The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a lawsuit by members of a California Native American tribe over land access on Tuesday. The court ruled that the federal Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) does not give US courts jurisdiction in this circumstance. Members of the United Auburn Indian Community were excluded from [...]
The Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said Tuesday that there is a need to establish courts and bring prosecutions against those who have committed rights abuses. Yasmin Sooka stated that action must be taken or the international community would be “complicit in the bloodshed that is happening.” The panel [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday commended the government of Jordan for taking an important step to reform the country’s justice system and urged swift implementation of the proposals. The reforms come from 49 suggestions made by the Royal Committee for Developing the Judiciary and Enhancing the Rule of Law to improve the judicial system [...]
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called on Libya Tuesday to ensure human rights abuses are not occurring in the current conflict in the oil crescent area of Eastern Libya. According to the UN, tensions have increased since the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Benghazi Defence [...]
The European Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected an argument by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam requesting that their activities be not classified as “terrorist acts.” The arguments were proffered as support for four individuals who had their assets frozen due to the accusation that they were financing acts of terror by financing the [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Tasha Russell discusses ethical issues that arise from the death penalty plan in Arizona, which attempts to put the onus on the lawyer’s of convicted criminals awaiting the death penalty to provide the drugs to be used in their client’s execution… Jjust recently, it has come to light that the State of [...]
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea on Tuesday announced plans to question ousted president Park Geun-hye about her involvement in the corruption scandal that led to her removal as the nation’s leader. While Park maintains her innocence, the prosecutors’ office has indicated that they will make a final decision on whether they [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall University School of Law discusses President Trump’s travel order revision… In effort to stave off legal challenges to his initial Executive Order (EO) banning travel by nationals of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries, President Donald J. Trump issued a revised EO that addresses several shortcomings. Yet, the new [...]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that EU companies, under permitted conditions, may ban employees from displaying political or religious symbols, including Islamic headscarves. In a related case, the ECJ determined that Belgium security company G4S , which dismissed a Muslim receptionist for wearing a hijab, was not discriminatory and properly applied [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for measures to release detainees in Syria in his address to the UN Human Rights Council . The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic also released a report Tuesday finding that civilians are still suffering severe abuses from all [...]
