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Council of Europe finds some members not complying with judicial decisions
The Council of Europe (COE) reported Wednesday that several member states frequently fail to comply with judicial decisions against public authorities handed down by their own domestic courts. A COE expert panel determined last week that general n (More) |
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US human trafficking report cites Islamic states for inaction
The US State Department Tuesday cited the governments of 16 countries, including 11 predominantly Islamic states, for not making a "significant effort to combat human trafficking" in its annual report on modern-day slavery around the wor (More) |
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Hate crimes on the rise in Europe: rights group
Hate crimes are on the rise throughout Europe [report text; press release], rights watchdog Human Rights First reported Thursday in a study examining recent hate crimes in France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Hate crimes agai (More) |
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Ukraine parliament approves early election bills
Ukraine's parliament Friday approved a series of bills paving the way for early parliamentary elections on September 30. The bills, reflecting an earlier political compromise between rivals President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; JURIST (More) |
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Ukraine constitutional standoff continues as parliament fails to approve elections bill
Constitutional gridlock continued in Ukraine on Thursday, as the country's parliament again failed to approve a bill that would set a new date for controversial parliamentary elections. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; J (More) |
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Ukraine leaders make election deal in bid to end constitutional standoff
Ukrainian political rivals President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; JURIST news archive] and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych agreed Sunday to hold elections on September 30 in a move intended to end an escalating constitutional crisis in th (More) |
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Ukraine leader claims troops but interior minister balks as prosecutor crisis deepens
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; JURIST news archive] ordered Ukraine's interior ministry troops to come under his command Friday as a new crisis over Yushchenko's Thursday dismissal of the country's top prosecu (More) |
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Ukraine president dismisses top prosecutor but interior minister defies order
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; JURIST news archive] fired Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun Thursday, prompting Interior Minister Vasyl Tsushko to dispatch police to form a protective chain around the General Office of (More) |
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Ukraine Constitutional Court curbs presidential power to appoint, fire judges
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine [official website; JURIST news archive] limited the president's power to appoint and dismiss members of local judiciaries on Wednesday. The ruling affirmed that of the country's High Justice Council . In U (More) |
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Ukraine president seeks court order blocking high court from ruling on decree
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; JURIST news archive] asked a lower court in Kiev Tuesday to block the Constitutional Court of Ukraine from ruling on his April 2 decree dissolving parliament [text; JURIST report] by challeng (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.
