A judge for the District Court of Oklahoma County on Friday ruled that an Oklahoma law restricting how doctors may use abortion-inducing drugs to treat patients was a violation of the Oklahoma Constitution . The law required doctors prescribing abortion drugs to meet stricter requirements, including administering the drug on location in the medical facility, [...]
The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) on Sunday indicted a former opposition leader for alleged human rights atrocities committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan. Ghulam Azam, 89, is the former head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party (JI) . He opposed the independence of Bangladesh and reportedly aided the Pakistani Army during the [...]
Ugandan military forces Saturday captured one of the highest leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) , the rebel militia group headed by alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony . The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) ambushed and captured Major General Caesar Achellam along the banks of the River Mbou in Central African Republic (CAR). [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday remarked on her visit to South Sudan, praising the country’s development and calling on the new nation to commit to a human rights infrastructure of laws, institutions and practices. Pillay met with top government officials, civil society organizations and other UN divisions working in the [...]
JURIST Columnist Charles C. Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law examines the role of Alternate Judge El Hadji Malick Sow in Charles Taylor’s trial and recent conviction and discusses the implications of Sow’s decision to publicly disagree with the unanimous verdict issued by the Special Court for Sierra Leone… Introduction On April [...]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should acknowledge civilian casualties from air strikes in Libya and investigate possible unlawful attacks , Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Monday. In a 76-page report , “Unacknowledged Deaths: Civilian Casualties in NATO’s Air Campaign in Libya,” HRW examined eight NATO air strikes which resulted in 72 civilian deaths, claiming [...]
Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court on Saturday overturned the ruling of a lower court that would have postponed the upcoming presidential elections. Last Wednesday, a provincial court in the town of Benha ruled to suspend the elections following alleged administrative errors. The Supreme Administrative Court’s decision to overturn clears the way for elections to go forward [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday implored the Moldovan government to adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination law . The proposed law, in development since 2008, is seen as a large step forward for religious minorities, the Roma population and LGBT rights in the nation. OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani, noted [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Solon Solomon, former member of the Knesset Legal Department, says that the procedures governing UN state admission must be duly adhered to when determining the issue of Palestinian statehood…
The Sri Lanka Police on Sunday released the names of thousands of people being held under that country’s anti-terror laws. The release comes three years after the end of the country’s 26-year civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) . The announcement is the first release of this type of information by [...]
