The Idaho legislature on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. The “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” is based on disputed medical evidence suggesting that a fetus can feel pain after 20 weeks , and would permit abortions after that time period only in cases [...]
Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Wednesday urging the international community to pressure Yemeni authorities to investigate the death of protesters. The report chronicles reports of beatings and use of excessive force by security forces including shootings of peaceful protesters. AI criticizes the response of authorities to the mounting death tolls as woefully inadequate. [...]
The Court of Appeals of Virginia on Tuesday upheld a conviction where police officers used a GPS device to track the movement of a suspect in a string of sexual assaults without obtaining a warrant. The state’s second highest appellate court failed to address whether the Fourth Amendment generally requires a warrant in such a [...]
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters Tuesday that he is willing to investigate alleged war crimes in the Ivory Coast , but a lack of referrals is impeding the process. Moreno-Ocampo said that his office is “concerned” with recent reports of 1,500 casualties during the struggle to force Laurent Gbagbo to [...]
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Michael Mintz of My Media Labs says that while it makes perfect sense that copyright owners have been resorting to Twitter take-down notices in order to curb infringement, where secondary liability has been once removed infringement may no longer be an issue…. Can a tweet violate someone’s copyright? Apparently some copyright [...]
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday revealed that his office has uncovered evidence that embattled Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi planned to attack civilians to forestall regime-toppling revolution. Moreno-Ocampo indicated that the plans were made in response to the conflicts in Tunisia and Egypt and included shooting civilians . Moreno-Ocampo wants to [...]
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court (FAC) on Monday publicized its ruling that Google Street View constitutes a breach of privacy for the country’s citizens and ordered Google to take extra steps to ensure adequate protection. The FAC officially ruled on the claim brought by the Swiss Data Protection Ombudsman and Public Domain (FDPIC) against Google [...]
Kenya has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to dismiss the cases against six senior Kenyan leaders accused of committing crimes against humanity and contributing to the 2007-2008 post-election violence . Kenyan authorities last week emphasized that “the ICC’s jurisdiction complementary to national criminal jurisdictions” and argued that, with its new constitution and reformed judicial [...]
The UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday urged the Yemeni government to discontinue using force against peaceful protesters . The OHCHR insisted that Yemen deliver on its promise to establish a commission to inquire into recent alleged government-led killings and abuses that occurred during protests, including those that took [...]
Lawyers for human rights lawyer and activist Cu Huy Ha Vu claimed Tuesday that the judge failed to allow key evidence at Vu’s trial on charges of carrying out anti-state propaganda. The court convicted Vu on Monday, sentencing him to seven years in prison followed by three years of house arrest, on the basis of [...]
