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India's New Ordinance for Women's Rights Falls Short
JURIST Guest Columnist Kim Brancato, DePaul University College of Law Class of 2014, discusses the successes and failures of recent women's rights legislation in India... (More) |
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Death penalty use declines worldwide: AI
Amnesty International (AI) announced Wednesday that the use of the death penalty declined worldwide in 2012 despite some setbacks. In its annual review of death sentences and executions , AI concluded that at least 682 individuals were executed in (More) |
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Bangladesh protesters demand anti-blasphemy laws
Thousands in Bangladesh on Saturday demanded that the government introduce anti-blasphemy laws, including provisions to prosecute and hang atheist bloggers, in a rally organized by Hefazat-e-Islam, an Islamic group drawing support from thousands of (More) |
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South Sudan must do more to protect civilians from violence: UN
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) issued a report [text, PDF; press release] on Friday calling on the government of South Sudan to protect communities that are at risk of violence. The UNMISS report detailed the findings of a human rights inve (More) |
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UN calls for worldwide death penalty moratorium
The UN General Assembly on Friday approved a draft resolution urging all nations to establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view towards abolishing its application worldwide. Spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for H (More) |
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Rights group criticizes Kuwait over executions
Amnesty International (AI) criticized the government of Kuwait on Monday for executing three men convicted of murder. The three men, a Saudi national, a Pakistani national and a stateless Bidun man, were convicted on separate murder charges befor (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Bangladesh to stop violence over war crimes tribunal
Several UN human rights experts called on Bangladesh Friday to cease violent protests and return to peaceful demonstrations. The Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Frank La Rue expressed concern over attacks against journalists and other m (More) |
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Slovakia court commutes death sentence of accused Nazi to life imprisonment
A Slovak court announced Thursday that the death sentence of 98 year-old Laszlo Csatary [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive] has been commuted to a sentence of life imprisonment in order to adhere to modern Slovak law. A court in Czechoslovakia s (More) |
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UN rights expert urges Indonesia to restrict use of death penalty
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Christof Heyns on Monday urged the Indonesian government to restrict the use of capital punishment to comply with their international human rights obligations. On March 14, Malawian national Ad (More) |
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India upper house passes anti-rape legislation
India's upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha , approved a bill on Thursday that imposes tough penalties on perpetrators of sex crimes. The bill, which was approved by the lower house earlier this week, increases the punishment for crimes suc (More) |
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