The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled unanimously that the arrest and detention of Ukraine’s former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko violated several articles of the European Convention on Human Rights . The court found two violations of Article 5 Section 1 (right to liberty and security), one violation of Section 2 (right to be [...]
Bahraini authorities have brought charges against 15 police officers for alleged “mistreatment of inmates in custody,” according to a press release by the Bahrain Information Affairs Authority (IAA) . The charges were brought after the government received 11 complaints about police activity. In the statement, Nawaf Hamza, head of the Public Prosecution’s Special Investigation Unit, [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday praised the work of human rights activists for the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people while calling for an end to discrimination based on sexual orientation. The secretary-general’s message was delivered during a Human Rights Film Festival Screening by Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic. [...]
JURIST Senior Editor Kimberly Bennett, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, posits that human rights violations taking place in rural, economically disadvantaged communities are most likely to be reconciled through the harmonization of corporations and the locality they inhabit… (Her opinions are not intended to represent those of JURIST)
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday permanently enjoined a Florida law that barred doctors from discussing the dangers of gun ownership with patients. Judge Marcia Cooke held that the Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act (FOPA) violates doctors’ First Amendment rights because it is so vague that it [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a South Carolina program allowing public high school students to earn credit for religious courses taken off campus during the school day. The program was challenged by students and parents at a school that offers the credit. They argued that giving students credit for [...]
Greek police exhibit a pattern of using excessive force and violence against demonstrators and administrative detainees, including migrants, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. AI criticized Greek authorities for referring to instances of police violence as “isolated incidents” and called on the government to take further steps to ensure police accountability for unnecessary violence. The report [...]
French authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested a suspected terrorist alleged to have ties to al-Qaeda . Little information has been revealed about the suspect except that he was born in Tunisia in 1977 and resided in the French city of Toulon. The nation’s prosecution office arrested him last Friday on suspicion that he [...]
Syrian authorities have been maintaining secret detention facilities to hold and torture prisoners, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The report, compiled based on accounts from victims and former military and intelligence officials, concludes that Syria has maintained at least 27 secret facilities run by Syrian military or security forces. HRW reported that prisoners are [...]
The UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice released a report Monday calling for a focus on advancing women’s rights during political transitions. The group’s priorities are discrimination against women in political and public life and discrimination in the economic and social setting. The report includes suggestions such as routine country [...]
