JURIST Guest Columnists Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen of New England Law Boston say in the wake of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Bynyam v. Jeppesen Dataplan that the time is right for Congress to codify a state secrets privilege that insures both accountability and the protection of legitimate national security interests…. Earlier this month, [...]
Kenyan Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Mutula Kilonzo on Wednesday denied reports that he asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to stop its investigation into the violence following the 2007 Kenyan presidential election . Kilonzo stated that his previous comments, regarding the ability of Kenyan courts to handle cases such as these under the new [...]
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday agreed to adopt a recent report criticizing Israel’s raid of a Gaza-bound flotilla and finding the country committed various violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. The UNHRC also adopted the conclusions relating to judicial remedies and reparations and called on the parties involved to abide [...]
The European Commission warned France Wednesday that the country would face disciplinary proceedings and potential legal action if it did not follow EU regulations in its relations with Roma migrants. The warning was delivered by letter , which stated that France needed to abide by the 2004 Directive on Free Movement and incorporate it into [...]
More than 500 international, US, state and local human rights and immigration advocacy organizations sent a letter to US President Barack Obama Wednesday expressing concern over the use of local law enforcement agencies in the enforcement of federal immigration law. The organizations, which included the Southern Poverty Law Center, AFL-CIO, the Center for Constitutional Rights [...]
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday upheld the war crimes conviction former Croatian Parliament member Branimir Glavas for ordering the torture and death of Croatian Serbs in the town of Osijek in 1991 during the Serbo-Croatian War . The court sentenced Glavas to eight years in prison . The ruling was in line [...]
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed an appeal by Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the lone gunmen to survive the three-day siege of Mumbai that killed 166 in November 2008. Kasab, a Pakistani national, filed the appeal in June after he was convicted in May for his role in the terrorist attack, which was [...]
The National People’s Congress never considered removing the death penalty as a punishment for corruption during the consideration of an amendment to the criminal code, legislator Chen Sixi stated Tuesday. The proposed amendment, which would reduce the number of capital crimes , was presented to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) last [...]
France’s National Assembly began considering Tuesday a new bill that would would make it easier to deport illegal immigrants and strip immigrants accused of violent crimes of their French citizenship. The proposal, which supporters argue will help decrease crime in the country, targets immigrants facing murder or other violent charges within 10 years of gaining [...]
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday announced a collaborative project that will support and strengthen regional courts in the former Yugoslavia . The ICTY, partnered with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research [...]
