The Malaysian Prime Minister pledged Monday to review the country’s Internal Security Act of 1960 (ISA) . Parliament was expected to replace the law that currently allows for indefinite detention of terror suspects, dissidents and political opponents. The new act, known as the Security Offences Act, was tabled last week in Parliament, but would ensure [...]
Vietnamese prosecutors on Monday charged three bloggers with spreading pro-democracy propaganda in violation of the country’s criminal law. Bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, alias Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai, alias Anhbasg, and Ta Phong Tan are scheduled to begin their trials on April 17 in the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on charges of [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Kushtrim Tolaj is an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has served as a staff attorney at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative in Prishtina, Kosovo. Here, Tolaj discusses plea bargaining, and its role in Kosovo’s efforts to create a modern and efficient judicial system…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that Congo President Joseph Kabila should immediately arrest General Bosco Ntaganda and deliver him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of enlisting children and using them in hostile activities. Although an arrest warrant was issued by the ICC in 2006 and made public in 2008, Kabila [...]
The Maldives Police Service on Sunday sent to the Prosecutor General’s Office the case of the arrest of Criminal Court Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed, in which the police filed charges against former president Mohamed Nasheed. Although details of the charges have not been confirmed, it is possible they involve a violation of constitutional arresting procedure. [...]
Madagascar passed a law granting amnesty to those who committed crimes during the political unrest in the country over the last three years, but excluded human rights violations for which former president Marc Ravalomanana has been convicted and sentenced to death, officials said Saturday. This effectively continues to block Ravalomanana’s return to Madagascar. He was [...]
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a legally binding resolution , Saturday that officially calls for an end to the violence in Syria . This resolution is the first legally binding resolution passed by the Security Council since the violence began last year. The resolution also authorizes the deployment of a military observer team to [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Iryna Dasevich is an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has interned in the police department and the district court in Turnopil, Ukraine. Here Dasevich discusses the need for interpreters in the criminal justice system, and how courts can effectively assess this need… With increasing regularity, many [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday demanded immediate restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau . His demand came after a military coup on Thursday that led to seizure of power over the government and detention of various officials including interim president Raimundo Pereira and former prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior. The coup occurred just prior [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that an emergency wiretap provision allowing warrantless interceptions is unconstitutional. The specific section authorizes a peace officer to intercept private communication when there is reasonable ground for urgency and necessity to prevent serious harm. The case involved a warrantless interception of private communication by the police when a [...]
