The Catholic Church in Rwanda on Sunday issued an apology for its role in the Rwandan Genocide in a statement read aloud to parishioners. The Church acknowledged that many members engaged in wrongdoing, including the planning, aiding and execution of innocent people in Rwanda and also acknowledged that many were slain in the churches in [...]
A proposed Israeli law legalizing more than 100 outposts in the occupied West Bank would violate Israeli and international law, stated a UN Special Rapporteur on Monday. Michael Lynk , Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, warned that the legalization of the outposts could spell the demise of the [...]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled statewide initiatives to combat hate crime and protect civil rights on Sunday. While addressing the congregation at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church he proposed the addition of a hate crimes unit in the state police as well as legislation to increase protection against discrimination against public school students. Cuomo also [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Sara Rankin of Seattle University School of Law discusses the effects of criminalizing homelessness in the US… As a lawyer, I am particularly interested in how we take our impulses and fears and codify them into our laws and policies — laws and policies that serve to make some feel more comfortable, [...]
Two organizations Bahrain established in 2011 to protect human rights, the Ombudsman of the Ministry of the Interior and the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), have not adequately protected its citizens from allegations of torture, Amnesty International (AI) reported Monday. The organizations were established in response to the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry’s investigation into unlawful [...]
Human Rights activists Saturnino Ocampo and Bonifacio Ilagan, among others, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the Philippines Monday to exhume the body of Ferdinand Marcos from the Heroes’ Cemetery, usually reserved for public servants and national artists. The former dictator was buried in a secret ceremony last Friday after the Supreme Court [...]
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashi Al Maktoum , Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai, issued a law Sunday that seeks to create full independence of the judiciary while ensuring fair litigation for everyone. Law No. 13 of 2016 has dual purposes, the first being to [...]
South Korean prosecutors said Sunday that President Park Geun-hye will be investigated “as a suspect” in a political corruption scandal, after three individuals with ties to Park were indicted on corruption charges. The three individuals were Choi Soon-sil, a friend of Park’s, and two of Park’s former aides, An Chong-bum and Chung Ho-sung. Choi and [...]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday that congress will debate the proposed peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) before it becomes law. The announcement was made during a broadcast of the Organization of American States as they voted to support the Colombian president’s push to bring peace to the country [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that individual counties in Hawaii may not ban genetically engineered crops and pesticides . At issue for the court in this multi-year battle was whether there was legal authority to allow Kauai County’s Ordinance 960 to require notification of pesticide use as well as [...]
