The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) released a statement Friday alleging that recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could amount to war crimes. According to Fatou Bensouda , the prosecutor, there have been reports of violent clashes between local militia and Congolese forces, particularly in the [...]
Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice reversed a prior ruling to take over the National Assembly on Sunday. The court effectively dissolved the legislature in its decision last Wednesday. The Supreme Court and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro support the Socialist Party, while the opposition party leads the legislature. Protests broke out after the original decision on [...]
Anti-terrorism laws that were passed by Senegal’s National Assembly in October, are “draconian” and could “restrict freedom of expression and roll back the rule of law in Senegal,” according to a report released Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . The laws in question were passed as part of the government’s efforts to deal with terrorism [...]
Advocacy group Human Rights Watch on Sunday criticized US President Donald Trump’s plan to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, saying the move effectively endorses the country’s poor recent human rights record. Al-Sisi overthrew the democratically elected Mohamed Morsay in July 2013 and oversaw opposition protests that left 1150 people dead. The group says [...]
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain ratified a constitutional amendment Monday that would allow for military trials of civilians suspected of terrorism in the country. The amendment modifies the text of Article 105(b) of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Constitution to read: The Law governs the military judiciary and defines its jurisdictions for Bahrain [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples , Victoria Tauli-Corpuz , said Monday she was appalled by the living conditions of Aboriginal Australians following her week-long visit to Australia. According to the report, many Aboriginal people live in “town camps” without access to basic sanitation. Tauli-Corpuz said: As I have travelled across [...]
A local Munich Court denied Friday a motion by Volkswagen (VW) to bar evidence seized during searches of a law firm working for the company. Volkswagen filed its complaint last week in an attempt to prevent German prosecutors from analyzing material confiscated during the March 15 raid on Jones Day , the law firm conducting [...]
Judge William R. Marchant of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia in Richmond ruled in favor of the state on Friday in a lawsuit challenging the redistricting of 11 legislative districts. OneVirginia2021, a non-profit organization that advocates for “fair redistricting” in the state, brought the suit accusing Republican legislators of gerrymandering when drawing the [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist William W. Berry III of the University of Mississippi School of Law discusses the constitutional questions and unclear future of the death penalty … The State of Mississippi legislature has recently passed a bill to amend its death penalty statute to provide for additional alternative methods of execution if lethal injection becomes [...]
On Sunday a federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s free speech defense in response to his alleged inciting of violence among protesters during his presidential campaign. The current lawsuit against Trump alleges the then-presidential candidate attempted to incite violence among his supporters by saying “get ’em out of here” in response to protesters at his [...]
