UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged the Hungarian government to revoke constitutional amendments that have recently come under fire for undermining the country’s constitutional justice and for threatening the independence of the country’s judiciary. Pillay’s call to the Hungarian government came after the Venice Commission released a report expressing concern [...]
Rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday accused the New York Police Department (NYPD) of unlawfully targeting Muslims for surveillance. The rights group allege that the NYPD has been sending spies into mosques, student associations and other places to gather information based solely on the fact that the targets are Muslim. The New York [...]
The US government on Monday released the names and nationalities of 46 men who are classified for “continued detention” at Guantanamo Bay detention center, ineligible for release, transfer or prosecution. The names were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the Miami Herald and the New York Times. In the [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday commended the Turkish government’s decision to delay government construction that was the source of widespread protests in the past month, urging authorities to work to defuse tensions . The future of Gezi Park , a rare green space in Istanbul, will be established by a [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Walter Olson of the Cato Institute weighs in on the Department of Justice’s recent embrace of the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act…
Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn on Tuesday signed the most restrictive fracking legislation in the country into law. The bill was a joint effort between government and industry specialists and is receiving high praise from the state’s environmental and manufacturing communities. It requires all drillers to acquire a permit from the legislature and provide frackwater samples [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the confirmation of charges hearing for Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda in order to give prosecutors more time to prepare their case. The hearing, which was scheduled to begin on September 26, will not start until February 10. At the hearing, the judge will decide whether [...]
The lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday accused Libyan officials of defying the International Criminal Court (ICC) by announcing that Saif al-Islam’s trial would begin in August. John Jones, Saif al-Islam’s lawyer, fears that his client will be given the death penalty in Libya, and [...]
Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Laszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old Hungarian man, with the unlawful execution and torture of people in connection with the Holocaust. Slovakian authorities began the investigation of Csatary in September after he was arrested on allegations of abusing and assisting in the deportation of thousands of Jews to concentration camps during the [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday conditionally granted the request of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto to be excused from parts of his upcoming trial. The Trial Chamber, however, will still require Ruto to be present for certain parts of his trial, such as for opening and closing statements and for presentations by victims. [...]
