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Belarus delivers suspended sentences to 2 presidential candidates for inciting riots
Belarus' Minsk City Court delivered suspended sentences on Friday to two former presidential candidates, Uladzimer Nyaklyaeu and Vital Rymasheuski, convicted of organizing protests following the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko [BBC pr (More) |
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The Use of Force Against Libya: Another Illegal Use of Force
JURIST Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler, professor of law at Webster University and Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, both in Geneva, Switzerland, says the UN Security Council and the military coalition in Libya acted in contrave (More) |
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Libya and UN Sanctions: Fair Play or Unfair Politics?
JURIST Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler, professor of law at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine, says the UN Security Council acted in an unusual manner against the government of Libya.... On 26 February 2011 the UN Security Council una (More) |
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UN Security Council unanimously imposes sanctions on Libya
The UN Security Council on Saturday voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi , marking the first unanimous referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in UN history. Resolution 1970 also received supp (More) |
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Obama eases Cuba travel restrictions
US President Barack Obama on Friday ordered the Departments of State, Treasury, and Homeland Security to take steps to ease restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba. The new regulations, to be promulgated as modifications of the Cuban Asset (More) |
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ECOWAS threatens use of force in removal of Ivory Coast president
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday urged incumbent Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo to step down, threatening the use of force if he attempts to maintain power. Gbagbo has refused to cede power to president-elect (More) |
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House committee votes to lift Cuba travel, trade restrictions
The US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture voted 25-20 Thursday to lift travel and trade restrictions to Cuba. The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act , which would eliminate travel bans to Cuba and prohibit money tr (More) |
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End to HIV entry ban brings US into compliance with human rights laws
Sara Perle and Samara Fox [Acting Communications Director and Intern, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission]: "The 22-year-old HIV/AIDS ban on the entry into the United States of HIV-positive individuals who are not US citizens e (More) |
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Lifting HIV travel ban marks end to era of American discrimination
Victoria Neilson [Legal Director, Immigration Equality]: "On Monday, with relatively little fanfare, the US closed a chapter on an era of discrimination and intolerance. Since 1987, any non-citizen seeking to enter the US was prohibited from do (More) |
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US HIV/AIDS travel ban lifted
A US rule ending a policy prohibiting people with HIV or AIDS from entering the country went into effect on Monday. The decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to remove HIV from its list of communicable diseases of public (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
