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Rights court rules Brazil amnesty law invalid
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled [judgment, PDF, in Portuguese; press release, PDF, in Spanish] that a 1979 Brazilian amnesty law is invalid and that Brazil is responsible for the disappearance of 61 people during its 1964-1985 m (More) |
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CALIFORNIA: A Response to Immigration Detention
Christina Fialho, Santa Clara Law '12, is an immigrant rights advocate and co-founder of the Detention Dialogues, a graduate student-led organization affiliated with Detention Watch Network. Christina writes about the detention of non-criminal immig (More) |
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UN Security Council Membership: The Admission of India and Other Necessary Reforms
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that US President Barack Obama made the right move in recommending India for a permanent position on the UN Security Council, but that the Council also needs to under (More) |
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ICC begins preliminary investigations in Honduras and Nigeria
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters Thursday that the ICC has opened preliminary investigations in Honduras and Nigeria. The Honduras investigation will focus on the June 2009 coup that removed Ma (More) |
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Lawyer in Iran stoning case seeks asylum in Turkey
An officer for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday said that lawyer Mohammad Mostafei, who is defending a woman sentenced to death in Iran, is seeking asylum in Turkey after fleeing Iran following alleged (More) |
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Honduras judge drops abuse of power charges against ousted leader Zelaya
A Honduran judge on Friday dropped two abuse of power charges against ousted leader Manuel Zelaya [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. Judge Humberto Palacios dismissed the charges because of the amnesty granted to those involved in Zelaya's remova (More) |
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UN Security Council imposes new sanctions on Iran
The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to impose a fourth round of sanctions on Iran for failure to disband the nation's uranium enrichment program. Twelve member countries voted in favor of resolution 1929 , with Brazil and Turkey voting aga (More) |
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Argentina ex-military officials go on trial for 'Dirty War' crimes
An Argentine federal court on Thursday commenced trial proceedings for five ex-military officials allegedly responsible for the death of 65 left-wing activists during the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIS (More) |
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Honduras drops suit against Brazil for sheltering ousted president Zelaya
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced Wednesday that Honduras has dropped proceedings against Brazil relating to the June 2009 coup in Honduras. The Honduran interim government began the proceedings last October in response to the s (More) |
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The BP Blowout: Legal Claims and Questions
JURIST Guest Columnist Itzchak Kornfeld of the Faculty of Law at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem says the blowout at BP's Deepwater Horizon Well in the Gulf of Mexico will lead to a plethora of legal claims... The tragic blowout at BP's Deepwater (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
