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Egypt constitutional court allows women judges in state court system
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled Sunday that female judges can serve on the State Council (Maglis id-Dowla), an administrative court system with jurisdiction over cases involving the state. In its ruling, the court emphasized the equa (More) |
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US State Department releases 2009 annual rights reports
The US State Department (DOS) on Thursday released its 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Announcing the release [video; statement text], Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US has recommitted "to continue the hard w (More) |
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Al-Bashir will 'face justice' before ICC: president judge
The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will eventually face justice in The Hague. Speaking in London before the British House of Commons , Jud (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Egypt to investigate border shootings
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Egypt to investigate the shootings of 60 unarmed migrants since July 2007 on the Egyptian side of the Egypt-Israeli border. The majority of those killed have been Ethiopians, Erit (More) |
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UN Human Rights Council's UPR process promotes fundamental freedoms
Claire Kaplun [Public Information Officer, UN Human Rights Council]: "The Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council is an innovative mechanism under which each of the United Nations 192 Member States is periodically (once every four (More) |
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Australia court rules former Guantanamo detainee can sue government
The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] can sue the Australian government for complicity in his ill-treatment while incarcerated in Pakistan, Egypt, Afghani (More) |
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Four Guantanamo detainees transferred to Albania, Spain
Four Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Albania and Spain, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. Three detainees, Tunisia native Aleh Bin Hadi Asasi, Egypt native Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad, and Libya native Abdul R (More) |
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UK rights group suing government over alleged overseas torture policies
UK rights group Reprieve on Tuesday initiated legal action against the UK government for its alleged use of torture policies overseas. Reprieve argues that the government's refusal to make such policies public suggests that the protocol is il (More) |
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Egypt state court system bars female judges
Egypt's State Council (Maglis id-Dowla) association, an administrative court system with jurisdiction over cases involving the state, voted Monday to bar the appointment of female judges to the council. Of the 376 judges who participated in the (More) |
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ICC orders trial chamber to reconsider al-Bashir genocide charges
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday reversed [decision, PDF; press release] a Pre-Trial Chamber decision that denied the application for an arrest warrant on genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar al (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
