Amnesty International (AI) released a report Tuesday on the many juvenile offenders on death row in Iran. The report states that 73 executions of juvenile offenders took place between 2005 and 2015 and that 160 juvenile offenders are currently on death row. Iran ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and despite [...]
US President Barack Obama on Monday announced a ban on the federal prison system’s use of solitary confinement for juveniles. Obama stated in an op-ed Monday evening that after a review of US prisons by the Department of Justice , he is adopting new rules based on their recommendations: These include banning solitary confinement for [...]
The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the creation of political peace mission in Colombia to monitor the disarmament between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC). The mission is to last 12 months, and a team of unarmed international observers will “monitor and verify” the [...]
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Monday that he has appointed a former prosecutor to act as Special Counsel in his investigation into the water contamination crisis in the city of Flint and that a retired Detroit FBI chief will also participate in the investigation. In order to establish an “ethics-based conflict wall” between him [...]
The internationally-recognized Libyan parliament voted Monday to reject a proposal by the UN-supported unity government to curb the country’s political crisis. In an 89-15 vote, the parliament rejected the cabinet selected by the UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) and said the council would be dissolved if it failed to form a new, smaller cabinet in 10 [...]
Danish lawmakers on Tuesday approved a controversial bill that will allow Danish authorities to seize assets from immigrants seeking asylum in order to cover their expenses. Under the law, police will be allowed to search and seize immigrants’ cash or belongings valued over 10,000 kroner (USD $1,450). This amount was raised from 3,000 kroner (USD [...]
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was cleared of corruption charges by the Attorney General on Tuesday. The Attorney General’s Office announced that the USD $681 million in Razak’s personal bank account that was previously alleged to be from a state investment fund were actually discovered to be a personal donation from the Saudi royal family. [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist David G. Delaney, assistant Professor at Maurer School of Law discusses historic and current cyber legislation… No one should doubt that Congress’s record on cyberspace issues is dismal. The Bush and Obama administrations both bemoaned Congress’s expertise and engagement in this field. Much of its legislation follows Edward Snowden’s 2013 disclosures of [...]
Chinese authorities on Tuesday released and deported Swedish citizen charged with training and funding unlicensed lawyers, after the Swedish embassy expressed concerns over the charges last week. Peter Dahlin had appeared on Chinese national television last week to confess to his wrongdoing. Dahlin said “I have caused harm to the Chinese government. I have hurt [...]
A Texas grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood over allegations of selling fetal tissue, instead indicting two activists responsible for releasing videos that spurred the allegations. Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson announced Monday that Center for Medical Progress CEO David Daleiden and activist Sandra Merritt are facing felony charges for [...]
