JURIST Guest Columnist Caitlin Borgmann of CUNY School of Law says that abortion parental notice laws such as the one that will now be enforced in Illinois do nothing to help teenagers, while imposing traumatic hurdles, and sometimes grave danger, on those who lack loving and supportive parents to whom they can turn… On July [...]
Twenty-six men suspected both of plotting numerous attacks in Egypt and of having links to Hezbollah were transferred Sunday to an emergency state court that deals specifically with terrorism and state security. Four of the men remain at large, among them group leader Mohammed Qubyan. In April, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah claimed that one of [...]
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Dmitry Titov has called conditions in a Goma, Congo prison "inhumane" and said that it is the worst in Africa. Although built for 150 prisoners, the facility now holds 850. In a June riot the prisoners are reported to [...]
Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice in Gaza Abdul Ra'ouf al-Halabi Sunday announced an order requiring female lawyers to wear traditional religious robes and headscarves or hijab for any court appearances. The order, originally issued July 9, also establishes new guidelines for male lawyers. The decision has been criticized for establishing different courtroom [...]
Alan Gottlieb : "Nearly all states allow qualified law-abiding citizens to carry guns for self-defense, but a few states arbitrarily reject the basic human right of self-defense by refusing to issue ordinary people gun carry permits. Of course, violent criminals in the impacted states continue to carry guns without police permission. Many carry licensing systems [...]
President Barack Obama announced Friday that the United States will sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities . At a celebration commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 , Obama said that US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice has been instructed to sign the convention [...]
Michael Lowe : "I've been following the Judge Samuel Kent story since last fall, blogging on it periodically. Perhaps my perspective is a bit different than some other folks, given that I'm a Texas board-certified criminal defense attorney, but I find the end result of the Kent case troubling. First of all, I'm not surprised [...]
The Obama administration is considering transferring more Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US, according to testimony Friday by US Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Charles Johnson to the the House Armed Services Committee . Some detainees could be transferred for long-term incarceration and others for prosecution, but none would be released domestically. Guantanamo Bay detainee [...]
Cobell, et al. v. Salazar, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, July 24, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here.
Judgement Summary For Vojilav Seselj, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, July 24, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
