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Joining the World Against Juvenile Executions
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego notes that with the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Roper v. Simmons, the United States has finally joined the community of nations that says the state-sanct (More) |
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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Thursday, March 3
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, March 3.The US Senate will convene at 9:30 AM ET today, and it will consider S.J.Res. 4 , expressing disapproval over a Depart (More) |
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2004 Human Rights Reports [US State Dept.]
County Reports on Human Rights Practices, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, February 28, 2005 . Read the full text of the Reports here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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State Department raps Middle East allies for rights abuses
The US State Department Monday released its 2004 annual reports on human rights practices in 196 countries, delivering with sharp criticisms of rights situations in Middle Eastern allies Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. The document also censured (More) |
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US bank to compensate Pinochet victims
Riggs National Bank has agreed to settle a Spanish lawsuit [AP report} by paying $9 million to some 3,300 victims of the Chilean regime of General Augusto Pinochet . Spanish courts and the US Justice Department had investigated Riggs for allegedly (More) |
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Attorneys seek release of alleged Bush assassination plotter
Attorneys for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali claim that he should be released from jail pending trial on charges that he plotted to assassinate President Bush and aided the Al-Qaeda terror network because Abu Ali lacks a criminal record and he has battled to re (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Man charged with plotting to assassinate President Bush
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a former high school valedictorian in Virginia, has been charged with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and with supporting al-Qaida. Abu Ali made an initial appearance in federal district court Tuesday to face charges. Th (More) |
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Saudi Arabia holds first elections in country's history
Saudi Arabian men went to the polls Thursday to vote in municipal elections around the country, marking the first elections ever held by the country. The election was for 127 local government seats around the country in the first of three local elec (More) |
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US objects to Cuba, Zimbabwe on human rights panel
The US State Department Tuesday sharply criticized the selection of Cuba and Zimbabwe for positions on a panel that will set the agenda for the UN Human Rights Commission. "The United States believes that countries that routinely and systematic (More) |
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World delegates endorse Saudi proposal for international anti-terror center
Delegates from 50 countries, including terrorism-affected countries such as Syria and Iran, endorsed a Saudi proposal for an international counter-terrorism center Tuesday, although details regarding its location, funding, and role remain unclear. (More) |
UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires
On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.
