The UN Secretary-General’s special adviser on maritime piracy Jack Lang warned Security Council members on Monday that more needs to be done to bring Somali pirates to justice, proposing an international piracy court. In his report, set to undergo debate in the UN Security Council Tuesday, Lang encouraged members to take steps and allocate resources [...]
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled Tuesday that the court-martial of former army chief and parliament minister Sarath Fonseka was legal and bars him from serving in government. Fonseka had appealed to Sri Lanka’s highest court, arguing that the military tribunal which convicted him on corruption charges last September did not have jurisdiction because [...]
French authorities on Tuesday transferred Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Callixte Mbarushimana to The Hague where he will stand trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges that the FDLR committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2009. Mbarushimana denies allegations [...]
US President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will nominate veteran Supreme Court lawyer and former clerk for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Donald Verrilli for the position of solicitor general . Verrilli, who currently serves as deputy counsel to the president, has argued a dozen cases before the Supreme Court , including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, [...]
Accused Arizona gunman Jared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty on Monday to three federal charges in the US District Court for the District of Arizona . Loughner is charged with attempting to assassinate a member of Congress and two counts of attempting to murder a federal employee in connection with the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle [...]
Iran executed by hanging on Monday two protesters involved in the anti-government demonstrations that erupted after the 2009 presidential elections . The hangings are reported as the first executions involving activists that were arrested and detained after the disputed elections. The two men, Jafar Kazemi and Mohammadali Hajaghaie, members of exiled opposition group, Mujahideen Khalq [...]
JURIST, the 501(c)(3) legal news and research non-profit headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, invites candidates to apply for the position of JURIST Executive Director. The Executive Director is responsible for managing JURIST’s corporate and external operations and reports to JURIST’s Board of Directors. The Executive Director works closely and creatively in [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Ortiz v. Jordan that a party may not appeal an order denying summary judgment after a full trial on the merits. Petitioner Michelle Ortiz was sexually assaulted by a corrections officer in prison and then placed in solitary confinement in retaliation for reporting the assault. She brought [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Thompson v. North American Stainless that a third party can sue his employer for retaliation. Eric Thompson was fired from North American Stainless (NAS) after the company learned that his fiancee, Miriam Regalado, had filed an action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [...]
EU member states and the UN have failed to adequately respond to human rights abuses and violations, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW) annual report published Monday. The report accuses countries of adopting soft approaches to human rights, such as dialogue and cooperation, without adopting concrete policies or pressuring violators to change. The report [...]
