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Guantanamo 9/11 detainee seeks vindication of right to create and distribute artwork
Ammar al Baluchi , a forty-one-year old Pakistani national accused of helping to plan the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has filed a motion in military court requesting it to strike down the Defense Department's restrictions on his ability to create and di (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 10 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 3 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UN expressed concern Thursday about human rights abuses in Mali despite the Malian government signing a peace agreement in 2015 with several armed groups. The International Court of J (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 3 February 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Court of Appeals for the Six Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio's lethal injection method on Thursday, just two weeks prior to a scheduled execution. The case stemmed from two (More) |
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Trump signs executive order to keep Guantánamo detention center operating
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to continue operations at the Guantánamo Bay detention center. The order states that the facility is "legal, safe, humane, and conducted consistent with United States and international l (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 27 January 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A group of five UN Human Right's experts on Friday asked Egypt to halt all pending executions following repeated allegations of unfair trials. The experts are concerned with a "continuing pa (More) |
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Guantánamo inmates claim indefinite detention due to Trump's hostility toward Muslims
Eleven Guantánamo inmates filed a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday claiming that their indefinite detention is due to President Donald Trump's anti-Muslim stance. The inmates argue (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 11 November 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. The Philippines Office of the Ombudsman (OTO) has anti-graft and corruption charges Tuesday against former Philippines president Benigno Aquino III in con (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 4 November 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Department of Justice on Friday appealed to the Supreme Court a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit permitting a pregnant minor in immigration detention to receive an (More) |
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Humanity Lost the Legend: Cherif Bassiouni, The Godfather of International Criminal Law and Justice
JURIST Guest Columnist, Mohamed Arafa, of Alexandria University Faculty of Law discusses the accomplishments and contributions of the late Mohamoud Cherif Bassiouni and his deep impact on international criminal law and justice...Mahmoud Cherif Bassio (More) |
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery
On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.
