John Demjanjuk , a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of being an accessory to over 28,000 murders as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp, died in a nursing home Saturday at the age of 91. Demjanjuk, who was born in Ukraine and later became a US citizen, was convicted in a German court in May [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Friday urged the Ukrainian government to ensure that former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko receive adequate medical treatment . Tymoshenko, who was convicted of abusing her power as prime minister, is reportedly suffering from an unknown medical ailment, a slipped disk according to her daughter. She has been [...]
Protesters in Morocco rallied Saturday to call for reform of a law that prohibits punishing rapists of minors if they marry their victims. Moroccan Penal Code Article 475, along with provisions that allow judges to require marriage in situations of rape, has been the subject of harsh criticism since a minor was forced to marry [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Margulies of Roger Williams University School of Law says that Congress should weigh the advantages and risks of secrecy carefully as it considers the new FOIA exemption that the Obama administration has proposed in the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision…
Mauritania announced on Saturday that they have arrested former Libyan chief of intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi, who served under Muammar Gaddafi . Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) , the International Criminal Court (ICC) and France have all requested custody of al-Senussi. The ICC issued arrest warrants for al-Senussi in June on charges of murder and persecution [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Westley of the Tulane University Law School says that a recent Ninth Circuit decision upholding the Washington state’s cut to a food aid program for legal immigrants is a prime example of how constitutional formalism justifies leaving some members of the political community without the basic necessities…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay stated on Thursday that Guatemalan government authorities remain willing to solve human rights issues in the country but nonetheless have failed to comply with the 1996 Peace Accords which ended the country’s 36-year civil war. Pillay focused on three issues: impunity for certain individuals, insecurity and violence, [...]
The Italian Supreme Court on Friday recognized same-sex couple’s right to have a family life after it denied a same-sex couple’s right to have their foreign marriage recognized in the country. The ruling is expected to force the country’s government officials to reconsider Italy’s ban on same-sex marriage . The ban on same sex-marriage has [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the people of Guinea-Bissau Friday to ensure that the country’s upcoming presidential election is free and fair and warned that any violence during the election would be a violation of human rights. The presidential election, to be held on Sunday, comes after Guinea-Bissau’s former president Malam [...]
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