Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused all parties to Somalia’s ongoing armed conflict of engaging in rights violations and urged the parties to immediately end abuses against citizens. In a report entitled “You Don’t Know Who To Blame: War Crimes in Somalia” , HRW describes abuses carried out by numerous parties to the conflict, [...]
The UN on Monday called for a thorough investigation into alleged violations of international law and war crimes in the Southern Kordofan area of Sudan . The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the former UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) issued a preliminary report describing human rights conditions following armed combat [...]
The Serbian government filed an amicus curiae on Friday in a Nevada court seeking to block the execution of a Serbian citizen on the grounds that the country’s consulate was not informed of the man’s arrest in 1994. Serbia contends that Avram Nika, convicted of killing of a man who had stopped to help him [...]
The corruption and murder trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resumed on Monday. Mubarak is on trial for murder, attempted killing of protesters and other charges related to general abuse of power stemming from his response to pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt earlier this year. Presiding Judge Ahmed Rifaat decided to end live TV broadcasts [...]
Collette Adkins Giese, Herpetofauna Staff Attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, argues that the recent decision upholding congressional action to remove wolves from the endangered species list leaves the species without the federal protections they need…
Ayesha Khan, Legal Director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, argues that the recent Fourth Circuit ruling on the constitutionality of prayers conducted at the opening of a legislative session is consistent with Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court precedent, despite the arguments of a previous JURIST contributor…
Three environmental groups on Saturday filed an emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requesting that the court halt wolf hunts scheduled to begin in a few weeks in Idaho and Montana. The request calls for a cessation of the upcoming hunting season until the groups’ appeal of a federal [...]
Brazilian Judge Patricia Acioli, known for taking a hard-line against corrupt officials and militia death squads, was shot and killed on Thursday outside of her home by two masked men on motorbikes. Investigators revealed that at least twelve people are suspected of being involved in the attack, where at least sixteen bullets were fired into [...]
An Egyptian criminal court on Sunday adjourned the trial of former interior minister Habib el-Adly. Judge Ahmed Rifaat ordered four recesses in the first three hours of the morning’s proceedings in response to conduct by defense counsel that he believed was disruptive and disorganized. Defense counsel was never able to present its case in the [...]
Johanna Nestor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2012, is currently working as a law clerk for the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Florida. She writes on the issue of astroturfing and businesses using false and misleading information to bolster their reputations in online forums, and the role state [...]
