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North Korea increasing public executions: rights group
The North Korean government is stepping up the use of public executions, South Korean aid agency Good Friends said Monday. Good Friends said that the regime is targeting public officials accused of crimes such as drug trafficking or embezzlement. P (More) |
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UN torture committee concerned over Uzbek law enforcement practices
The UN Committee against Torture said Friday it was concerned about ill-treatment and torture of detainees by Uzbekistan law enforcement officials. The committee issued a report concluding a three-week meeting in Geneva where it reviewed the compl (More) |
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US judge mulls new terror trial for Muslim cleric after Moussaoui evidence revelations
The US federal judge who presided over the Zacarias Moussaoui terrorism conspiracy case suggested from the bench Tuesday that she might order a new trial for a Muslim cleric convicted of soliciting treason, saying that she could no longer trust rep (More) |
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Pennsylvania lethal injection procedure violates Eighth Amendment: lawyer
Pennsylvania's lethal injection protocol creates an "unnecessary risk of pain and suffering" in violation of the Eighth Amendment, a lawyer for three death row convicts challenging the procedure said Tuesday. On November 9, lawyer Da (More) |
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Death penalty appeals constitutional amendment proposal [CA SC]
Proposed amendment to California Constitution, article VI, section 12, Supreme Court of California, November 19, 2007 . Read the full text of the amendment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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California high court urges constitutional amendment to fix capital appeals backlog
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George proposed a constitutional amendment Monday designed to expedite death penalty appeals by shifting the locus of review from the state supreme court to state appeals courts. The California Suprem (More) |
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UN death penalty moratorium a milestone in effort to eliminate capital punishment
Richard C. Dieter [Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center]: "The overwhelming approval of the resolution for a global moratorium on executions by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is an important milestone (More) |
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UN committee approves death penalty moratorium
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Thursday voted 99-52 to place a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty . Thirty-three countries abstained from the vote. Opponents of the resolution [text; JURIST report], including Singapore, Eg (More) |
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Eleventh Circuit lifts stay of execution for Florida death row inmate
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a per curiam opinion on Thursday overturning a district court order to stay the execution of Florida death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab . The federal district court blocked Schwab's executi (More) |
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Opponents argue against UN death penalty moratorium
Nations that support the use of the death penalty Wednesday criticized a UN draft resolution [text; JURIST report] to impose a world-wide moratorium on the capital punishment. The UN Human Rights Committee is scheduled to vote on the resolution Th (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.
