Chief for over eight years in violation of the constitution. Musharraf's...

Danilo Reyes : "There was no final peace agreement signed yet. What the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have agreed so far was the draft of the Memorandum...