Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday appointed Judge Ahmed el-Zind as the country’s new Justice Minster. El-Zind, who is known for being hostile towards the Muslim Brotherhood , was sworn in with al-Sisi presiding over the event. As Justice Minister, el-Zind plans to continue to seek and prosecute supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled 2-1 Tuesday that the University of Notre Dame shall not, at the time being, be exempted from the federal government’s birth control mandate. Last June, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores , the US Supreme Court ruled that for profit businesses that are “closely held” [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Mark A. Summers of Barry University School of Law discusses the legality of choice of weapons in the Syrian war in the context of International Humanitarian Law … Amnesty International (AI) recently condemned the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Asad government and rebel forces in Aleppo, Syria. [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Larry Eaker of the American University of Paris discusses the EU’s position on the Ukraine Crisis … “United in Diversity”—The Official EU Motto The sweeping expansion of the EU over the past 20 years has seemed to hit its limits—at least for the immediate future. After absorbing 11 eastern European nations since [...]
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam on Monday signed into a law a bill requiring a 48-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion. Those physicians who neglect to follow new rules on what to tell their patients during the counseling are at risk of having their medical licenses revoked in addition to receiving misdemeanor or felony [...]
The top UN human rights expert on torture, Juan Mendez , called Monday for the adoption of the revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in an open letter to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice . The revised Rules include several practical elements that provide increased protection for detainees [...]
Thailand’s military government announced on Tuesday it will hold a referendum on a new constitution, likely delaying the general elections scheduled for mid-2016. Thailand is currently operating under a temporary charter as its previous constitution was abolished after a coup last May. A committee will convene in August and, if it approves the draft constitution, [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday reported widespread torture of detainees in Morocco and Western Sahara at the hands of authorities. AI documented 173 cases of torture between 2010 and 2014, including beatings, asphyxiation, drowning techniques and rape threats. The report also stated that medical care, hygiene and food are lacking in the detention cells. There [...]
Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security and Pakistan’s Intelligence Service on Tuesday agreed to share information in relation to facilitating “coordinated intelligence operations” in a memorandum of understanding. The agreement, the Landmark Intelligence Deal, is an attempt to bolster counterterrorism efforts between the two countries who have clashed for years. Pakistan’s military spokesperson, Major General Asim [...]
Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges relating to negligence over the government’s rice subsidy scheme. Yingluck maintains that she is innocent, and has stated to reporters, “I hope the court will grant me justice, and that everything will go according to due process under the law.” Under the [...]
