A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday ruled that a music file-sharing site could be held liable for contributory copyright infringement. EMI , along with a number of record companies and music publishers, sued MP3tunes , a music site offering “cloud” music services, for copyright infringement. [...]
The National Election Commission (NEC) of Liberia distributed defective paper ballots for Liberia’s constitutional referendum Tuesday. Liberians were slated to vote today on four constitutional amendments, including a provision to change the election date to avoid the rainy season, as well as a stipulation to alter the residency requirement for presidential and vice presidential candidates. [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo called Tuesday on the US government to reevaluate its domestic violence policies . The request comes in response to a report published by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) last week attributing to the US government human rights violations against Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales), who was [...]
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday voted 33-4 to adopt a resolution ordering an investigation into crimes against humanity in Syria and urging the Syrian government once again to halt its violent crackdown against peaceful protesters. The UNHRC began a special session on Monday to discuss the possibility of an investigation after the [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday sentenced a Somali man to life in prison for his role in the hijacking of a US vessel that resulted in the deaths of four US citizens. They were the first US citizens to die in the recent wave of [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Laurie Blank of Emory University School of Law argues that the recent claim of zero civilian casualties from US drone strikes in Pakistan may sound good at first, but indicates more concerning possibilities in US interpretation and adherence to the laws of war…
Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim testified for the first time Monday in his trial on charges of sodomy, denying the charges against him. Anwar testified that the charges against him were fabricated by Prime Minister Najib Razak in order to ruin his political career. Anwar’s lawyers are seeking to have [...]
A Finnish appeals court on Monday began hearing the appeal of former Rwandan pastor Francois Bazaramba , convicted last year on charges relating to his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Although Bazaramba had denied charges of involvement in the genocide, the court found that he ordered the killing of at least five Tutsis [...]
Representatives from the International Criminal Court (ICC) were reportedly meeting Monday with Libyan rebels to discuss turning over the son of Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi , Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, to the court for prosecution. The ICC issued arrest warrants for Muammar, Saif and Muammar’s brother-in-law Abdullah al-Sanussi in June on charges of crimes against humanity. [...]
Getoar Mjeku, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Class of 2014, is a native of Kosovo and a former broadcaster for Voice of America Albanian Service. He writes that the recent conflict with Serbia in Kosovo’s northern territory highlights Serbia’s role as a persisting roadblock to imposing the rule of law in Kosovo…
