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Rights groups urge reform of Nigeria death penalty practices
Amnesty International and the Nigerian Legal Defense and Assistance Project (LEDAP) condemned Nigeria's capital punishment practices in a joint report [PDF text; press release] released Tuesday, claiming that death row inmates are being denied (More) |
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UN Secretary-General urges Iran to address continued human rights problems
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrote in a report issued Monday that the Iranian government has made limited progress in some areas of human rights but that other areas such as basic freedoms, minority rights and the justice system still need to (More) |
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Supreme Court takes identity fraud case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certiorari in the case of Flores-Figueroa v. United States (08-108) [docket; cert. petition, PDF]. The Court will consider whether the government must show that the defe (More) |
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Iran bans execution of minors for drug-related crimes
Iran has banned the execution of minors for drug-related crimes, but will still allow the sentence to be imposed against juveniles convicted of murder, according to a statement made by Iran's Assistant Attorney General for Judicial Affairs Hoss (More) |
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Supreme Court hears jury instruction cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases, including Waddington v. Sarausad [Cornell LII backgrounder; merit briefs], 07-772, in which the Court will consider whether a ruling by the U (More) |
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Saudi execution rate connected to flawed justice system: Amnesty International
A report [PDF text; press release] issued Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) links the large number of executions in Saudi Arabia to flaws in the Saudi judicial system. The report, titled Affront to Justice: Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia, noted (More) |
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Supreme Court rejects Davis death penalty petition, takes supplemental jurisdiction case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday rejected a petition to hear a Georgia death row inmate's appeal, lifting a stay on his execution, while agreeing to hear a case dealing with supplemental jurisdiction. The c (More) |
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US military judge rules detainees not entitled to Internet access for trial defense
The US Department of Defense (DOD) released a ruling Sunday indicating that Guantanamo detainees who represent themselves at trial are not entitled to Internet access and some computer hardware and software to aid in their defense. Military judge C (More) |
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ICTR upholds decision to refuse genocide suspect transfer
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday refused to grant Rwanda's request to have genocide suspect Yussuf Munyakazi transferred to the country to face trial. The chamber upheld an earlier decis (More) |
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US Supreme Court adds 10 cases to 2008-09 docket
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday agreed to hear 10 cases , including two implicating the land rights of Native peoples, during its term that begins next week. In Hawaii, et al. v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, (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.
