The US Supreme Court and the constitution were the focus of discussion Friday afternoon at the Netroots Nation progressives conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Blogger Christy Hardin Smith began the session by giving her opinion that the Supreme Court is something Americans should pay more attention to, because those decisions affect all of our lives in [...]
Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Gordon Wetherell issued an order Friday suspending the British Overseas Territory's constitution and submitting to direct rule by the UK after being directed to do so by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) . The FCO move follows a May 31 report compiled by the TCI [...]
Israel's treatment of Palestinians during December and January's Operation Cast Lead , in Gaza grossly violated international law according to a report released Friday by the office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay . The report, prepared by the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian [...]
The Prime Minister of Canada, et al. v. Omar Ahmed Khadr, Federal Court of Appeal, August 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Khadr.
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, International Criminal Court, August 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Bemba.
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal upheld Friday a lower court's ruling ordering the Canadian government to advocate for the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr . The government appealed the April ruling asserting that the lower court erred in holding that Canadian officials violated Khadr's rights to "life, liberty, and security" under Section [...]
Convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on Friday asked the Scottish High Court of the Judiciary to allow him to withdraw the second appeal of his 2001 conviction. Megrahi, recently diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, is seeking a transfer to his native Libya, a process that cannot be completed while [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday ordered the conditional release of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR) rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba , a decision which Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced he would appeal . The court found no evidence to suggest that Bemba would pose a danger, interfere with court proceedings, or fail [...]
Draft judgment, Supreme Court of Western Australia, August 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the right to die.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia on Friday ruled that the right to refuse medical treatment includes the informed refusal of nutrition and hydration services, in a landmark decision. Christian Rossiter, a quadriplegic, had repeatedly asked his caregivers, Brightwater Care Group , to discontinue providing nutrition and water through a gastric feeding tube so that [...]
