Lessons can be learned from the successes and failures of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and its prosecution of war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report published Monday. Spotlighting the Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC) , the report commended the nation’s commitment to prosecuting crimes from the Bosnian [...]
A Dane County Circuit Court judge Monday ruled that Wisconsin Act 23 is unconstitutional, after a different judge issued a temporary injunction last week. Act 23 modified current voting laws by requiring a photo ID at the polls and a 28-day residency before the election and shortening the amount of time to file absentee ballots. [...]
UN Human Rights expert Ahmed Shaheed said Monday that he is concerned about the human rights violations occurring in Iran . While speaking to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Shaheed also stated that his concerns have increased because he has repeatedly requested to visit the country, but his requests have been denied. In [...]
A UK High Court justice decided Monday to let a right to die case proceed, the first to be allowed in British court. Justice William Charles ruled that a case brought by Tony Nicklinson, age 57, could proceed to hearing. Nicklinson is the victim of a paralyzing stroke and challenges the UK’s definition of murder, [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday overturned the 22-year prison sentence for the “Millennium Bomber,” Ahmed Rassam , imposed by the lower court after he was convicted by a jury of nine counts of criminal activity by plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in 1999. The decision came after [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) objected Monday to the recently passed Texas voter identification law . In a letter from Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, the DOJ claimed that the changes requiring voters to present a valid photo identification are unenforceable under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) because it would adversely [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Sriram of the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, School of Law says that the ICJ should order Senegal to extradite former Chadian president Hissène Habré to Belgium to face prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity…
Swiss voters in a referendum on Sunday supported proposed changes to a Swiss law that imposes heavy fines for people who protest without prior governmental authorization. About 55 percent of voters in Geneva agreed to allow the government to impose a fine of 100,000 Swiss Francs, or approximately USD $110,000, on anyone who protests without [...]
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Lawyers for the Belgian government on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Senegal to either prosecute former president of Chad Hissene Habre or extradite him to stand trial for atrocities committed during his eight years in power. Habre served as president of Chad from 1982 to 1990 and has been residing [...]
