A Myanmar court sentenced two members of the National League of Democracy (NLD) to 18 months in prison after leading prayers for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi . Chit Pe and Aung Saw Wei were sentenced in a southern Yangon court after being convicted of insulting religion. NLD spokesman Nyan Win [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday in Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council that the US Army Corps of Engineers may issue a permit for discharge of fill material otherwise subject to limitations under Sections 301 or 306 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) . [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three cases. In United States v. Comstock , the Court will consider the Congressional authority to enact a law that authorizes courts to civilly commit "sexually dangerous" persons in federal prisons whose detention is coming to an end or in the custody of the Attorney General [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday in Forest Grove School District v. T.A. that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) permits a tuition reimbursement award against a school district and in favor of parents who unilaterally place their child in private school, where the child had not previously received special education and related [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld a controversial provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) but avoided a constitutional question. The Court ruled 8-1 in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder that the VRA permits the appellant municipality to "bail out" from the preclearance requirement of Section 5 if it can [...]
The US government is delaying the release of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) interrogation report by another week, allowing for officials to determine what information to release. The special report on counter-terrorism and interrogation practices is expected to be released pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Hansen of New England School of Law says that Department of Defense approval of military defense counsel's participation in Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's federal court terrorism case would underline the Department's core commitment to the rule of law, and would show that military lawyers are capable of providing competent legal representation to [...]
Torture and other human rights abuses in Zimbabwe have become so commonplace that they constitute a crime against humanity, according to a study for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) prepared by Tony Reeler of the Harare-based Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU). Reeler synthesized data collected by numerous human rights organizations [...]
Draft Act on Greenland Self-Government, Denmark Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 21, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on legal issues relating to the Arctic.
Awzar Thi : "At a meeting of lawyers in Hong Kong this April, Aitzaz Ahsan described how as counsel for the Chief Justice of Pakistan in the petition against his unconstitutional removal from office during 2007, neither the president nor any other senior official had even read the charges brought against the judge, which they [...]
