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ICTR refuses to shift second war crimes trial to Rwanda
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [official website; JURIST news archive] Friday refused to move the trial of suspected war criminal Ildephonse Hategekimana to the Rwandan domestic courts. The request had been made by the prosecutor&# (More) |
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Sudan begins terror trials for 39 Darfur rebels
Thirty-nine accused Darfur rebels appeared before special courts in Sudan to be tried under a 2001 anti-terrorism law Wednesday. The accused allegedly belong to the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) , which Sudanese officials accuse of terroris (More) |
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Texas death penalty out of step with public attitudes in post-Baze America
Bryan McCann [member, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Austin, TX Chapter]: "When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Baze v. Rees [opinion, PDF; JURIST news archive] case that Kentucky's lethal injection protocol did not constitute cruel (More) |
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Japan executes three in campaign to reduce violent crime
Japan carried out its thirteenth execution since Japanese Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama assumed office last August with the hanging of three condemned inmates Tuesday. Tuesday's executions are the latest in an increasing number of executions (More) |
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Equatorial Guinea begins trial of alleged coup leader
The trial of British national Simon Mann [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], accused of participating in a 2004 coup attempt against Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo , began Tuesday in Malabo. Government officials charged M (More) |
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Pakistan must reform or abolish death penalty: HRW letter to PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the government of Pakistan to abolish the country's death penalty in a letter [text; HRW press release] sent Tuesday to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani . In the letter, HRW expresses concern over the number (More) |
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Supreme Court lethal injection ruling allows further questionable executions
Richard C. Dieter [Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center]: "The Supreme Court's decision in Baze v. Rees on April 16, 2008, approving Kentucky's lethal injection process [Hotline archive] opened the door to a resumption of (More) |
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Returning Zimbabwe opposition official arrested on treason charges
Zimbabwean police arrested opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary General Tendai Biti Thursday on suspicion of treason. Biti left Zimbabwe after the disputed March 29 elections in which MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai challenged (More) |
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Texas holds first execution since Supreme Court ruling on lethal injection
Convicted rapist and murderer Karl Eugene Chamberlain was executed by lethal injection at a Texas prison Wednesday evening. His death marked the state's first execution since the US Supreme Court's April ruling in Baze v. Rees , in which t (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in Marcos assets, litigating agent, sentencing guideline cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down five decisions Thursday, including Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel [Duke Law backgrounder; JURIST report], where the Court ruled that an interpleader action to determin (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.
