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Supreme Court rejects Michigan inmate's habeas petition
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ruled 6-3 in Renico v. Lett [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that double jeopardy is not violated by a new trial after a state trial court declared a mistrial due to th (More) |
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India court convicts Mumbai terror suspect of murder
An Indian court on Monday convicted Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab of murder and waging war against India for his role in the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that killed 166. Kasab, a Pakistani native, was (More) |
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Blackwater contractors will not face death penalty for 2009 killings: prosecutors
Two Blackwater contractors working for the US Department of Defense will not face the death penalty for the alleged May 2009 shooting of two Afghans at an intersection in Kabul. Justin Cannon of Corpus Christi and Christopher Drotleff of Virginia (More) |
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Bangladesh court convicts dozens more over border guard mutiny
A Bangladeshi special court in the district of Sathkhira on Monday sentenced 56 members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on charges relating to their involvement in last year's border guard mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that left (More) |
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Bangladesh court convicts 57 more over border guard mutiny
A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Sunday convicted 57 members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on charges relating to their involvement in last year's border guard mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. BDR Special Court-3 in the south (More) |
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UN rights chief denounces Hamas executions
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday decried the recent decision by Hamas [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to execute several of its prisoners. On Thursday, the de-facto government of Palestinian Gaza exec (More) |
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Continued support for capital punishment leaves US on wrong side of history
Elizabeth Zitrin [International Outreach and Communications Coordinator, Death Penalty Focus]: "The United States of America, proud of its commitment to fairness and justice, is being left behind on one of the most important international human (More) |
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Not Child's Play: Revisiting the Law of Child Soldiers
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Lt. Col. Chris Jenks (USA), Chief of the International Law Branch of the Office of the Judge Advocate General, says that the discussion on child soldiers in general and Omar Khadr in particular should be broadened to mo (More) |
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Guantanamo habeas rulings made public
The US District Court for the District of Columbia late last week made public two previously unreleased rulings relating to habeas corpus claims by Guantanamo detainees. In a decision ordering the release of Mohamedou Ould Slahi , Judge James Rober (More) |
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Bangladesh court convicts 29 over border guards mutiny
A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Wednesday convicted 29 members of the paramilitary group Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on charges relating to their involvement in last year's border guard mutiny [BBC Backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The milita (More) |
WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban
On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans.
Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
